[Flight behaviors of Bemisia tabaci and corresponding IPM strategies].
Bemisia tabaci, a pest insect with stronger capabilities of flying and host plant-exploitation, is capable of flying 150 m high and over a distance as far as 7 km, but hardly flies higher than 0. 5 m 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.
Zhou
Fu-cai
FC
College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China. fczhou@yzu.edu.cn
Wnag
Yong
Y
Ren
Shun-xiang
SX
Zhu
Shu-de
SD
Zhou
Ze-hua
ZH
D025041:Animal Migration / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D010571:Pest Control / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration