ABSTRACT
In bean plants, Bemisia tabaci biotype B causes great losses, especially through the transmission of golden mosaic virus. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of the association of common bean genotypes with doses of neem oil and silicon on the development and oviposition of whitefly. Experiments were carried out in a greenhouse, in the Plant Protection Department of FCAV/UNESP, where two oviposition tests were performed, free and no-choice, in addition to the antibiosis test. According to the data obtained, we concluded, in the first oviposition experiment, that silicon at 1% reduced the oviposition in free-choice test and neem at 1% reduced oviposition in both tests. Neem oil provided high mortality of nymphs. In the second oviposition experiment, the lowest number of eggs was found for the dose of neem at 0.75% in free-choice test and for neem at 1% in no-choice test.
Key words:
induction of resistance; Phaseolus vulgaris; natural product