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Quantification of dose-mortality responses in adult Diptera: validation using Ceratitis capitata and Drosophila suzukii responses to spinosad

Date

2019

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Public Library of Science
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa

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MINECO//AGL2014-57752-C2-1-R/ES/recolecta
AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/AGL2017-83498-C2-1-R/ES/recolecta

Abstract

Quantitative laboratory bioassay methods are required to evaluate the toxicity of novel insecticidal compounds for pest control and to determine the presence of resistance traits. We used a radioactive tracer based on P-32-ATP to estimate the volume of a droplet ingested by two dipteran pests: Ceratitis capitata (Tephritidae) and Drosophila suzukii (Drosophilidae). Using blue food dye it was possible to distinguish between individuals that ingested the solution from those that did not. The average volume ingested by C. capitata adults was 1.968 mu l. Females ingested a similar to 20% greater volume of solution than males. Adults of D. suzukii ingested an average of 0.879 mu l and females ingested similar to 30% greater volume than males. The droplet feeding method was validated using the naturally-derived insecticide spinosad as the active ingredient (a.i.). For C. capitata, the concentration-mortality response did not differ between the sexes or among three different batches of insects. Lethal dose values were calculated based on mean ingested volumes. For C. capitata LD50 values were 1.462 and 1.502 ng a.i./insect for males and females, respectively, equivalent to 0.274 and 0.271 ng a.i./mg for males and females, respectively, when sex-specific variation in body weight was considered. Using the same process for D. suzukii, the LD50 value was estimated at 2.927 ng a.i./insect, or 1.994 ng a.i./mg based on a mean body weight of 1.67 mg for both sexes together. We conclude that this technique could be readily employed for determination of the resistance status and dose-mortality responses of insecticidal compounds in many species of pestiferous Diptera.

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Diptera, Ceratitis capitata, Drosophila suzukii, Spinosad

Department

Agronomia, Bioteknologia eta Elikadura / Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB / Agronomía, Biotecnología y Alimentación

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