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BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 103, Issue 4, Pages 485-494Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485313000072
Keywords
Coccinellidae; lambda-cyhalothrin; insecticide resistance; behaviour; repellency; irritability
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) Edital Universal
- Fundacao de Amparo a Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) through BFT grant
- Fundacao de Amparo a Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) through BCT grant
- Fundacao de Amparo a Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) through IBPG grant
- APQ
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The ladybird beetle, Eriopis connexa (Germar) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is one of the commonest predators of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the cotton agroecosystem and in many other row and fruit crops in Brazil, and has been introduced into other countries such as the USA for purposes of aphid control. In addition, the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is the most serious cotton pest where it occurs, including Brazil. Controlling boll weevils and other pests such as cotton defoliators still tends to involve the intense application of insecticides to secure cotton production. The pyrethroid insecticide lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT) is commonly used, but this compound is not effective against aphids; hence, a desirable strategy would be to maintain E. connexa populations in cotton fields where LCT is applied. Using populations of E. connexa resistant (Res) and susceptible (Sus) to LCT, we compared behavioural responses on treated cotton plants and under confinement on partially and fully treated surfaces, and assessed the insects' survival on treated plants compared with that of the boll weevil. The E. connexa resistant population caged on treated plants with 15 and 75g a.i. ha(-1) exhibited >>82% survival for both insecticide concentrations compared with <<3% and <<17% survival for susceptible E. connexa populations and boll weevils, respectively. The response of E. connexa Res and Sus populations when released, either on the soil or on the plant canopy, indicated avoidance towards treated plants, as measured by elapsed time to assess the plant. When compared with susceptible individuals, resistant ones took longer time to suffer insecticide knockdown, had a higher recovery rate after suffering knockdown, and spent more time in the plant canopy. Based on behavioural parameters evaluated in treated arenas, no ladybird beetles exhibited repellency. However, irritability was evident, with the susceptible population exhibiting greater irritability compared with the resistant population and a subgroup comprising resistant individuals that had recovered from knockdown. The outcomes for the E. connexa Res population indicate a promising strategy for its maintenance when using the insecticide LCT in integrated pest management schemes to control boll weevil or other non-target pest of ladybird beetles in cotton fields.
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