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Development of resistance to endosulphan in populations of the tea mosquito bug Helopeltis theivora (Heteroptera: Miridae) from organic and conventional tea plantations in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2010

Somnath Roy ,
Ananda Mukhopadhyay  and
G. Gurusubramanian
Somnath Roy*
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, Darjeeling734 013, India
Ananda Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, Darjeeling734 013, India
G. Gurusubramanian
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl796 009, Mizoram, India
*
*E-mail: entosomnath@yahoo.co.in; entosomnath@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

The tea mosquito bug Helopeltis theivora (Waterhouse) is an important economic pest of tea in India. The development of resistance in H. theivora populations obtained from a conventional plantation and an organic plantation was studied in the laboratory for five generations, and associated changes in life cycle traits were assessed. Selection using sub-lethal concentrations of endosulphan resulted in a 4.4-fold increase in insecticide resistance ratio from the F1 to the F5 generation in the H. theivora population from the conventional plantation. By the F5 generation, nymphal duration was higher and fecundity was lower in the endosulphan-selected strain than in the non-selected strain from a conventional plantation and the susceptible strain from an organic plantation. These findings have practical implications for insecticide resistance management of this important sucking pest of tea.

Keywords

insecticide resistanceendosulphanHelopeltis theivoralife cycleteaIndia
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 61 - 66
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Copyright © ICIPE 2010

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