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4 May 2024 Fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): practical resistance of 2 Brazilian populations to Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab and Cry1F Bt maize
Silvana M. Orozco-Restrepo, Oscar F. Santos-Amaya, Morgana de Souza Miranda, Clébson S.Tavares, Eliseu José G. Pereira
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In the Americas, transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt, Bacillales: Bacillaceae) have been used widely to manage fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda [J.E. Smith]). As resistance to Cry1 single-gene Bt maize (Zea mays L.) rapidly evolved in some FAW populations, pyramided Bt maize hybrids producing Cry1, Cry2, or Vip3Aa proteins were introduced in the 2010s. We examined field-evolved resistance to single- and dual-protein Bt maize hybrids in 2 locations in southeastern Brazil, where plant damage by FAW larvae far exceeded the economic threshold in 2017. We collected late-instar larvae in Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab and Cry1F maize fields and established 2 FAW populations in the laboratory. The F1 offspring reared on the foliage of Bt and non-Bt maize plants (Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab and Cry1F) showed neonate-to-adult survival rates as high as 70% for both populations. There was no significant difference in the life-table parameters of armyworms reared on non-Bt and Bt maize foliage, indicating complete resistance to Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab maize. Larval survival rates of reciprocal crosses of a susceptible laboratory strain and the field-collected populations indicated nonrecessive resistance to Cry1F and a recessive resistance to Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab maize. When relaxing the selection pressure, the armyworm fitness varied on Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab and non-Bt maize; the resistance was somewhat stable across 12 generations, without strong fitness costs, although one of the lines died confounded by a depleted-quality, artificial rearing diet. To our knowledge, this is the first report documenting the practical resistance of FAW to a pyramided Bt crop. We discuss the implications for resistance management.

Silvana M. Orozco-Restrepo, Oscar F. Santos-Amaya, Morgana de Souza Miranda, Clébson S.Tavares, and Eliseu José G. Pereira "Fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): practical resistance of 2 Brazilian populations to Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab and Cry1F Bt maize," Journal of Economic Entomology 117(3), 1095-1105, (4 May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae082
Received: 30 August 2023; Accepted: 8 April 2024; Published: 4 May 2024
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KEYWORDS
inheritance of resistance
pyramided Bt crop
relative fitness
Spodoptera frugiperda
stability
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