Phenotypic Variation in Adult Behavioral Response and Offspring Fitness in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in Response to Permethrin

• Published in: Journal of economic entomology Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. 2195 - 2202
• Main Authors: Jallow, Mustapha F. A., Hoy, Casey W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD Entomological Society of America 01-12-2005
• Subjects: Animals; Behavior, Animal - drug effects; behavioral resistance; Biological and medical sciences; Control; dose response; fecundity; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Generalities; insect growth; Insecta; Insecticide Resistance; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; insecticides; Insecticides - pharmacology; Invertebrates; mortality; Moths - drug effects; offspring performance; Oviposition; oviposition behavior; oviposition preference; oviposition preference performance relationships; permethrin; Permethrin - pharmacology; permethrin tolerance; Phenotype; phenotypic variation; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plutella xylostella; progeny; Protozoa. Invertebrates; pyrethroids; Insecticide; Permethrin; Plutella xylostella. oviposition preference performance relationships; Insecta; Pesticides; Pyrethroids; Plutellidae; Plutella xylostella; Preference; Yponomeutidae; Arthropoda; Egg laying; Lepidoptera; Chemical control; Phenotype variation; Invertebrata; insecticides; Fitness
• ISSN: 0022-0493; 1938-291X; 0022-0493
• DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.6.2195

Phenotypic variation in behavioral response and physiological tolerance to permethrin was measured and compared between two populations of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). A field population from Celeryville, OH, and a laboratory population originally collected from Wooster, OH, were compared. In laboratory choice bioassays, females from both populations were less likely to oviposit on cabbage leaf disks and seedlings treated with permethrin. The oviposition-deterrent effect was positively related to permethrin concentration. The laboratory population was significantly more behaviorally responsive to the insecticide and showed a significantly greater avoidance than the field population of the highest concentration of permethrin tested (1.50 g [AI]/liter). The physiological response of each population was measured by feeding bioassays, and the laboratory population was physiologically more susceptible to the permethrin. Larvae from the laboratory population that were fed permethrin-treated leaves had significantly lower growth rate, higher mortality, and lower adult fecundity compared with larvae from the field population. These data suggest that female moths that are more behaviorally responsive to permethrin produce offspring that tend to be more susceptible to the same insecticide, at least for the populations tested. The relationship between adult behavioral response and larval physiological tolerance to permethrin is discussed.