Mean (± standard error) sequential EPG variable values (ranges in parenthesis) for the probing behavior of non- viruliferous and viruliferous B. tabaci on healthy eggplants during an eight-hour recordinga.

aPPW, proportion of individuals that produced the waveform type; NWEI, number of waveform events per insect; WDI, waveform duration (min) per insect [52]. Non-probe, non-probe activity; Probe, probe activity. Waveforms: C, intercellular stylet pathway; pd, short intracellular punctures; G, xylem ingestion; E shows phloem-related activities: E1, correlates with salivation into phloem sieve elements [38]; E2, regards as ingestion from phloem that is comparable to E2 of aphids [49]; sE2: sustained E2 (longer than 10 minutes).bP-values according to a Chi-square 2×2 goodness of fit test or by a Fisher exact test when the expected values were lower than 5. Underline-type indicates significant differences (p≤0.05).cP-values according to a Student t-test1 for Gaussian distribution variables and Mann Whitney U-test2 for non-Gaussian distribution variables. Underline-type indicates significant differences (p