Table 1 Performance of MEAM1 and MED whiteflies reared on plants of tomato cv. CastleMart, spr2 and 35S-prosystemin.

MEAM1

CastleMart

13

77.7 ± 3.9^b

72.3 ± 4.7^a

20.5 ± 1.6^c

spr2

17

88.8 ± 1.9^a

73.5 ± 3.5^a

30.5 ± 1.3^b

35S-prosystemin

10

42.0 ± 6.3^c

63.0 ± 5.2^b

20.7 ± 2.1^c

MED

CastleMart

16

76.9 ± 4.6^b

68.1 ± 5.2^a

27.0 ± 2.1^b

spr2

19

80.5 ± 3.8^a,b

71.1 ± 6.2^a

55.3 ± 2.6^a

35S-prosystemin

11

26.4 ± 4.1^c

45.5 ± 5.9^b

19.1 ± 2.0^c