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Inheritance, fitness costs, incomplete resistance and feeding preferences in a laboratory‐selected MON810 ‐resistant strain of the true armyworm Mythimna unipuncta
Author(s) -
García Matías,
Ortego Félix,
HernándezCrespo Pedro,
Farinós Gema P,
Castañera Pedro
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pest management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.296
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1526-4998
pISSN - 1526-498X
DOI - 10.1002/ps.3971
Subject(s) - biology , bacillus thuringiensis , pest analysis , population , strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , larva , toxicology , veterinary medicine , botany , genetics , demography , medicine , anatomy , sociology , bacteria
BACKGROUND The low efficacy of MON810 maize against Mythimna unipuncta represents a scenario of non‐compliance with the ‘high‐dose’ strategy , raising concerns about potential resistance development and outbreaks of this secondary pest. The present study offers insight into the different components related to resistance in a laboratory‐selected MON810 ‐resistant ( MR ) strain of M. unipuncta . RESULTS The resistance in the MR strain is autosomal and inherited as a partially dominant trait. We have found a lack of fitness costs in this strain for essential life history traits, reproductive potential and most of the population growth parameters analysed, the only exception being an increment in the mean generation time. Larvae of the MR strain reared on Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) maize took longer to develop, presented a high adult cumulative emergence time and had lower growth rate than those reared on non‐ Bt maize, suggesting the existence of incomplete resistance. Feeding preference assays reveal a low discrimination between Bt and conventional maize. CONCLUSION Both resistant and heterozygous larvae of M. unipuncta survive the Cry1Ab toxin expressed on Bt maize, with a weak fitness cost for the homozygous larvae, indicating the potential risk of field‐evolved resistance and its relevance to resistance monitoring. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry