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    The Effects of Different Charleston Pepper Cultivars on the Demographic Parameters and the Antioxidant Levels of Myzus Persicae (Sulzer, 1776) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
    (Entomological Soc Turkey, Ege Univ, 2023) Ozgokce, Mehmet Salih; Kusoglu, Duygu; Konus, Metin; Kara, Hilmi; Risvanli, Mehmet Ramazan; Cetin, Dogan
    Host plant diversity causes differences in the biology and adaptation of insects. In this study, variations in some biological properties and adaptive antioxidative response of Myzus persicae (Sulzer,1776) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on five Charleston pepper, Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae) cultivars were investigated under laboratory conditions (25 & PLUSMN;1 & DEG;C, 60 & PLUSMN;5% RH). The lowest intrinsic rate of increase (r = 0.193 d-1) of M. persicae was estimated in the tested cohort fed with the Kanyon cultivar, while the highest intrinsic rate of increase (r = 0.248 d-1) was found on the Tufan cultivar. The cohort fed with Safkan cultivar exhibited the highest levels of GST-CDNB and EST-PNPA at 562.80 and 207.64 nmol/mg protein, respectively, whereas the cohort fed with Kanyon cultivar showed the lowest levels at 317.04 and 132.14 nmol/mg protein, respectively. Analysis of life table parameters and enzymatic/non-enzymatic antioxidant levels of M. persicae showed that among the cultivars we tested, the Tufan cultivar was the most preferred host by M. persicae, while Kanyon cultivar was a less suitable host.