This study aimed to evaluate the biological development of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 confined on eleven soybean cultivars under greenhouse conditions and estimate genetic parameters for correlated resistance traits. Twenty individuals of B. tabaci were released in cages and closed in the petioles of the plant leaflets. A completely randomized design was used with eleven treatments and five replicates. The evaluations occurred over 25 days. The insects that emerged from the bioassay were confined to plants of their respective cultivars. This procedure was performed on five generations of the insect to evaluate the ability of the plant to express resistance by generations of the whitefly. It was found that M 8808 and AS 3810 negatively affected the oviposition of B. tabaci. The cultivar BRS 9280 affected the development of the insect. According to the selection index, the cultivars that showed best performance were BRS 9280, AS 3810, M 8808, and BRS 8383. The cultivars BRS 9280, AS 3810, and M 8808 expressed resistance characteristics for five generations when analyzed under the pressure of whiteflies, which are considered sources of resistance to B. tabaci MEAM1 for breeding programs to obtain resistant cultivars.