Table 1 Developmental periods, adult longevity and life cycle duration of Myzus persicae reared on leaf disks of the cabbage Brassica oleraceae and the shoo-fly plant Nicandra physalodes on agar or hydrogel layers under two different temperatures (15 and 20 °C)

2.57 ± 0.16 a

1.83 ± 0.11 b

2.24 ± 0.13 a

2.45 ± 0.41 a

1.53 ± 0.08 c

1.50 ± 0.07 c

1.6 ± 0.08 bc

1.65 ± 0.07 bc

2.58 ± 0.14 a

2.30 ± 0.12 a

2.61 ± 0.13 a

2.32 ± 0.10 a

1.57 ± 0.1 b c

1.77 ± 0.07 b

1.53 ± 0.07 b

1.71 ± 0.07 bc

2.72 ± 0.15 a

2.48 ± 0.08 a

2.56 ± 0.17 a

2.82 ± 0.15 a

1.52 ± 0.09 b

1.66 ± 0.09 b

1.7 ± 0.07 b

1.57 ± 0.07 b

3.30 ± 0.19 a

3.16 ± 0.12 a

3.40 ± 0.22 a

3.15 ± 0.16 a

1.94 ± 0.12 b

2.05 ± 0.05 b

2.05 ± 0.10 b

2.09 ± 0.07 b

11.3 ± 0.21 a

9.72 ± 0.16 b

10.80 ± 0.23 a

10.79 ± 0.16 a

6.41 ± 0.20 d

6.98 ± 0.10 c

6.83 ± 0.12 cd

7 ± 0.10 c

16.1 ± 1.13 b

19.3 ± 1.32 ab

14.08 ± 1.05 bc

22.73 ± 1.96 a

5.97 ± 0.53 e

9.45 ± 0.56 d

7.76 ± 0.66 d

12.18 ± 1.02 c

19.46 ± 1.61 b

26.65 ± 1.54 a

14.84 ± 1.58 cde

25.19 ± 2.32 a

10.21 ± 0.59 f

15.65 ± 0.63 d

13.08 ± 0.77 e

18.18 ± 1.05 bc