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Flight take-off and walking behavior of insecticide-susceptible and – resistant strains of Sitophilus zeamais exposed to deltamethrin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2009

N.M.P. Guedes ,
R.N.C. Guedes ,
G.H. Ferreira  and
L.B. Silva
N.M.P. Guedes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36571-000, Brazil
R.N.C. Guedes*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36571-000, Brazil Department of Biology, 209 Nesbitt Biology Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ONK1S 5B6, Canada
G.H. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36571-000, Brazil
L.B. Silva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36571-000, Brazil
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: (+55)(31) 3899-4012 E-mail: guedes@ufv.br
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Abstract

Insects have evolved a variety of physiological and behavioral responses to various toxins in natural and managed ecosystems. However, insect behavior is seldom considered in insecticide studies although insects are capable of changing their behavior in response to their sensory perception of insecticides, which may compromise insecticide efficacy. This is particularly serious for insect pests that are physiologically resistant to insecticides since insecticide avoidance may further compromise their management. Locomotion plays a major role determining insecticide exposure and was, therefore, considered in investigating the behavioral responses of male and female adult insects from an insecticide-susceptible and two insecticide-resistant strains of the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a major pest of stored cereals. Different dose-dependent behavioral responses were expected among strains with behavioral resistance less likely to occur in physiologically resistant insects since they are able to withstand higher doses of insecticide. The behavioral responses to deltamethrin-sprayed surfaces differed among the maize weevil strains. Such responses were concentration-independent for all of the strains. Stimulus-independent behavioral resistance was unrelated to physiological resistance with one resistant strain exhibiting higher rates of flight take-off and the other resistant strain exhibiting lower flight take-off. Female mobility was similar for all strains, unlike male mobility. Males of each strain exhibited a pattern of mobility following the same trend of flight take-off. Behavioral patterns of response to insecticide are, therefore, variable among strains, particularly among insecticide-resistant strains, and worth considering in resistance surveys and management programs.

Keywords

behavioral resistanceinsecticide avoidanceinsecticide resistancemaize weevilrepellencemobilitypyrethroidstored grains
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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 99 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 393 - 400
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Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press

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