How to translate text using browser tools
9 January 2016 Monitoring Susceptibility of Western Bean Cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Field Populations to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F Protein
Jared S. Ostrem, Zaiqi Pan, John Lindsey Flexner, Elizabeth Owens, Rachel Binning, Laura S. Higgins
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Zea mays L. (maize) hybrids producing the Cry1F protein from Bacillus thuringiensis were first commercialized in the United States in 2003. These products demonstrated varying levels of moderate control, but not immunity to Striacosta albicosta (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (western bean cutworm). Susceptibility of western bean cutworm to Cry1F protein was assessed in field populations collected in the mid- and western United States in 2003, 2004, 2013, and 2014 using diet bioassay. A meta-analysis of 32 western bean cutworm field collections assessed for susceptibility to Cry1F was conducted to investigate changes in susceptibility over time. Based on meta-analysis results, these data suggest a 5.2-fold increase in median lethal concentration (LC50) response to Cry1F in the 2013–2014 populations compared with collections that were assessed 10 yr earlier. Widespread use of Cry1F-producing maize hybrids over the past 10 yr may have contributed to favoring western bean cutworm populations with tolerance to the Cry1F protein.

© The Authors 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Jared S. Ostrem, Zaiqi Pan, John Lindsey Flexner, Elizabeth Owens, Rachel Binning, and Laura S. Higgins "Monitoring Susceptibility of Western Bean Cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Field Populations to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F Protein," Journal of Economic Entomology 109(2), 847-853, (9 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov383
Received: 22 September 2015; Accepted: 27 November 2015; Published: 9 January 2016
JOURNAL ARTICLE
7 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

KEYWORDS
bioassay
field collection
maize pest
resistance
tolerance
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top