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Selection for and against resistance to insecticides in the absence of insecticide: a case study of malathion resistance in the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P.L. Mason
P.L. Mason*
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sand Hutton, York, Y04 1LZ, UK
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*Unidad de Genética, Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Fax: 00 34 1 397 8344 E-mail: phil.mason@uam.es
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Abstract

In the absence of insecticide there may be intense selection against alleles conferring insecticide resistance, so that these alleles will decline in frequency. On the other hand, selection will act to favour alleles at modifier loci which cause resistance alleles to become coadapted and increase in fitness even in the absence of insecticide. The relative effectiveness of these two processes is of practical importance and theoretical interest. The fate of polymorphism for malathion resistance was studied in the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus). Five to six lines of each of four strains (8401, 8401sel, 8518B and L1040), each polymorphic for resistance phenotypes, were maintained in insecticide-free culture for up to nine generations, over which period the response of individuals to a discriminating dose of 65 mg m-2 malathion was determined. There was significant reversion to susceptibility in the related strains 8401, 8401se1 and 8518B. Assuming resistance to be primarily controlled by a single major locus, resistant homozygote and heterozygote fitnesses in the absence of insecticide were estimated to be 0.92, 0.83 and 0.68, respectively. The initial frequency of the resistant allele was inversely related to the time since last exposure to insecticide, and also to the fitness of the resistant allele. This could be explained by the selection of modifier alleles that reduce the fitness cost of resistance in the absence of insecticide. In strain L1040 the proportion of resistant individuals actually increased over time (after the second generation) in the absence of insecticide. The fitness of the susceptible allele in this case was 0.83. In all strains there was significant variation among lines in relative fitness and initial resistance allele frequency. Analysis of knockdown proportions revealed highly significant variation between generations that is not easily interpreted in genetic terms but is better explained by limitations of the knockdown bioassay.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 177 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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