PMID- 27081849
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160906
LR  - 20190219
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016
TI  - Leaf Morphological Characters Can Be a Factor for Intra-Varietal Preference of 
      Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) among Eggplant Varieties.
PG  - e0153880
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0153880 [doi]
LID - e0153880
AB  - The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) MEAM1, is 
      considered a serious pest of horticultural and many other crops. While eggplant 
      (Solanum melongena) is one of the most favored host plants, the whiteflies 
      exhibit preferences among different varieties. We hypothesized that certain 
      morphological leaf characteristics of different varieties, like leaf trichome 
      density, trichome length, leaf lamina thickness and leaf color, may affect 
      whitefly landing, feeding and oviposition. In this study, we investigated the 
      variation in leaf morphological characters among selected eggplant varieties and 
      evaluated the effect of these leaf characteristics in rendering eggplant 
      varieties either susceptible or resistant to B. tabaci. We evaluated eight 
      eggplant varieties in choice feeding tests, and we found that the varieties 
      JinSheng Zilongchangqie (JSZ) and H149 were the highly preferred varieties with 
      the highest numbers of whitefly adults and eggs. Significantly lower numbers of 
      whitefly adult eggs were found on the resistant variety Tuo Lu Bamu (TLB). The 
      varieties JinGuangbo Luqie (JGL), JinGuangbo Ziquanqie (JGZ), DaYang Ziguanqie 
      (DYZ), QinXing Ziguanqie (QXZ), and QinXing Niuxinqie (QXN) were moderately 
      favored by B. tabaci. Leaf trichome density, trichome length and leaf lamina 
      thickness were positively correlated with numbers of whitefly adults and eggs. B. 
      tabaci was less attracted to the leaves that reflect long and middle wavelength 
      light (higher R and G values) than to the bright green leaves (medium G value), 
      but the short wavelength light (higher B value) had no significant effect on 
      whitefly preference. The degree of hue had a positive effect, and saturation and 
      brightness had a negative effect on whitefly attraction.
FAU - Hasanuzzaman, Abu Tayeb Mohammad
AU  - Hasanuzzaman AT
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F 
      University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of 
      Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Vertebrate Pest Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, 
      Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh.
FAU - Islam, Md Nazrul
AU  - Islam MN
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F 
      University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of 
      Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Agrochemical and Environmental Research Division, Institute of food and radiation 
      Biology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka, 
      Bangladesh.
FAU - Zhang, Yi
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F 
      University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of 
      Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
FAU - Zhang, Chen-Yang
AU  - Zhang CY
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F 
      University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of 
      Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
FAU - Liu, Tong-Xian
AU  - Liu TX
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F 
      University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
AD  - Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of 
      Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160415
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Behavior, Animal
MH  - Biological Assay
MH  - Choice Behavior
MH  - Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Hemiptera/*physiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Oviposition
MH  - Plant Leaves/*anatomy & histology
MH  - *Solanum melongena
MH  - Species Specificity
PMC - PMC4833341
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2016/04/16 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/07 06:00
PMCR- 2016/04/15
CRDT- 2016/04/16 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/04/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-15-48089 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0153880 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2016 Apr 15;11(4):e0153880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153880. 
      eCollection 2016.