Phototoxicity of Ultraviolet-A against the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci and Its Compatibility with an Entomopathogenic Fungus and Whitefly Parasitoid

Table 2

Effect of UV-A light exposure on the life parameters () of Bemisia tabaci adults exposed at the nymphal stage.

Treatments	Female adult longevity (d)	Male adult longevity (d)	APOP (d)	TPOP (d)	Fecundity (eggs/female)
Control	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
12 hours	^a	^a	^a	^b	^b
24 hours	^b	^b	^a	^a	^c
48 hours	^b	^b	^a	^b	^d
72 hours	^c	^c	^a	^c	^e

The same lowercase letters in the same column are not significantly different based on the paired bootstrap test at the 5% significance level. Ninety nymphs were used for each treatment. d = days.