Abstract: 【Aim】 Brassica napus is one of the most important oilseed crops, and the average planting area is relative large in many provinces in China. Glucosinolate is the specific secondary metabolite in Brassicaceae plants. This study aims to ascertain whether the B. napus seeds with different glucosinolate and erucic acid contents affect the host location and propagation of pests on B. napus leaves. 【Methods】 Leaf-disc bioassay, cage experiment, and Y-tube olfactory test were used to analyze the host selection preference of Myzus persicae on six B. napus cultivars ［the high erucic acid-high glucosinolate cultivar ZY821 (control), and the low erucic acid-low glucosinolate cultivars (double-low cultivars) including ZS11, XN18, AGY558, AYK999 and MXY78］, and potted plant test was used to observe and determine the changes in individual number of M. presicae on plants of different B. napus cultivars. 【Results】There were no significant differences in the numbers of M. persicae adults and newborn nymphs on the six B. napus cultivars in cage experiment. In leaf-disc choice bioassay, more M. persicae adults fed on leaves of XN18 ［(25.50±2.21) individuals］ and ZS11 ［(24.70±1.57) individuals］, which were higher than the numbers of M. persicae adults on ZY821, AGY558, MXY78 and AYK999 leaves［(20.90±3.56), (14.80±1.78), (16.60±2.43) and (19.50±1.12) individuals, respectively］. In Y-tube olfactory test, M. persicae adults did not show host selection preference for six B. napus cultivars. In potted plant test, there was no significant difference in the total individual number of M. persicae after ten adults were released on plants of six B. napus cultivars on the 7th and 14th day. On the 21st day, the total individual numbers of M. persicae on plants of five double-low B. napus cultivars ZS11, XN18, AGY558, AYK999 and MXY78 (244.50±15.39, 235.67±50.60, 163.60±28.67, 237.40±16.57 and 237.20±12.35), respectively］ were higher than that in the control group［ZY821: (156.00±35.12)］, but the total individual number of M. persicae on ZS11 plants was significantly higher than that on ZY821 plants. 【Conclusion】 Double-low B. napus cultivars can affect the population dynamics of M. persicae at the seedling stage, but they have relatively limited effects on the host location behavior of M. persicae.

Key words: Myzus persicae; Brassica napus cultivar, host selectivity, colonization, Y-tube olfactometer