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result sql = Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) populations from Crete.
Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) populations from Crete.
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result sql = The resistance levels to alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, pirimiphos-methyl, endosulfan and imidacloprid were determined in Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from Crete. Five B tabaci populations collected from greenhouse and outdoor crops were bioassayed and compared with a reference susceptible strain. BEMISIA TABACI COLLECTED IN A FLORICULTURE GREENHOUSE EXHIBITED THE HIGHEST RESISTANCE AGAINST ALL INSECTICIDES: at LC50, resistance factors were 23-fold for bifenthrin, 80-fold for alpha-cypermethrin, 18-fold for pirimiphos-methyl, 58-fold for endosulfan and 730-fold for imidacloprid. A population collected on outdoor melons was more susceptible than the reference strain against all insecticides tested, suggesting the occurrence of local highly susceptible B tabaci populations in 'refugia'. In pairwise comparisons of resistance levels, correlation was observed between the LC50 values of the pyrethroid insecticides bifenthrin and alpha-cypermethrin.

Publication: Pest Manag. Sci. 2005 Jun ;61(6)::577-82.
Publication Date: 2005 Jun
Study Author(s): Roditakis, Emmanouil;Roditakis, Nikos E;Tsagkarakou, Anastasia;
Institution: Plant Protection Institute of Heraklio, National Agricultural Research Foundation, 71003 Heraklio, Greece. [email protected]
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The resistance levels to alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, pirimiphos-methyl, endosulfan and imidacloprid were determined in Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from Crete. Five B tabaci populations collected from greenhouse and outdoor crops were bioassayed and compared with a reference susceptible strain. BEMISIA TABACI COLLECTED IN A FLORICULTURE GREENHOUSE EXHIBITED THE HIGHEST RESISTANCE AGAINST ALL INSECTICIDES: at LC50, resistance factors were 23-fold for bifenthrin, 80-fold for alpha-cypermethrin, 18-fold for pirimiphos-methyl, 58-fold for endosulfan and 730-fold for imidacloprid. A population collected on outdoor melons was more susceptible than the reference strain against all insecticides tested, suggesting the occurrence of local highly susceptible B tabaci populations in 'refugia'. In pairwise comparisons of resistance levels, correlation was observed between the LC50 values of the pyrethroid insecticides bifenthrin and alpha-cypermethrin.
PMID: 15712366

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