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First detection of etoxazole resistance in Australian two‐spotted mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae) via bioassay and DNA methods
Author(s) -
Herron Grant A,
Woolley Lauren K,
Langfield Kate L,
Chen Yizhou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12290
Subject(s) - tetranychus urticae , bioassay , spider mite , biology , mite , toxicology , botany , ecology
Etoxazole is used in Australia to control mites on a range of crops including pome fruit and cotton. Although resistance has been widely reported elsewhere, it has not previously been detected in Australia. Here, we report the first detection of etoxazole resistance (>12 500 fold) in Australian two‐spotted mite Tetranychus urticae from pome fruit via both bioassay and DNA methods. It is envisaged that the DNA‐based method developed here can be used to monitor etoxazole resistance in T. urticae .