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1 August 2011 Cross-Resistance to Insecticides in a Malathion-Resistant Strain of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Francisco Couso-Ferrer, Rabeh Arouri, Beatriz Beroiz, Nathalia Perera, Amelia Cervera, Vicente Navarro-Llopis, Pedro Castañera, Pedro Hernández-Crespo, Félix Ortego
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Resistance to malathion has been reported in field populations of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in areas of Spain where an intensive use of this insecticide was maintained for several years. The main goal of this study was to determine whether resistance to malathion confers cross-resistance to different types of insecticides. Susceptibility bioassays showed that the malathion-resistant W-4Km strain (176-fold more resistant to malathion than the susceptible C strain) has moderate levels of cross-resistance (three- to 16-fold) to other organophosphates (trichlorphon, diazinon, phosmet and methyl-chlorpyrifos), the carbamate carbaryl, the pyrethroid lambda-cyhalothrin, and the benzoylphenylurea derivative lufenuron, whereas cross-resistance to spinosad was below two-fold. The W-4Km strain was selected with lambda-cyhalothrin to establish the lambda-cyhalothrin-resistant W-1Kλ strain (35-fold resistant to lambda-cyhalothrin). The synergistic activity of the esterase inhibitor DEF with lambda-cyhalothrin and the increase in esterase activity in the W-1Kλ strain suggests that esterases may be involved in the development of resistance to this insecticide. Our results showed that resistance to malathion may confer some degree of cross-resistance to insecticides currently approved for the control of Mediterranean fruit fly in citrus crops (lambda-cyhalothrin, lufenuron, and methyl-chlorpyrifos). Especially relevant is the case of lambda-cyhalothrin, because we have shown that resistance to this insecticide can rapidly evolve to levels that may compromise its effectiveness in the field.

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Francisco Couso-Ferrer, Rabeh Arouri, Beatriz Beroiz, Nathalia Perera, Amelia Cervera, Vicente Navarro-Llopis, Pedro Castañera, Pedro Hernández-Crespo, and Félix Ortego "Cross-Resistance to Insecticides in a Malathion-Resistant Strain of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 104(4), 1349-1356, (1 August 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC11082
Received: 14 March 2011; Accepted: 1 April 2011; Published: 1 August 2011
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KEYWORDS
chemical control
esterases
Mediterranean fruit fly
resistance management
synergist
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