Toxicity of biorational insecticides: activity against the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

The relationship between dose for each of four biorational insecticides (pyrethrins, neem extract, capsiacin extract, insecticidal soap) and mortality of the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) was determined using a laboratory bioassay. These insecticides were toxic to aphids and paired mixtures of the insecticides provided synergistic activity as measured by aphid mortality under the laboratory bioassay conditions. Capsiacin extracts were found to provide low levels of mortality alone but acted synergistically in mixtures with the other insecticides and provided higher than expected levels of mortality. Activity as determined in the laboratory for each insecticide was not evident under field-use conditions in five separate experiments. Under field conditions and using common application methods, these insecticides did not provide significant levels of control of aphids.     

5种植物源杀虫剂防治烟蚜效果研究

选用5种不同的植物源杀虫剂3%苦参碱水剂,0.2%苦皮藤素乳油,0.3%印楝素乳油,0.5%藜芦碱可溶性液剂,4%鱼藤酮乳油对烟蚜进行田间防治试验。结果表明,3%苦参碱水剂和0.2%苦皮藤素乳油对烟蚜防效皆达到90%以上,药效期可持续20 d。因此,3%苦参碱水剂和0.2%苦皮藤素乳油这两种植物源杀虫剂可作为无公害烟叶和有机烟叶生产中防治烟蚜的推荐药剂。     

Variation in response to neonicotinoid insecticides in peach-potato aphids,Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Laboratory bioassays applying the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid, acetamiprid and nitenpyram against clones of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) demonstrated that these compounds effectively circumvent the known carboxylesterase, modified acetylcholinesterase (MACE) and knock-down (kdr) insecticide resistance mechanisms in this species. However, some clones showed cross-tolerance (up to 18-fold) of these compounds relative to susceptible standards. A survey assessing the frequency of neonicotinoid tolerance in M persicae in the UK, based on samples collected from the field and glasshouses between 1997 and 2000, showed that such tolerance is still rare. Experiments on neonicotinoid-susceptible and -tolerant populations of M persicae under simulated field conditions in the laboratory showed that, although the latter were well controlled by imidacloprid applied at recommended application rates, they were more likely to survive and reproduce when this compound was applied at lower concentrations. Such conditions are probably periodically present in imidacloprid-treated field and glasshouse crops. Selection favouring tolerant forms of M persicae could lead to increases in their frequency and the evolution of more potent resistance to neonicotinoids.     

陕西关中地区杀虫剂清园措施对桃树桃蚜种群的影响

在田间条件下研究了陕西关中地区5种杀虫剂在不同时间进行清园处理对桃树桃蚜种群的影响。结果表明,两次施药对桃蚜种群的增长均有较好的控制效果,尤以第1次施药后45d内和第2次施药后30d内,即5月6日前控制效果明显。但5月6日以后,各药剂处理的控制效果均明显下降,至第1次施药后的第60天和第2次施药后第45天,有的药剂处理已经完全失去了控制效果。早春清园对桃蚜种群的早期增长有较好的防治效果,但此时桃蚜种群数量总体偏低,直接危害并不严重,从减少用药次数和用药量的角度,早春清园预防桃蚜有无必要值得进一步试验研究。     

烟蚜测报诱集方法的研究

本文研究结果表明 ,不同颜色的粘性诱板对烟田蚜虫都有一定的诱集作用 ,柠檬黄色的诱板色面朝上放置的诱板诱集效果最好。诱板和黄皿诱集得到的烟田有翅蚜发生动态一致并和田间有翅蚜量消长动态吻合。诱板同黄皿相比 ,具有安全可靠、减轻工作量、调查方便的特点 ,适宜在烟蚜测报中推广使用     

Response of susceptible and resistant peach-potato aphids Myzus persicae (Sulz.) to insecticides in leaf-dip bioassays

The response of susceptible (S), moderately resistant (R₁) and strongly resistant (R₂) peach-potato aphids, Myzus persicae (Sulz.) to organophosphorus, carbamate and pyrethroid insecticides was tested by a leaf-dip bioassay. The aphids were placed on potato leaves (dipped in insecticide solutions 1–2 or 24 h before infestation) and their mortality examined 48 h later. R₁ aphids were virtually susceptible to most of the carbamates, demephion and acephate, but were slightly to moderately resistant (2.1–9.4 times) to permethrin, cypermethrin and (S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (1R)-cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (I), (NRDC 161), to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-methylquinolin-4-yl dimethylcarbamate (II), (Hoechst 25 682) and demeton-S-methyl. R₂ aphids resisted more strongly or very strongly (between 65 and 1280 times) the pyrethroids, demeton-S-methyl (×94), II (×83) and demephion (×9), and were slightly to moderately (2–5 times) resistant to acephate, pirimicarb, ethiofencarb and 2-(dimethylcarbamoyloxyimino)-3-methoxyimino-N,N- dimethylbutyramide (III), (DPX 3853). Both resistant strains were susceptible to nitrilacarb [4,4-dimethyl-5-(methylcarbamoyloxyimino)pentanenitrile] complex (1:1) with zinc chloride (IV), (AC 85 258). The implications of these results in terms of practical aphid control are discussed.     

9%辣椒碱·烟碱微乳剂防治菜青虫和菜蚜效果试验

应用9%辣椒碱·烟碱微乳剂防治菜青虫和菜蚜田间试验结果表明 ,辣椒碱·烟碱微乳剂对菜青虫和菜蚜均有良好的防治效果。在菜青虫和菜蚜发生期应用9%辣椒碱·烟碱微乳剂50～60g/667m²喷雾防治 ,防效可达90%以上 ,持效期对菜青虫7d以上 ,菜蚜14d以上 ,是防治菜青虫和菜蚜可供选择的理想药剂。     

Further studies on the genetics of the carboxylesterase regulatory system involved in resistance to organophosphorus insecticides in Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

Levels of carboxylesterase activity in F₁ clones of Myzus persicae, obtained by crossing sexuales from a resistant, high esterase clone with those from a susceptible, low esterase clone, fell into two distinct groups intermediate between the levels of carboxylesterase in the parent clones. When sexuales of F₁ clones of the lower of these two intermediate levels of carboxylesterase activity were crossed, segregation ratios in the F₂ generation indicated that this lower intermediate activity level (about 0.4 μmol mg^?1 h^?1). which is about twice the level in susceptible clones, is due to mutation at a single regulatory locus. The results obtained with backcrosses, between sexuales of an F₁ clone having the higher intermediate level of carboxylesterase activity and a parent susceptible, low esterase clone, suggest that a second locus may be involved in the expression of higher levels of esterase activity.     

Effects of liquid vermicompost and synthetic NPK fertilizer sources on Myzus persicae Sulzer (Aphididae: Hemiptera) fed on tobacco

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer (Aphididae: Hemiptera)) is a polyphagous pest that causes economic losses in the tobacco. In addition to...     

Stability of insecticide resistance in the peach-potato aphid,Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

Anholocyclic Myzus persicae (Sulz.) from the glasshouse and field can be classified into six variants, each with a characteristic carboxylesterase activity and consequent resistance to carbamate and organophosphorus insecticides. Overlapping activity distributions prevent unequivocal identification of an individual from measurements of its enzyme activity, but this may be done by cloning and measuring the frequency distribution of the enzyme activity in its progeny. Although each of the four lowest esterase variants has a frequency distribution with a single peak, only the susceptible (USLL) is best described by a single Normal distribution. Those of the other three clones (MSIG, French R and T1V) correspond better with two Normally-distributed components. However, these are not well separated and the lower component accounts for only 10-25% of the individuals. The very resistant clones from glasshouses have higher mean activities but with very broad distributions covering the whole range observed in this aphid. These broad distributions have peaks corresponding to those of the less resistant variants and arise from the appearance at each generation of a small proportion of individuals with much less active enzyme than their parents. Careful monitoring of the changes in activity between parents and offspring of the most resistant variant (clone G6) showed that complete loss of resistance can occur either in a single step or over several generations, and that below a threshold value, reversion to higher levels is very rare. Such reversion could only be detected by selection, with insecticide, of large clonal populations from an individual that had lost activity. High esterase activity was not stabilised by breeding for 16 generations only from individuals with high esterase activity, and is probably maintained in glasshouses by continuous exposure to insecticides. Spontaneous loss of esterase activity and resistance was observed only in glasshouse populations.     

Analysis of insecticide-resistant Myzus persicae (Sulzer) populations collected in Italian peach orchards

Several populations of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), were collected in the most important Italian peach-growing areas. In these populations, collected as primary colonies or as secondary ones, total esterase content and acetylcholinesterase sensitivity towards pirimicarb was assessed using biochemical assays. Most of the individuals analysed generally exhibited an elevated esterase content, and in some cases acetylcholinesterase insensitivity. The implications of resistance levels and distribution on M persicae control strategies are discussed.     

Differential aphicidal effects of chitinase inhibitors on the polyphagous homopteran Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

Four chitinase inhibitors, cyclo-(Proline-Tyrosine), cyclo-(Histidine-Proline), allosamidin and psammaplin A, were selected for in vitro feeding experiments with the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), under controlled photoperiod and temperature conditions. Artificial diets were used to provide chitinase inhibitors at 10, 50 and 100 microg mL(-1) to M. persicae. Except for cyclo-(Proline-Tyrosine), which did not modify aphid demographic parameters, chitinase inhibitors induced differential aphicidal effects on M. persicae. At all doses, cyclo-(Histidine-Proline) induced significant effects affecting daily fecundity, intrinsic rate of natural increase (r(m)) and doubling time of population. When compared with the control diet, allosamidin decreased nymph survival and daily fecundity, increasing the doubling time of population from 1 to 1.5 days. Psammaplin A was the most toxic inhibitor when delivered via artificial diet, as it induced the death of all aphids reared at 50 and 100 microg mL(-1). The results demonstrate the potential use of chitinase inhibitors as aphid management tools.     

Resistance to Peach-potato Aphid,Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Potato Cultivars

Previous research suggests that potato cultivars offer little aphid resistance. However, few studies have measured the effects of host cultivar on aphid age dependent life table statistics or related these measures to field performance. In this study, laboratory and field studies assessed four commercial potato cultivars (Anya, Desiree, Pink Fir Apple, Santé) for resistance to Myzuspersicae. Cultivars were found to show considerable differences in resistance. In the laboratory, the intrinsic rate of increase (r_m) and effective fecundity of M. persicae was lowest on cv. Anya and highest on cv. Desiree. Aphids also took longer to develop to adults and were smaller in size on Anya compared with Desiree. Field studies over two seasons found that M. Persicae infestations started earlier on Desiree than on Anya and that the greatest weekly counts were recorded on the former.     

Efficacy of diflubenzuron and neem seed kernel suspension against the tobacco caterpillar,spodoptera litura,in tobacco nurseries

Nursery tests showed that aqueous sprays of a 25% diflubenzuron (DFB) W.P. at 0.007%, 0.009%, 0.011% and 0.013% a.i., a 2% neem seed kernel suspension (NSKS) in water and a combination of 1% NSKS plus 0.0035% DFB protected tobacco seedlings from tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura [F.]) damage up to 9 days after spraying. Weekly treatments in a bulk nursery with 0.009% DFB and 2% NSKS commencing 4 weeks after germination and continued for 7 weeks, offered significant protection and significantly reducedS. litura larval population compared with an unprotected nursery.     

The fate of some organophosphorus compounds applied topically to peach-potato aphids (Myzus persicae (Sulz.)) resistant and susceptible to insecticides

The fate of [¹⁴C]-dimethoate and [¹⁴C]-parathion after topical application to strains of Myzus persicae resistant and susceptible to organophosphorus compounds was investigated. In 4 h approximately 65% of the dimethoate or para-thion applied was lost from the aphids by evaporation, and this limited the amount available for penetration into the insect. Only approximately 25% of the dose applied penetrated, of which a very small proportion was excreted as metabolites. There was no difference in the amounts penetrating into the resistant and susceptible strains, indicating that penetration was not a factor contributing to the observed resistance. These findings emphasise that evaporation from the cuticle can greatly influence results when insecticides are applied topically.