Table 1 Peak areas of volatiles released from B. tabaci MEAM1-damaged, B. tabaci MED-damaged, and undamaged cabbage plants.

From: Differing Behavioural Responses of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 and MED to Cabbage Damaged by Conspecifics and Heterospecifics

Peak areas (×1000)

Compounds

Retention time

Undamaged plants

MEAM1-damaged plants

MED-damaged plants

alcohols

 2-ethyl-1-hexanol

12.29

41.70 ± 11.28a

49.46 ± 8.47a

181.04 ± 31.56b

 benzenemethanol

13.79

10.36 ± 1.52a

8.52  ± 1.75a

41.11 ± 9.44b

aldehydes

 (E)-2-decenol

6.54

6.38 ± 1.80a

11.27 ± 3.22a

44.69 ± 12.67b

 benzaldehyde

9.08

58.03 ± 13.94a

111.31 ± 25.49a

193.67 ± 32.45b

 nonanal

13.94

38.44 ± 9.94a

30.71 ± 7.65a

152.27 ± 37.87b

esters

 acetic acid geraniol ester

11.37

94.69 ± 18.00a

80.73 ± 16.66a

448.25 ± 131.32b

ketones

 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone

8.87

50.02 ± 13.56a

96.60 ± 13.84b

165.87 ± 24.79b

terpenoids

 α-longipinene

13.59

556.96 ± 131.49a

1008.27 ± 143.93a

2360.18 ± 402.57b

others

 decane

10.93

17.48 ± 3.93a

17.23 ± 4.21a

71.69 ± 11.76b

  1. Values are means ± SE. Means within a row followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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