Effect of cotton nitrogen fertilization on Bemisia argentifolii populations and honeydew production |
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Authors: | JL Bi GR Ballmer DL Hendrix TJ Henneberry and NC Toscano |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA;(2) Western Cotton Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 4135 E. Broadway Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA |
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Abstract: | The impact of nitrogen fertilization on cotton plants, Gossypium hirsutum L., silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring, population dynamics and honeydew production were investigated in the field at Riverside, California, USA. Treatments were soil applications of 0, 112, 168 and 224 kg nitrogen per hectare, and a soil application of 112 kg of nitrogen plus a foliar application of 17 kg nitrogen per hectare. Increased numbers of both adult and immature whiteflies occurred during population peaks with increasing amounts of applied nitrogen. Higher numbers of whiteflies resulted in increased levels of honeydew. Increasing plant nitrogen also enhanced cotton foliar photosynthetic rates and stomatal conductance, and altered concentrations of glucose, fructose and sucrose in cotton petioles. However, at our treatment levels nitrogen had no effect on seedcotton yield. Petiole glucose levels were significantly correlated with numbers of whitefly adults on leaves during their peak populations. Significant correlations between whitefly numbers and other cotton physiological parameters occurred on only a few sampling dates. |
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Keywords: | Bemisia argentifolii whitefly numbers honeydew production Gossypium
hirsutum photosynthetic rate stomatal conductance sucrose glucose fructose cotton-whitefly interactions |
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