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. 2010 Nov 10;155(1):222–235. doi: 10.1104/pp.110.160754

Table V. Aphid and whitefly colonization tests on BGL-1 and UT plants.

Whole plants (40 d old, six- to seven-leaf stage) were confined to insect-proof nylon mesh bags and maintained at 25°C for 25 d as shown in Figure 7. For the aphid bioassay, 30 neonatal nymphs were introduced with a hair brush to each plant. Thirty newly emerged adult whiteflies were released in each mesh bag .Twenty-five days after release, the mesh bags were removed, and the total number of adults and immature-stage insects that emerged was recorded on the whole plant. Both BGL-1 and UT lines for aphid or whitefly colonization tests had 10 plants each. Values shown are numbers per plant ± sd.

Plant Type Whitefly Population
Aphid Population
Eggs/Pupae Adults Total Nymphs Adults Total
UT 1,257.8 ± 171 580.6 ± 71 1,838.4 ± 222 568.9 ± 101 388.9 ± 61 957.8 ± 156
BGL-1 75.0 ± 15 25.6 ± 5 100.6 ± 17 42.0 ± 13 22.3 ± 5 64.3 ± 15