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The potential of some newer photostable pyrethroids to select for resistance in the housefly Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P.A. Chapman ,
D.P. Webb  and
S.J. Walker
P.A. Chapman*
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, MAFF, Slough, UK
D.P. Webb*
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, MAFF, Slough, UK
S.J. Walker*
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, MAFF, Slough, UK
*
Central Science Laboratory (CSL), MAFF, London Rd, Slough, SL3 7HJ, UK.
Central Science Laboratory (CSL), MAFF, London Rd, Slough, SL3 7HJ, UK.
Central Science Laboratory (CSL), MAFF, London Rd, Slough, SL3 7HJ, UK.
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Abstract

A strain of Musca domestica Linnaeus with low pyrethroid resistance was divided into four sub-strains, each was subjected to three selections in the laboratory with either alphacypermethrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin or permethrin. Each selected strain was then tested for cross-resistance to the other pyrethroids and to synergized pyrethrins. Pyrethroid resistance was increased by all selecting agents by a factor of between 1.5 and 3.6 as measured at the KD50, thus demonstrating that the newer persistent pyrethroids had a similar potential to select for pyrethroid resistance as did permethrin. A field trial using a commercial alphacypermethrin formulation was carried out in an intensive animal unit against a population of M. domestica with a high pyrethroid resistance. After a high initial kill, the population rapidly recovered and a second application failed to control the population. Pre- and post-trial M. domestica samples were taken and resistance to alphacypermethrin and synergized pyrethrins was shown to have increased from 54.5 to 263.6 and 15.2 to 28.4 at the KD50, respectively.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 517 - 521
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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