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Title: SELECTION OF SPINED SOLDIER BUG, PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (SAY) FOR CYFLUTHRIN RESISTANCE CONFERS BROAD CROSS-RESISTANCE TO OTHER PYRETHROIDS

Author
item Shelby, Kent
item Coudron, Thomas
item Wagner, Renee

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/19/2002
Publication Date: 11/19/2002
Citation: SHELBY, K., COUDRON, T.A., WAGNER, R.M. SELECTION OF SPINED SOLDIER BUG, PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (SAY) FOR CYFLUTHRIN RESISTANCE CONFERS BROAD CROSS-RESISTANCE TO OTHER PYRETHROIDS. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING. 2002. Abstract p. 90.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Biological control of pest insects by the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say), is severely impacted by the early season application of pyrethroids to alfalfa, cotton, soybeans, vegetables, and other crops. The time required for P. maculiventris adults to recolonize treated areas allows buildup of pest insect populations, and thus decreases the effectiveness of this generalist predator in IPM programs. P. maculiventris nymphs and adults exhibited extreme sensitivity to the pyrethroids cyfluthrin and lambda-cyhalothrin. Eight generations of laboratory selection increased resistance to cyfluthrin 170 fold, to an LC50 of 0.16 mg/L. Similarly, 8 generations of selection increased resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin from less than 1 ug/L to an LC50 of 0.18 mg/L. Resistance to both pyrethroids was abolished by addition of the synergist piperonyl butoxide, suggesting that cytochrome P450 mediates resistance in this species. Both cyfluthrin- and lambda-cyhalothrin-selected colonies exhibited cross resistance to either compound. Additionally both colonies exhibited cross resistance to bifenthrin, zeta-cypermethrin, permethrin, and deltamethrin.