Resistência a fosfina: magnitude, mecanismo e custo adaptativo / Phosphine resistance: magnitude, mechanism and adaptative cost

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The resistance of the insect-pests to fumigants has been frequently reported in stored grains and a present is one of the great obstacles to the control programs involving the use of chemical pesticides. This study was therefore carried out to detect phosphine resistance in populations of Tribolium castaneum, Rhyzopertha dominica and Oryzaephilus surinamensis and to recognize the existence of adaptative disadvantages of these insects in the absence of phosphine, by correlating the instantaneous rate of population growth (ri) with the resistance levels observed in different populations of the species under study. Twelve distinct populations of T. castaneum, ten of R. dominica, and eight of O. surinamensis collected in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais and São Paulo were surveyed. The bioassays for the detection of phosphine resistance were carried out following the standard method recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which it is based on the exposure of 50 non-sexed adult insects, in four replicates, to the discriminating concentration (DC) of the fumigant for a 20 hourperiod. Later, the concentration-response bioassays were carried out generating the concentration-mortality curves that were used to estimate LC50 and LC95 of the populations pertaining to those three species. The LC50 were used to discriminate the standard population for susceptibility in each species. The measurements of the body mass, CO2 production, and instantaneous rate of population increase (ri) in each population of each species were correlated to the resistance ratio at the LD50. The resistance ratio in T. castaneum ranged from 1,0 to 186,2-fold, whereas in R. dominica it ranged from 2,0 to 71,0-fold, and the lowest one from 1,9 to 32,2-fold for O. surinamensis. The results obtained in the resistance detection bioassays pointed out ten populations of T. castaneum, nine of R. dominica and seven of O. surinamensis that were resistant to phosphine. The relationship between the body mass and CO2 production was positive and significant indicating an increase in CO2 production with the individual body mass. The same effect is observed in the interaction between the instantaneous rate of population increase (ri) and body mass. In addition, the populations with lower CO2 production showed higher resistance ratio (RR) for all species, what is related to the phosphine resistance mechanism. The populations with higher ri showed lower resistance ratio (RR). This result indicates a worse reproductive performance of the resistant populations compared with the susceptible ones. Thus, the management strategies that are based on the interruption of the phosphine fumigation over determined time for the reestablishment of the susceptibility and eventual reintroduction of the fumigant shows a good perspective as a management tactic since the resistant populations under study showed adaptative disadvantage in relation to the susceptible ones in the absence of phosphine.

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resistance tribolium castaneum oryzaephilus surinamensis rhysopertha dominica entomologia agricola oryzaephilus surinamensis rhysopertha dominica taxa respiratória tribolium castaneum fosfina phosphine resistência a inseticidas insecticides

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