Effect of partial plant resistance in brassicas on tolerance of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae to cypermethrin

Brassica cultivars with varying degrees of partial plant resistance were fed to larvae (up to 4th instar) of the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, and were bioassayed by topical application of cypermethrin to investigate the interaction of plant resistance with insecticide. Larvae reared on the least preferred brassica, Minicole, showed a significantly higher LD₅₀ value than those on the most preferred brassica, Chinese cabbage. Bioassay of 4th instar DBM larvae fed on artificial diet containing pure compounds of glucosinolates revealed a negative interaction between their susceptibility to cypermethin and certain glucosinolates (in particular sinigrin), suggesting that such compounds induced the production of insecticide-detoxifying enzymes.     

Development of a bioassay system for monitoring susceptibility in Thrips tabaci

A system is described for collecting adult and larva of Thrips tabaci from onion foliage into insecticide-treated vials to evaluate susceptibility to insecticides. The thrips insecticide bioassay system (TIBS) allows one to treat vials and store them for 3 weeks before thrips are collected. Depending on the population density in the field, collection of the insects for the test required from 3-6 h for one person. Assays are read after 24h. This system was used in 1997 and 1998 in commercial onion fields in Honduras and Nicaragua, and TIBS was sensitive enough to detect differences to the insecticides tested, to thrips life stages and to different generations within an onion-growing season. Data collected suggest that there were not serious problems with thrips insecticide resistance, with the possible exception of cypermethrin in Nicaragua which had a resistance ratio (RR) value of 26.9 for adult thrips. The largest RR values were observed at the end of the growing season, and this may be caused by the season-long selection by insecticide sprays. The mortality of adults and larvae followed the same general pattern, but the ratio between larvae and adults differed for each chemical group.     

10%硫虫酰胺SC对草地贪夜蛾的控制效果

为了筛选对草地贪夜蛾防效优良的新型药剂,采用浸卵法和浸叶法在室内研究了10%硫虫酰胺SC对草地贪夜蛾的毒力,并用喷雾法进行了田间控制作用研究。结果表明,硫虫酰胺浸卵处理对草地贪夜蛾的卵孵化率无明显影响,但能显著提高初孵幼虫的死亡率,其中66.7、133.3、266.7 mg/L等3个浓度处理初孵幼虫校正死亡率均高于92.77%;硫虫酰胺对草地贪夜蛾3龄幼虫有较强的毒杀作用,各处理72 h后的校正死亡率为65.55%～100%,但对5龄幼虫防效差。田间药效试验表明,药后1 d各处理防效为61.56%～76.75%,速效性差于对照药剂5.7%甲氨基阿维菌素苯甲酸盐(甲维盐)ME;药后7 d各处理防效为84.84%～95.82%,持效性优于5.7%甲维盐ME和200 g/L氯虫苯甲酰胺SC。研究表明,10%硫虫酰胺SC可以有效控制草地贪夜蛾,且持效性较好,建议每667 m~2制剂用量30 mL左右,防治适期为草地贪夜蛾卵孵盛期及3龄幼虫前。     

多杀菌素对不同发育阶段甜菜夜蛾的毒力及其体内超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶和过氧化物酶的影响

对甜菜夜蛾的毒力测定结果表明,多杀菌素能显著降低其初孵幼虫的存活率、成虫的产卵量和成虫寿命。经6.25 μg/mL药液处理的卵,其初孵幼虫存活率仅为7.48％,而对照则为76.72％;取食12.50 μg/L药液的成虫,其产卵量和成虫寿命仅为取食蜂蜜水的1/6和1/2.5。随虫龄的增加,甜菜夜蛾幼虫对多杀菌素的敏感性显著降低,3龄、4龄幼虫的敏感性仅为2龄幼虫的1/9和1/16,且增效剂氧化胡椒基丁醚(PBO)与磷酸三苯酯(TPP)表皮点滴处理不表现增效作用。多杀菌素对甜菜夜蛾卵的孵化率、蛹重以及蛹的羽化率没有明显影响。亚致死剂量处理3龄幼虫后,其体内超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶和过氧化物酶等主要保护酶系的活性在处理后0~24 h与对照差异不明显,保护酶系与甜菜夜蛾对多杀菌素敏感性之间没有明显关系。     

Laboratory and field evaluation of spinosad against the gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar

The toxicity of the naturally derived insecticide spinosad was tested against the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. Bioassays using red oak leaf disks, treated with spinosad in a Potter spray tower, yielded an LC₅₀ value of 0.0015 µg AI cm⁻² (3‐day exposure; 13‐day evaluation; 2nd instar larvae). Applied to foliage to run‐off in the laboratory (potted red oak seedlings) and the field (4 m‐tall birch trees), spinosad effectively controlled 2nd instar larvae at concentrations ranging from 3 to 50 mg litre⁻¹. Toxicity in the laboratory, and efficacy and persistence in the field, were comparable to those achieved with the insecticide permethrin. Laboratory studies supported field observations that control was achieved in part by knockdown due to paralysis. In addition, laboratory results demonstrated that crawling contact activity may play an important role in field efficacy; 50% of treated larvae were paralyzed 16 h after a 2‐min crawling exposure to glass coated with a 4 mg litre⁻¹ spinosad solution. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) resistance to spinosad

Susceptibility to spinosad (Success®/Tracer®) of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) from the southern USA and Southeast Asia was determined through exposure of second‐ and third‐instar larvae to dipped cotton leaves. LC₅₀ estimates of susceptibility of second‐ and third‐instar larvae of field populations ranged from 0.279 to 6.14 and 0.589 to 14.0 mg spinosad litre⁻¹, respectively. A Thailand population was 22‐ and 24‐fold less susceptible than the six other US field populations evaluated, and 85‐ and 58‐fold less susceptible than a reference laboratory population, respectively. From these results, we initiated experiments to test the hypothesis that the Thailand population was resistant to spinosad. F₁ crosses between the resistant Thailand population and a susceptible reference strain yielded individuals that were 22‐fold less sensitive to spinosad than the susceptible parent. This same resistant strain exhibited significantly greater survivorship on plants treated with spinosad in the field. Lastly, selection of an Arizona population resulted in a significant reduction in susceptibility to spinosad, further substantiating the hypothesis of a genetic basis for resistance to spinosad. These findings indicate a vulnerability of this new insecticide to resistance development in beet armyworm and should serve as a warning against excessive use of it. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Hemocyte diversity of the American bollwormHelicoverpa armigera

The hemocytes of the American bollwormHelicoverpa armigera (Hübner) were studied in the last instar larvae by phase contrast microscopy to investigate the differences among 14 populations, collected from ten locations, spread over a distance of approximately 3000 km in six different states of India. The cluster analysis of differential hemocytes showed as many as 11 clusters of populations at 5% and six clusters at 10% homogeneity level. The cluster analysis of hemocytes of seven populations from cotton crops showed five and three clusters at 5% and 10% homogeneity levels, respectively. Diversity of hemocytes of four populations from chickpea was wider than that from cotton. The differences in hemocytes of various populations may be due to space, time, host plant, insecticide use, other agroecological conditions, and insect genetic variabilityper se. The field populations ofH. armigera heavily treated with insecticides appeared to contain more spherulocytes at the expense of plasmatocytes and granulocytes. The treatment of 6-day-old larvae ofH. armigera with cypermethrin decreased plasmatocytes and granulocytes, and increased prohemocytes and spherulocytes in the hemolymph of last instar larvae. Thus, differential hemocyte counts may serve as an indicator of insecticide exposure and the diversity of insect populations. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Dec. 20, 2004.     

Metabolic insecticide defenses in the boll weevil compared to those in a resistance-prone species

Activities of cytochrome P-450-dependent microsomal monooxygenases (PMSO) are up to 46-fold higher in insecticide-susceptible fifth instar tobacco budworm larvae than in adult boll weevils. Glutathione transferase and esterase activities are likewise higher in susceptible tobacco budworm larvae than in adult boll weevils, the life stages of the two species that are exposed to selection pressure from insecticide treatments. Good metabolic defenses may facilitate insecticide resistance development in the tobacco budworm. Differences in ecological, biological, and other biochemical factors, not quantified in this study, are also likely to contribute to the observed differences in resistance development in the two species. PSMO activities as well as glutathione transferase and esterase activities are 3- to 11-fold higher in boll weevil larvae than in adults. Exposure of the life stage with the weakest metabolic defenses to insecticide selection pressure in the boll weevil may contribute to its relative lack of resistance development.     

Effects of sublethal concentrations of fenitrothion on beet armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) development and reproduction

We present data on the effects of various concentrations of the organophosphorus insecticide, fenitrothion, on development, reproduction and eggshell structure of Spodoptera exigua. The insecticide did not change the male/female ratio in tested populations. The pesticide-exposed larvae were significantly smaller than the controls and their pupation was delayed. These changes were not proportionally concentration-dependent. After imaginal molting experimental females laid significantly fewer eggs than controls. This effect was the same whether one or both members of a mating pair were exposed to fenitrothion during the larval stage. In the egg stage the insecticide caused serious malformations of the eggshell. The exposure caused other types of clearly abnormal development of eggs: two micropylar regions were noticed. Hence, even a low concentration of fenitrothion in the diet can lead to serious disturbances in reproduction and thus possibly at the population level.     

核型多角体病毒对玉米草地贪夜蛾的控制作用研究

草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda是严重威胁我国玉米生产的入侵害虫。为科学、有效地防控草地贪夜蛾,本文应用浸卵法和浸叶法,在室内研究了几种核型多角体病毒Nucleopolyhedrovirus(NPV)对草地贪夜蛾的毒力,并利用喷雾法进行了田间控制作用研究。结果表明,几种核型多角体病毒浸卵处理10 s对草地贪夜蛾的卵孵化率无明显影响,但苜蓿银纹夜蛾NPV浸卵对草地贪夜蛾卵孵化有一定的延迟作用,24、48 h的孵化率分别为12.50%、69.17%,显著低于对照;核型多角体病毒浸卵对初孵幼虫的毒力较强,棉铃虫NPV、甜菜夜蛾NPV浸卵后初孵幼虫死亡率最高,分别达92.32%、82.49%;草地贪夜蛾3龄幼虫取食浸过核棉铃虫NPV、甜菜夜蛾NPV的玉米叶片72 h后,其死亡率分别为96.39%、92.82%,甘蓝夜蛾NPV对3龄幼虫也具有较强毒杀作用。同时核型多角体病毒对草地贪夜蛾幼虫发育有一定抑制作用,3龄幼虫取食经棉铃虫NPV、甜菜夜蛾NPV处理的叶片72 h平均虫龄分别为3.00龄和3.36龄,显著低于对照。玉米田喷施甜菜夜蛾NPV、甘蓝夜蛾NPV,药后10 d对草地贪夜蛾的防效分别达到86.03%和82.36%。研究表明,甜菜夜蛾NPV、甘蓝夜蛾NPV杀虫剂对玉米草地贪夜蛾具有较好的防控效果,可以作为其有效防控的生物农药。     

防治地老虎杀卵兼治初龄幼虫的试验

两年来室内和試驗場試驗証实:有机磷杀虫剂如1605及敌百虫等能兼治小地老虎和黄地老虎的卵和初龄幼虫;有机氯杀虫剂如DDT及666等对卵几乎无效,但对初龄幼虫效果頁好。两类药剂混用杀卵效果提高。大田試驗用50％敌百虫乳剂1份、25％DDT乳剂1份、水600份,在卵孵化率为28.6—95.0％时亩施混合液50公斤,防治效果良好;防治适期比药杀初龄幼虫可提早十天左右,大大緩和了时間紧张的矛盾。     

Impact of spray application methodology on the development of resistance to cypermethrin and spinosad by fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)

The development of resistance to an insecticide under various types of application method has yet to be reported in the literature. Five fall armyworm Spodoptera armigera (JE Smith) colonies were reared in a chamber for ten generations before starting topical application bioassays. From each colony, 200-500 third-fourth-instar larvae were fed for 72 h on corn plants sprayed with cypermethrin or spinosad at minimum application rate (20 g ha(-1)) using a small droplet size nozzle XR8001VS (volume median diameter D(v0.5) = 163 microm) or a large droplet size nozzle XR8008VS (D(v0.5) = 519 microm). Surviving larvae were transferred to untreated corn leaves to complete their life cycle. Next-generation third-instar larvae of each colony were topically dosed with technical cypermethrin or spinosad at 1 microL per larva, and mortality was recorded 24 h post-treatment. The results indicated that cypermethrin demonstrated an insecticidal activity greater than that of spinosad, and the cypermethrin regression lines moved to the right faster than those for spinosad, indicating an increased tolerance of cypermethrin. Generally, larvae from all generations (F1-F7) under the XR8008VS treatments were less susceptible to cypermethrin and developed resistance faster and to higher levels than larvae from the XR8001VS treatments. The confidence limits (95%) of LD(50) for all spinosad treatments indicated that there was no significant difference from the LD(50) value of the susceptible reference strain. The results are a first indication that application technology/insecticide reaction may affect the rapidity of resistance development in certain pest/plant scenarios, but field studies are needed to confirm this conclusion.     

Assessment of insecticide resistance in eggs and neonate larvae of Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Spanish Cydia pomonella (L.) field populations have developed resistance to several insecticide groups. Diagnostic concentrations were established as the LC₉₀ calculated on a susceptible strain (S_Spain) for five and seven insecticides and tested on eggs and neonate larvae field populations, respectively. The three most relevant enzymatic detoxification systems (mixed-function oxidases (MFO), glutathione S-tranferases (GST) and esterases (EST)) were studied for neonate larvae.In eggs, 96% of the field populations showed a significantly lower efficacy when compared with the susceptible strain (S_Spain) and the most effective insecticides were fenoxycarb and thiacloprid. In neonate larvae, a significant loss of susceptibility to the insecticides was detected. Flufenoxuron, azinphos-methyl and phosmet showed the lowest efficacy, while lambda-cyhalothrin, alpha-cypermethrin and chlorpyrifos-ethyl showed the highest. Biochemical assays showed that the most important enzymatic system involved in insecticide detoxification was MFO, with highest enzymatic activity ratios (5.1-16.6 for neonates from nine field populations). An enhanced GST and EST activities was detected in one field population, with enzymatic activity ratios of threefold and fivefold for GST and EST, respectively, when compared with the susceptible strain. The insecticide bioassays showed that the LC₉₀ used were effective as diagnostic concentrations. Measures of MFO activity alongside bioassays with insecticide diagnostic concentrations could be used as tools for monitoring insecticide resistance in neonate larvae of C. pomonella.     

二化螟在茭白上的钻蛀行为及其防治方法

研究了二化螟在茭白植株上的转移、钻蛀和产卵行为以及取食选择性,并根据其行为特性,制订合理的药剂喷施方法.结果表明,二化螟90%以上的卵产在茭白的叶片上,其余部分产在叶鞘上.产卵的主要叶位是心叶、倒一叶和倒二叶.超过50%的卵块集中在叶片距叶枕0～60cm的部位.幼虫孵化后,蚁螟蛀入的部位一般在叶枕以下的叶鞘内侧,多集中于倒四、倒五叶鞘.2龄后开始钻蛀内侧叶鞘,并蛀入茭白茎的内芯,二化螟幼虫在茭白植株上通常从叶片转移到叶鞘进行钻蛀危害.幼虫嗜食茭白茎部,其次为茭白果肉和叶鞘,对叶片几乎不取食.使用叶鞘喷施杀虫可达到对茭白进行全株喷雾同样的防治效果,并可节省40%～50%的用药量,经济和生态效益十分明显.     

丁香对赤拟谷盗卵和幼虫的致死作用

在室内条件下,研究了丁香干燥花蕾粉末对赤拟谷盗卵和幼虫的影响。结果表明:丁香对赤拟谷盗卵孵化有明显的抑制作用,对赤拟谷盗幼虫有致死作用并且全部致死时间随着赤拟谷盗幼虫龄期的增大而延长,龄期越小的幼虫其全部致死时间越短。     

No negative sublethal effects of two insecticides on prey capture and development of a spider

Laboratory experiments were used to analyse the effect of two insecticides, dimethoate and cypermethrin, on prey capture, feeding and rate of development of the wolf spider Pardosa amentata. Though partly lethal doses (LD₅₀ and LD₁₀) were applied and a high proportion of surviving spiders suffered paralysis for one to two days, which could be fatal under field conditions, no negative effects on other investigated biological characteristics (including development and predation rates) of the surviving individuals were observed. With very low doses of cypermethrin, killing rate and feeding of females in the period between the final moult and egg-sac deposition were increased compared to untreated controls. This is the first evidence of enhanced performance due to an insecticide in a spider. The possibility of insecticide stimulation of predator population recovery after eradication by spraying is discussed. © 1998 SCI.     

栗瘿蜂生物学特性观察与防治方法探讨

栗瘿蜂在北京地区一年发生一代。无雄蜂,营孤雌生殖。以初龄幼虫在栗芽组织内越冬,翌年5月下旬幼虫老熟在虫瘿里化蛹,6月中、下旬羽化,脱孔出蜂,产卵于栗芽内。卵于7月中旬孵化,初孵幼虫先在栗芽组织表面危害,然后形成小虫室越冬。室内药效测定表明,10%六六六乳剂200倍液、50%杀螟松乳剂1000倍液、50%乐果乳剂1000倍液,对刚脱孔和正在咬孔的成虫触杀效果都很好。田间栗树喷药试验结果表明,成虫羽化95%以上时,喷布10%六六六乳剂或超低量油剂,效果良好。冬季剪枝,保留结果母枝和有用发育枝,防虫效果明显。保护及利用自然天敌长尾小蜂是防治栗瘿蜂值得注意的途径。     

Effect of dihydrodillapiole on pyrethroid resistance associated esterase inhibition in an Indian population of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)

Resistance in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) has been attributed to enhanced detoxification of insecticides by increased levels of esterases, oxidases and/or glutathione S-transferases. Enzyme inhibiting insecticide synergists can be employed to counter increased levels of such enzymes in S. litura. Dihydrodillapiole induced synergism of pyrethroid toxicity was examined in the laboratory-reared third instar larval population of S. litura collected in Delhi (susceptible), and Guntur (resistant) region of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Guntur population was found to be 7.04 and 10.19 times resistant to cypermethrin and lambdacyhalothrin, respectively. The activity of cypermethrin, lambdacyhalothrin and profenophos against susceptible and resistance populations of S. litura, was gradually increased when used along with a plant-derived insecticide synergist dihydrodillapiole. The α-naphthyl acetate hydrolysable esterase activity in Delhi population was less as compared to the Guntur population. Resistance associated esterases in Delhi population were inhibited by pre-treatment with dihydrodillapiole. The esterase level in insect was instantly reduced initially, sustained for about 3 h and equilibrated at 4 h post treatment. The esterase activity of Guntur population was increased to 1.28 μmoles/mg/min at 2 h post treatment and subsequently reduced to lower than 0.70 μmoles at 4-12 h post treatment. The variation in esterase activity is suggestive of its homeostatic regulation in test populations. Dihydrodillapiole thus caused significant reduction of resistance in S. litura to cypermethrin, lambda cyhalothrin and profenophos.     

10th British Weed Control Conference

The performance of different spray droplet spectra of cypermethrin from cone nozzles applied to brassica leaves was evaluated by bioassay using Plutella xylostella larvae. A spray droplet spectrum containing small droplets (VMD = 119 μm) caused a significantly higher knockdown and mortality compared to a coarser spray (VMD = 210 μm). No significant difference in the responses was observed when cypermethrin was sprayed over the top of the plants compared to plants sprayed from both sides using either nozzle; but the fine spray consistently gave better knockdown and mortality regardless of spray direction. The results indicated that spray effectiveness of cypermethrin could be improved by using a fine spray nozzle.