Table 1.
Summary of main characteristics of Acizzia solanicola EPG waveforms and putative correlations of stylet tip position in plant tissue.
Fig 1.
Waveforms produced by Acizzia solanicola on eggplant.
(A) overview of 1 h recording period showing non-penetration (NP) and waveforms C and G. (B) overview of 1 h recording period showing waveforms D, E1 and E2. (C) traces of waveform C in 15 s overview. (D) traces of waveform G in 5 s overview. (E) traces of waveform D in 30 s overview. (F) traces of waveform E1 in 5 s overview. (G) traces of waveform E2 in 5 s overview. Refer to Table 1 for explanation of putative stylet tip position in plant tissue for each waveform.
Fig 2.
A kinetogram of Acizzia solanicola probing behaviour on eggplant and tobacco bush.
Waveform types are enclosed in star symbol while values near the arrows are the probabilities of one waveform occurring after another (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplants and tobacco bush respectively).
Table 2.
Number of Acizzia solanicola that produced a particular waveform type (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplant and tobacco bush respectively).
Fig 3.
Boxplots representing percentage probing spend in each waveform of A. solanicola (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplants and tobacco bush respectively).
Table 3.
Percentage probing spend in EPG waveforms of Acizzia solanicola on eggplant and tobacco bush (mean, n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplant and tobacco bush respectively).
Fig 4.
Boxplots representing number of waveforms of A. solanicola (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplants and tobacco bush respectively).
Table 4.
Number of EPG waveforms of Acizzia solanicola on eggplant and tobacco bush (mean, n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplant and tobacco bush respectively).
Table 5.
Duration of EPG waveforms of Acizzia solanicola on eggplant and tobacco bush (mean, n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplant and tobacco bush respectively).
Fig 5.
Boxplots representing duration of waveforms of A. solanicola (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplants and tobacco bush respectively).
Fig 6.
Boxplots representing sequential waveforms of A. solanicola (n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplants and tobacco bush respectively).
Table 6.
Sequential EPG parameters of Acizzia solanicola on eggplant and tobacco bush (mean, n = 23 and n = 20 on eggplant and tobacco bush respectively).