Need for growing non- Bt cotton refugia to overcome Bt resistance problem in targeted larvae of the cotton bollworms, Helicoverpa armigera and Pectinophora gossypiella

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

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Shahid, Muhammad Rafiq¹  Farooq, Muhammad¹  Shakeel, Muhammad³  Ashraf, Misbah⁴  Zia, Zia Ullah¹  Ahmad, Saghir¹  Mahmood, Abid⁵ 

[1] Cotton Research Institute;School of Earth, Environment and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology;Key Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application of Guangdong Province, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University;Entomological Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute;Punjab Agriculture Research Board

关键词: Cry1Ac;    ELISA;    Insecticidal protein;    Herbivory behavior;    Lepidopterous larvae;    Refuge crop;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41938-021-00384-8

学科分类：化学工程（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The effectiveness of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton against target arthropod larvae is decreasing day by day. The comparative effect of Bt expression among Bt cotton varieties and different plant parts was observed against the cotton bollworms: Helicoverpa armigera and Pectinophora gossypiella larvae. In the present study, larval mortality of H. armigera was higher than P. gossypiella among selected Bt cultivars. Median lethal concentration (LC50) values were 8.91, 13.4, 14.0, and 36.4 for P. gossypiella, while 5.91, 4.04, 2.37, and 8.26 for H. armigera of FH-142, MNH-886, IR-3701, and FH-Lalazar, respectively. These values depicted that P. gossypiella had more Bt resistance problem than H. armigera larvae. The host range of both targeted insect larvae was different from each other due to the polyphagous feeding nature of the larvae of H. armigera that feed on different host plants, but P. gossypiella attacked only cotton with monophagous feeding habit. It was also notable from results that Bt expression in reproductive parts where the attacked pink bollworm was lower than the American bollworm, so the former had the maximum chance of resistance due to repeated exposure to Bt. It was concluded that farmers be advised to follow the practice of growing non-Bt as a refuge crop to reduce the problem of Bt resistance in the target arthropod species.

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