Journal of Economic Entomology (2004) 97, 2043-2050

Ali H. Sayyed and Denis J. Wright (2004)
Fipronil resistance in the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): Inheritance and number of genes involved
Journal of Economic Entomology 97 (6), 2043-2050
Abstract: Bioassays (at generation 1, G₁) using fipronil, spinosad, indoxacarb, and Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry1Ca with a newly collected field population of Plutella xylostella (L.) from farmers fields in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, indicated a resistance ratio of ~ 400-, 1,170-, 330-, 2,840-, and 1,410-fold, respectively, compared with a laboratory-susceptible population of P. xylostella (ROTH). At G₃, the field-derived population was divided into two subpopulations, one was selected (G₃ to G₇) with fipronil (fip-SEL), whereas the second was left unselected (UNSEL). Bioassays at G₈ found that selection with fipronil gave a resistance ratio of ~ 490 compared with UNSEL and ~ 770 compared with ROTH. The resistance ratio for fipronil, spinosad, indoxacarb, Cry1Ac, and Cry1Ca in the UNSEL population declined significantly by G₈. Logit regression analysis of F₁ reciprocal crosses between fip-SEL (at G₈) and UNSEL indicated that resistance to fipronil in the fip-SEL population was inherited as an autosomal, incompletely recessive (D _LC = 0.37) trait. At the highest dose of fipronil tested, resistance was completely recessive, whereas at the lowest dose it was incompletely recessive. A direct test of monogenic inheritance based on a backcross of F₁ progeny with fip-SEL suggested that resistance to fipronil was controlled by a single locus. The fip-SEL population at G₈ showed little change in its response to spinosad and indoxacarb compared with G₁, whereas its susceptibility to Cry1Ac and Cry1Ca increased markedly over the selection period. This suggests that there may be some low level of cross-resistance between fipronil, spinosad, and indoxacarb.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pesticide resistance of pest
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Plutella xylostella		Malaysia
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A-toxin (entomopathogen)	Plutella xylostella		Malaysia
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C-toxin (entomopathogen)	Plutella xylostella		Malaysia