The aim of the present study was to determine the association and dynamic of small white (Pieris rapae L.) on five different white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba) cultivars. The experiment showed that butterflies preferred medium cultivar ?Krautkaiser’ as the site for oviposition; 35.8% of eggs and caterpillars counted during the observation period were gathered from this plant. The next choice was late-maturing cultivar ?Lennox’ by 21.6%. In gathered from this plant. The next choice was late-maturing cultivar ?Lennox’ by 21.6%. In comparison with the previous cabbage variants, the butterfly selected the medium cultivar ?Krautman’ (13.9%) and early cultivar ?Parel’ (12.3%) as the site for oviposition considerably less.
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