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 |
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| 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 |