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Fitness costs associated with resistance to  Bacillus thuringiensis  (Bt) toxins critically impact the development of resistance in insect populations. In this study, the fitness costs in  Trichoplusia ni  strains associated with two genetically independent resistance mechanisms to Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab, individually and in combination, on four crop plants (cabbage, cotton, tobacco and tomato) were analyzed, in comparison with their near-isogenic susceptible strain. The net reproductive rate ( R   0  ) and intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) of the  T. ni  strains, regardless of their resistance traits, were strongly affected by the host plants. The  ABCC2  gene-linked mechanism of Cry1Ac resistance was associated with relatively low fitness costs, while the Cry2Ab resistance mechanism was associated with higher fitness costs. The fitness costs in the presence of both resistance mechanisms in  T. ni  appeared to be non-additive. The relative fitness of Bt-resistant  T. ni  depended on the specific resistance mechanisms as well as host plants. In addition to difference in survivorship and fecundity, an asynchrony of adult emergence was observed among  T. ni  with different resistance mechanisms and on different host plants. Therefore, mechanisms of resistance and host plants available in the field are both important factors affecting development of Bt resistance in insects.

Effect of crop plants on fitness costs associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in cabbage loopers