Impact of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutation R81T on the response of European Myzus persicae populations to imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor in laboratory and in the field

Sulfoxaflor (Isoclast™ active) is a sulfoximine insecticide that is active on a broad range of sap-feeding insects, including species that exhibit reduced susceptibility to currently available insecticides. Colonies of Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) were established from aphids collected in the...

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Published in:Pesticide biochemistry and physiology 2022-10, Vol.187, p.105187-105187, Article 105187
Main Authors: Mezei, Imre, Valverde-Garcia, Pablo, Siebert, Melissa W., Gomez, Luis E., Torne, Maria, Watson, Gerald B., Raquel, Abad M., Fereres, Alberto, Sparks, Thomas C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Green peach aphid
Insecticide and neonicotinoid resistance
Neonicotinoids
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Resistance management
Sulfoximine insecticide
Target site resistance
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Summary:Sulfoxaflor (Isoclast™ active) is a sulfoximine insecticide that is active on a broad range of sap-feeding insects, including species that exhibit reduced susceptibility to currently available insecticides. Colonies of Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) were established from aphids collected in the field from peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) orchards in France, Italy and Spain. The presence of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) point mutation R81T was determined for all the colonies. Eight of the 35 colonies collected were susceptible relative to R81T (i.e., R81T absent), three of the colonies were found to be homozygous for R81T while 24 colonies had R81T present in some proportion (heterozygous). Sulfoxaflor and imidacloprid were tested in the laboratory against these M. persicae field colonies, which exhibited a wide range of susceptibilities (sulfoxaflor RR = 0.6 to 61, imidacloprid RR = 0.7 to 986) (resistance ratios, RR) to both insecticides. Although sulfoxaflor was consistently more active than imidacloprid against these field collected M. persicae, there was a statistically significant correlation across all colonies between the RRs for imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor (Pearson's r = 0.939, p 
ISSN:0048-3575
1095-9939
DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105187