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Overexpression of UDP‐glycosyltransferase potentially involved in insecticide resistance in Aphis gossypii Glover collected from Bt cotton fields in China
Author(s) -
Chen Xuewei,
Tang Chunyan,
Ma Kangsheng,
Xia Jin,
Song Dunlun,
Gao XiWu
Publication year - 2020
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.5648
Subject(s) - aphis gossypii , imidacloprid , bifenthrin , biology , population , carbosulfan , thiamethoxam , aphid , acetamiprid , toxicology , neonicotinoid , chilo suppressalis , pesticide , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , aphididae , agronomy , homoptera , pest analysis , medicine , lepidoptera genitalia , environmental health
Abstract BACKGROUND The cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover is one of the most destructive insect pests. It has evolved resistance to numerous insecticides around the world due to the application of insecticides. Uridine diphosphate (UDP)‐glycosyltransferases (UGTs) have been reported to potentially facilitate the detoxification process of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam in A. gossypii . RESULTS In this study, the field populations of A. gossypii developed different levels of resistance to multiple insecticides. A UGT inhibitor, 5‐nitrouracil, dramatically increased the toxicity of acetamiprid in resistant populations, moderately increased the toxicity of sulfoxaflor in the imidacloprid susceptible (IMI_S) population, and populations from Yuncheng in Shanxi Province (SXYC) and Jingzhou in Hubei Province (HBJZ), and increased the toxicity of bifenthrin in the IMI_S and HBJZ populations, but there was no synergism on omethoate or carbosulfan. Quantitative real‐time PCR analysis revealed that UGT344B4 and UGT344C7 were overexpressed in all field populations, and UGT344N4 was overexpressed in the SDBZ and HBZJ populations. Furthermore, the suppression of UGT344B4 or UGT344C7 by RNA interference significantly increased the susceptibility to bifenthrin in the IMI_S population and the susceptibility to sulfoxaflor in the SXYC population. CONCLUSION These results suggested that UGTs are potentially involved in the detoxification of neonicotinoid, sulfoximine, and pyrethroid insecticides in A. gossypii . Furthermore, the overexpression of UGTs could be associated with insecticide resistance in field populations of A. gossypii . The results might be helpful for the management of insecticide resistance in field populations of A. gossypii . © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry