This study was performed to investigate the feeding behavior of Bemisia tabaci B- and Q-biotypes using EPG technique against seven tomato and eight red pepper commercial varieties. EPG waveforms was recorded during three hours compare with the characteristic patterns of feeding behaviors between two biotypes such as total duration of non-probing times, the time taken until stylet activities changed after reaction, number of probes, and total duration of phloem phase. In comparing the effect of the varieties between the two biotypes, biotype Q showed the feeding behavior against all pepper varieties in the total duration of phloem feeding. Daeshin variety has the longest feeding time. However in total duration of phloem feeding, biotype B was observed in hanyeoreumbigarim and Daeshin varieties, but feeding time was very short. Biotype B was longer in total duration of non-probing, and showed lower number of probes, and total duration of probing phase. However, biotype Q was shorter time in total duration of non-probing phase than biotype B, but showed more aggressive probing and stylet pathway pattern. These results suggest that biotype Q are more preferred the pepper host than biotype B. However, tomato varieties between the two biotypes did not show the difference.

• Changmann Yoon(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Jeong-Oh Yang(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Sang-Rae Moon(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Gil-Hah Kim(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)