“…Other studies investigating B. tabaci host plant selection have focused mainly on the preference by various genotypes of the same plant (Fancelli et al., 2003; Bird & Kruger, 2006; Oriani et al., 2008), reproductive rates of whiteflies on different host plant species (Costa et al., 1991; Villas‐Bôas et al., 2002), insect bionomy on various hosts, (Nava‐Camberos et al., 2001), effects of insecticides on insect behaviour (Isaacs et al., 1999a), effects of vigorous and stressed plants on host plant selection and insect development (Inbar et al., 2001), effect of time of day, sex, age, and host quality on flight modulation and consequently on host plant selection (Blackmer & Byrne, 1993a,b), and visual cue recognition (Mound, 1962, 1963). However, the results presented here suggest that plant volatiles could also contribute to host plant selection.…”