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8 June 2016 Efficacy of Soybean's Event DAS-81419-2 Expressing Cry1F and Cry1Ac to Manage Key Tropical Lepidopteran Pests Under Field Conditions in Brazil
L. H. Marques, B. A. Castro, J. Rossetto, O. A. B. N. Silva, V. F. Moscardini, L. H. S. Zobiole, A. C. Santos, P. Valverde-Garcia, J. M. Babcock, D. M. Rule, O. A. Fernandes
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Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) event DAS-81419-2 (Conkesta technology) in soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, expresses Cry1F and Cry1Ac proteins to provide protection from feeding by several lepidopteran pests. A total of 27 field experiments across nine locations were conducted from 2011 to 2015 in southern and central Brazil to characterize the efficacy of DAS-81419-2 soybean infested with Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Spodoptera cosmioides (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) during vegetative (V4) and reproductive (R2 and R4) crop developmental stages. The efficacy of DAS-81419-2 was compared to that of a non-Bt isogenic variety managed with or without applications of commercial foliar insecticides for lepidopteran control. DAS-81419-2 soybean consistently experienced defoliation levels of 0.5% or less (compared with 20.05–56.74% in the non-Bt, nonsprayed treatment) and larval survival of < 0.1% in all four species across the vegetative and reproductive plant stages evaluated. The efficacy of DAS-81419-2 was significantly higher than commercial foliar insecticides applied to the non-Bt variety. DAS-81419-2 soybeans containing two highly effective Bt proteins are expected to be a more robust IRM tool compared to single-trait Bt technologies. The consistent efficacy of DAS-81419-2 soybeans across years, locations, and crop stages suggests that it will be a valuable product for management of hard-to-control key lepidopteran pests in South American soybean production.

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L. H. Marques, B. A. Castro, J. Rossetto, O. A. B. N. Silva, V. F. Moscardini, L. H. S. Zobiole, A. C. Santos, P. Valverde-Garcia, J. M. Babcock, D. M. Rule, and O. A. Fernandes "Efficacy of Soybean's Event DAS-81419-2 Expressing Cry1F and Cry1Ac to Manage Key Tropical Lepidopteran Pests Under Field Conditions in Brazil," Journal of Economic Entomology 109(4), 1922-1928, (8 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow153
Received: 22 April 2016; Accepted: 9 June 2016; Published: 8 June 2016
KEYWORDS
Anticarsia gemmatalis
Chrysodeixis includens
Conkesta
Heliothis virescens
Spodoptera cosmioides
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