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1 August 2008 An Empirical Test of the F2 Screen for Detection of Bacillus thuringiensis-Resistance Alleles in Tobacco Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Carlos A. Blanco, O. P. Perera, Fred Gould, Douglas V. Sumerford, Gerardo Hernández, Craig A. Abel, David A. Andow
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Abstract

Insects exposed to genetically modified crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are under intense selection pressure that could result on widespread Bt resistance. Screening for early indications of Bt resistance developing in targeted Lepidoptera is conducted in many of the regions where genetically modified cotton and corn have been commercialized. Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) has been selected in the laboratory to have a gene for resistance to Cry1Ac. We used this laboratory line to test the assumptions and theoretical predictions related to detection of recessive Bt-resistant alleles in field populations based on a second generation (F2) screen. By creating single-pair families from mating a heterozygous Cry1Ac-resistant moth with a Cry1Ac-susceptible moth, we simulated the most common genotype when Bt-resistance alleles are at low frequency in the field. The second generation (F2) neonates of single-pair families were screened daily with diagnostic concentration bioassays. Cry1Ac-resistant homozygous larvae were detected, but the proportion of resistant larvae was generally below the theoretical expectation of 6.25% and was influenced by the moth F1 sib-mating density and by the day of oviposition of F2 eggs. Logistical considerations such as F1 sib-mating density and F2 neonate screening are important for the successful implementation of a reliable method.

Carlos A. Blanco, O. P. Perera, Fred Gould, Douglas V. Sumerford, Gerardo Hernández, Craig A. Abel, and David A. Andow "An Empirical Test of the F2 Screen for Detection of Bacillus thuringiensis-Resistance Alleles in Tobacco Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4), 1406-1414, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1406:AETOTF]2.0.CO;2
Received: 14 January 2008; Accepted: 13 March 2008; Published: 1 August 2008
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KEYWORDS
Cry1Ac
Heliothis virescens
insecticide resistance management
single-pair family
YHD2
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