Table 2 Reproductive parameters of females 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)

Total fecundity

30

27.43 ± 2.90 b

43

32.26 ± 2.33 c

25

16.24 ± 2.09 ab

33

33.33 ± 3.05 ab

32

8.53 ± 1.73 d

44

36.55 ± 2.80 cd

41

11.93 ± 1.63 a

45

39.71 ± 3.54 a

Effective fecundity

30

27.43 ± 2.90 b

43

32.26 ± 2.33ab

24

16.92 ± 2.06 c

33

33.33 ± 3.05 ab

26

10.5 ± 1.94 d

44

36.55 ± 2.80 a

35

13.97 ± 1.68 cd

44

40.61 ± 3.51 a

Viviparity (days)

30

11.87 ± 1.02 ab

43

13.02 ± 0.89 a

24

8.5 ± 0.84 bc

33

14.73 ± 1.15 a

26

4.54 ± 0.49 e

44

8.18 ± 0.53 c

35

6.49 ± 0.56 d

44

10.2 ± 0.87 b

APOP

30

1.23 ± 0.16 ab

43

1.07 ± 0.10 ab

24

1.46 ± 0.22 a

33

1.24 ± 0.01 ab

26

1.85 ± 0.24 a

44

0.86 ± 0.07 b

35

1.14 ± 0.15 ab

44

0.95 ± 0.06 b

TPOP

30

12.27 ± 0.22 a

43

10.79 ± 0.18 b

24

12.38 ± 0.26 a

33

12.03 ± 0.17 a

26

8.23 ± 0.23 c

44

7.84 ± 0.08 c

35

8.03 ± 0.13 c

44

7.95 ± 0.12 c

Maximum total fecundity*

–

70

–

76

–

44

–

75

–

37

–

76

–

40

–

84

Maximum daily fecundity*

–

7

–

8

–

7

–

7

–

9

–

10

–

6

–

12