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Photo-response of tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci gennadius (hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), to light-emitting diodes

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The photo-response of the tobacco whitefly to light-emitting diodes of four different wavelengths and various intensities was tested in an LED-equipped Y-maze chamber and compared with the response to black light (BL), which is typically used in commercial traps. The BL showed the highest attraction rate (90.3%) to Bemisia tabaci, followed by a similarly strong attraction to the blue LED (89.0%), the yellow LED (87.7%), the green LED (85.3%), and the red LED (84.3%). These results suggest that energy-efficient LEDs could be used for more environmentally friendly insect control.

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  1. Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry and Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Min-Gi Kim, Ji-Yeon Yang, Nam-Hyun Chung & Hoi-Seon Lee

  2. College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 136-713, Republic of Korea

    Nam-Hyun Chung

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Kim, MG., Yang, JY., Chung, NH. et al. Photo-response of tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci gennadius (hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), to light-emitting diodes. J Korean Soc Appl Biol Chem 55, 567–569 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13765-012-2115-4

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