Resistance and cross-resistance in populations of the leafrollers, Choristoneura rosaceana and Pandemis pyrusana , in Washington apples

J Insect Sci. 2006:6:1-7. doi: 10.1673/2006_06_14.1.

Abstract

Insecticide bioassays of the leafrollers, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), and Pandemis pyrusana Kearfott (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), were used to investigate resistance and cross-resistance between azinphosmethyl and other insecticides. Comparisons of field-collected populations with susceptible laboratory colonies of both leafroller species were made in 1996-97, prior to registration and field introduction of several of insecticides, and were re-tested in 2000-2001 following several years of use in the field. Insecticides tested included azinphosmethyl, chlorpyrifos, methyl parathion, tebufenozide, methoxyfenozide, spinosad, indoxacarb, acetamiprid, Bacillus thuringiensis , and azadirachtin. Azinphosmethyl-susceptible laboratory colonies were used for comparison to field populations. Resistance to azinphosmethyl was found in all populations of C. rosaceana (5.2-26.8 fold) and P. pyrusana (8.4-24.9 fold) collected from commercial orchards. Cross-resistance between azinphosmethyl and the insect growth regulators tebufenozide and methoxyfenozide was found in all but one population of the two leafroller species. No cross-resistance was found to chlorpyrifos. Some of the populations tested were cross-resistant to spinosad and indoxacarb, but the responses to these materials were more variable.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Insecticide Resistance*
  • Insecticides*
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Malus / parasitology*
  • Moths* / physiology
  • Washington

Substances

  • Insecticides