Spectrum of cross-resistance to insecticides in field samples of the primary sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina |
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Authors: | PB Hughes |
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Institution: | Biological and Chemical Research Institute, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, PMB 10, Rydalmere, N.S.W. 2116, Australia |
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Abstract: | Hughes P. B. (1981) Spectrum of cross-resistance to insecticides in field samples of the primary sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. Internationaljournal for Parasitology11:475–479. Resistance to the organophosphorous (OP) insecticide, diazinon, is due to a major gene on chromosome 4. To examine the spectrum of cross-resistance in field populations of Lucilia cuprina, larvae from 41 field samples were exposed to the susceptible discriminating doses of five insecticides. A comparison of the mortalities produced by diazinon to those caused by the other OPs tested (fenthion-ethyl, chlorfenvinphos and coumaphos) indicates that the diazinon resistance gene may confer cross-resistance to other OPs used for blowfly control. However, two samples were found to be resistant to diazinon but susceptible to coumaphos. The OP resistance gene is present at a high frequency in field populations, with a mean frequency of 0–82. Mortalities produced by the carbamate, butacarb, did not relate to those due to diazinon. It seems that a separate mechanism for carbamate resistance is also present in the field. No indication of resistance was found to the insect growth regulator Vetrazin® in any sample tested. |
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Keywords: | Lucilia cuprina insecticide organophosphorous carbamate Vetrazin® resistance larvae field survey resistance genes |
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