Flight behaviors of Bemisia tabaci and corresponding IPM strategies
Zhou, F-cai.; Wnag, Y.; Ren, S-xiang.; Zhu, S-de.; Zhou, Z-hua.
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 18(2): 451-455
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-9332 PMID: 17450755 Document Number: 606659
Bemisia tabaci, a pest insect with stronger capabilities of flying and host plant-exploitation, is capable of flying 150 in high and over a distance as far as 7 kin, but hardly flies higher than 0.5 in and long distance in food-abundant areas. B. tabaci has the characteristics of both searching- and migrating flying, which enable it to exploit and locate on suitable hosts. Up to now, no oogenesis-flight syndrome of B. tabaci has been detected. Visual spectrum, air temperature and relative humidity, host quality, and wind speed are the main factors affecting the flight behavior of B. tabaci. In this paper, the flying capability of B. tabaci and the factors affecting its flight behavior were summarized, and the corresponding IPM strategies in the areas where B. tabaci could not overwintering in open field were discussed.