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Assessment of cross-resistance potential to neonicotinoid insecticides in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

N. Prabhaker ,
S. Castle ,
T.J. Henneberry  and
N.C. Toscano
N. Prabhaker*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
S. Castle
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA
T.J. Henneberry
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA
N.C. Toscano
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
*
*4135 E Broadway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA Fax: (602) 437 1274 E-mail: nilima.castle@ucr.edu
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Abstract

Laboratory bioassays were carried out with four neonicotinoid insecticides on multiple strains of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) to evaluate resistance and cross-resistance patterns. Three imidacloprid-resistant strains and field populations from three different locations in the southwestern USA were compared in systemic uptake bioassays with acetamiprid, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. An imidacloprid-resistant strain (IM-R) with 120-fold resistance originally collected from Imperial Valley, California, did not show cross-resistance to acetamiprid, dinotefuran or thiamethoxam. The Guatemala-resistant strain (GU-R) that was also highly resistant to imidacloprid (RR = 109-fold) showed low levels of cross-resistance when bioassayed with acetamiprid and thiamethoxam. However, dinotefuran was more toxic than either imidacloprid or thiamethoxam to both IM-R and GU-R strains as indicated by low LC50s. By contrast, a Q-biotype Spanish-resistant strain (SQ-R) of B. tabaci highly resistant to imidacloprid demonstrated high cross-resistance to the two related neonicotinoids. Field populations from Imperial Valley (California), Maricopa and Yuma (Arizona), showed variable susceptibility to imidacloprid (LC50s ranging from 3.39 to 115 μg ml–1) but did not exhibit cross-resistance to the three neonicotinoids suggesting that all three compounds would be effective in managing whiteflies. Yuma populations were the most susceptible to imidacloprid. Dinotefuran was the most toxic of the four neonicotinoids against field populations. Although differences in binding at the target site and metabolic pathways may influence the variability in cross-resistance patterns among whitefly populations, comparison of whitefly responses from various geographic regions to the four neonicotinoids indicates the importance of ecological and operational factors on development of cross-resistance to the neonicotinoids.

Keywords

whitefliesimidacloprid resistanceacetamipriddinotefuranthiamethoxam
Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 95 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 535 - 543
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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