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4 May 2016 Evaluation of Potential Fitness Costs Associated With eCry3.1Ab Resistance in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Ryan W. Geisert, Bruce E. Hibbard
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Abstract

Both an eCry3.1Ab-selected and paired control western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, colony were tested for adult longevity, egg oviposition, egg viability, and larval development in order to evaluate the potential fitness costs associated with eCry3.1Ab resistance. Adult longevity experiments were conducted by pairing virgin males and females together in plastic boxes supplied with food, water, and ovipositional medium and observed for survival time. Eggs were also collected from the ovipositional medium once a week to determine average egg oviposition and egg viability. Larval development time experiments were conducted by infesting seedling assays with 25 neonate larvae and recording larval recovery after several days. Adult longevity, average egg oviposition, and larval development time results indicated a lack of fitness costs associated with eCry3.1Ab resistance in the western corn rootworm. Results of egg viability indicated a fitness advantage for the eCry3.1Ab-selected colony with a significantly higher egg hatch than the control.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2016. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the United States.
Ryan W. Geisert and Bruce E. Hibbard "Evaluation of Potential Fitness Costs Associated With eCry3.1Ab Resistance in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 109(4), 1853-1858, (4 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow095
Received: 4 February 2016; Accepted: 10 April 2016; Published: 4 May 2016
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KEYWORDS
Bacillus thuringiensis
Bt resistance
insect resistance management
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