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. 2019 Mar 15;27(1):1–5. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.03.004

Effects of temperature on baseline susceptibility and stability of insecticide resistance against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in the absence of selection pressure

Waqar Jaleel a,b,⁎, Shafqat Saeed c,⁎, Muhammad Nadir Naqqash d, Muhammad Umair Sial e, Muqarrab Ali f, Syed Muhammad Zaka g, Zahid Mahmood Sarwar g, Muhammad Ishtiaq c, Mirza Abdul Qayyum c, Qurat Ul Aine g, Adeel Anwar h, Muhammad Sarmad g, Rashid Azad i, Muhammad Latif j, Furqan Ahmed c, Waqar Islam k,l,m, Khalid Ali Khan n,o,p, Hamed A Ghramh n,o,p
PMCID: PMC6933245  PMID: 31889809

Abstract

Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is an important pest causing significant losses to vegetables worldwide. Insecticides resistance in P. xylostella is a serious issue for scientists since last 30 years. However, deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac are commonly used insecticides against P. xylostella but studies involving development of resistance in P. xylostella against these two insecticides at different temperatures are lacking. The current study was aimed to find out the toxicity of deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac, and resistance development in P. xylostella. Results showed that the positive correlation between the temperature and toxicities of deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac. The results indicated −0.051, −0.049, −0.047, and −0.046 folds of deltamethrin resistance at 15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C temperatures, respectively from 1st to 12th generations. The toxicity of Bt Cry1Ac after 24 h was 2.2 and 4.8 folds on 1st generation at 20 °C and 25 °C temperatures, respectively compared to the toxicity recorded at 15 °C (non-overlapping of 95% confidence limits). Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that the temperature has a positive correlation with the toxicity of deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac against the larvae of P. xylostella. This study suggests that deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac can be included in the management program of P. xylostella on many vegetable crops. The baseline susceptibility data might be helpful to understand the resistance mechanisms in P. xylostella.

Keywords: Bt Cry1Ac, Deltamethrin, Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, Temperature coefficient

1. Introduction

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is an important insect pest of cruciferous crops worldwide (Furlong et al., 2013, Jaleel et al., 2017, Saeed et al., 2019). Worldwide yield losses and the cost of management associated with the diamondback moth is estimated to be about 4–5 billion dollars annually (Zalucki et al., 2012). Chemical control is a most common and effective way to manage P. xylostella. But the serious concern to use different insecticides for P. xylostella is the development of insecticides resistance (Talekar and Shelton, 1993, Troczka et al., 2017). The extensive use of different insecticides results in the more selection pressure on P. xlostella leading to the development of resistance to more than 95 different insecticides. This situation is quite threating and considered as the biggest implications for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of this pest (Steinbach et al., 2017). Among insecticides, pyrethroid and bacterial insecticides are most commonly use insecticides against of P. xylostella in Asia especially Pakistan (Gong et al., 2010, Zamojska et al., 2011). Deltamethrin is the most important pyrethroid used against the P. xylostella (Zamojska et al., 2011). The susceptibility against pyrethroids has been studied against the field population of P. xylostella (Sayyed et al., 2008). Several studies have reported high resistance in P. xylostella to several conventional, new chemistry insecticides and bacterial insecticides due to their extensive use in vegetables or agricultural crops (Sayyed et al., 2008, Shelton, 2007).

The Bt Cry1Ac is one of the most important bio-pesticides used against many Lepidopterans pests like P. xylostella (Gong et al., 2010, Nian et al., 2015, Zhou et al., 2011). This toxin has also been used in many toxicity studies against P. xylostella but studies showing the change in toxicity at different temperatures are lacking. According to Mohan and Gujar (2002) Bt kurstaki was found to be the safer and effective bio-pesticides against the P. xylostella.

Among abiotic factors, the temperature significantly affects the metabolism and survival rate of insect pests (Arrese and Soulages, 2010). Temperature affects the efficacy of insecticides, the correlation between temperature and insecticides is an important study to establishing the IPM strategies (Ahn et al., 2012, Notter-Hausmann and Dorn, 2010, Saeed et al., 2016). Detailed studies involving the effect of temperature on toxicity and insecticides resistance in P. xylostella are lacking from Pakistan.

Considering the importance of P. xylostella, this study was aimed to find out the stability of deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac resistance in P. xylostella in the absence of selection pressure at different temperatures. Baseline susceptibility data were generated and the susceptibility was observed in succeeding generations at different temperature under laboratory conditions.

2. Material and methods

2.1. Plant materials

The cabbage plants were used in the study. For this purpose, seeds of Brassica oleracea var. capitata were purchased from the market and sown in plastic boxes (6 × 10 × 20 cm) 5–7 weeks before the start of experiment.

2.2. Collection and rearing of P. xylostella

The larvae of P. xylostella were collected from cabbage fields located at Multan, Pakistan in 2017 and shifted to laboratory in plastic bottles (15 × 25 cm). The larvae were reared at different temperatures, 15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C, 65 ± 5% relative humidity, and 14 h :10 h (L : D) photoperiod in incubators (Model VELP # 90E Japan, Model SANYO # 153MIR) before the beginning of the experimental study.

2.3. Insecticides

Deltamethrin (Super Delta 10 EC) and Bt Cry1Ac (BTK formulation 2000 iu/µL) were purchased from the local market and used in this experiment.

2.4. Bioassays

Second instar larvae of P. xylostella were treated with deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac for toxicological studies at each temperature on 1st, 4th, 8th, and 12th generations. The insecticides bioassay was conducted using the leaf-dip method. The experiment involved six treatments including control and eight replications of each treatment. Mortality data were recorded for 72 h for Bt Cry1Ac and 48 h for deltamethrin after each 24 h. as suggested by Mohan and Gujar, 2002, Saeed et al., 2016.

2.5. Statistical analysis

The LC50 values of each insecticide at each temperature were calculated by using the probit analysis method through POLO-PC Program (LeOra, 2003). A resistance factor (RF) was calculated according to the method of Wearing and Colhoun (2005). Temperature coefficients of each insecticide were calculated by following the methodology of Musser and Shelton (2005). The temperature coefficient was considered positive if lower LC50 value was at higher temperature and negative when lower LC50 at lower temperature.

3. Results

The evaluation of toxicity for deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac, showed increase toxicity with the increase of temperature

3.1. Deltamethrin

There was a positive correlation between the toxicity of deltamethrin and different temperature ranges (15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C). At 20 °C and 25 °C temperatures, the toxicity of deltamethrin (in the term of LC50 values) was 1.34 and 2.27 times higher as compared to that recorded at 15 °C (i.e. non-overlapping of 95% CI). Similarly, the toxicity of deltamethrin was four times higher for 1st generation of P. xylostella at 30 °C. The toxicity values of 4th, 8th, and 12th generations of P. xylostella showed a positive correlation with temperature. There was a successive decrease in the insecticide resistance from 1st to the 12th generations of P. xylostella to deltamethrin with values of −0.051, −0.049, −0.048, and −0.047 folds at 15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C and 30 °C, respectively. The LC50 value of deltamethrin observed after 24 h in 1st generation of P. xylostella at 15 °C was 712.32 µg/mL while in 12th generation, the LC50 value was decreased to 172.90 µg/mL, indicating an increase in toxicity. The initial LC50 value calculated at temperatures of 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C in 1st generation were greater as compared with a final LC50 values observed in 12th generation (Table 1).

Table 1.

Toxicity of deltamethrin to different generation of Plutella xylostella at different constant temperatures.

T°C (G) (n) LC50 and 95% confidence limit (µg/mL) R Slope ± SE χ2 DR TC
5 °C 10 °C 15 °C
15 1st 240 712.32 (512.16–1612.19) 4.12 0.493 ± 0.352 0.234 0.0 0.0
4th 240 526.42 (325.464–1392.99) 3.04 1.191 ± 0.252 0.274 0.0 0.0
8th 240 313.58 (221.294–539.738) 1.81 1.378 ± 0.247 0.888 0.0 0.0
12th 240 172.90 (126.424–251.635) 1 1.367 ± 0.233 0.062 −0.0512 0.0 0.0



20 1st 240 565.23 (341.149–915.195) 3.92 0.183 ± 0.215 0.656 1.35
4th 240 368.24 (249.849–716.295) 2.55 1.288 ± 0.245 0.776 1.53
8th 240 251.04 (184.286–386.587) 1.74 1.464 ± 0.243 1.148 1.31
12th 240 144.35 (106.333–200.888) 1 1.429 ± 0.234 0.091 −0.0494 1.75



25 1st 240 402.14 (302.183–765.174) 3.75 0.192 ± 0.228 1.997 1.68 2.27
4th 240 306.53 (201.883–637.070) 2.86 1.092 ± 0.229 0.997 1.47 2.25
8th 240 197.60 (139.269–316.527) 1.84 1.210 ± 0.220 1.657 1.55 2.04
12th 240 107.31 (75.492–148.187) 1 1.347 ± 0.231 0.294 −0.0478 1.60 2.81



30 1st 240 231.19 (184.484–396.113) 3.63 0.956 ± 0.124 0.321 1.81 3.04 4.12
4th 240 131.99 (89.984–196.813) 2.07 1.156 ± 0.224 0.400 1.74 2.55 3.92
8th 240 82.32 (54.290–114.171) 1.29 1.302 ± 0.232 0.827 1.84 2.86 3.75
12th 240 63.67 (41.868–86.280) 1 1.478 ± 0.245 0.424 −0.0467 1.29 2.07 3.63
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T, temperature (°C); G, generation; n, total number of insects; χ2, chi-square to the observed mortality data * significant (p < 0.05); R, resistance factor/fold was calculated for each generation as LC50 of test generation divided by LC50 of susceptible generation; DR, rate of decrease in LC50 [log (final LC50 – initial LC50)/N], where N is a number of generation populations reared without insecticide exposure; TC, temperature coefficient (Ratio of higher to lower LC50 value for 5 °C, 10 °C and 15 °C differences in temperature).

3.2. Bt Cry1Ac

The relationship between the toxicity of Bt Cry1Ac and all tested temperatures (15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C) was similar as observed for deltamethrin. The toxicity of Bt Cry1Ac was increased with the increase in temperature. The toxicity of Bt Cry1Ac at 30 °C was increased 9.61 times once exposed at the 1st generation larvae of P. xylostella. Toxicity observed was in positive correlation with temperature coefficient all the generations of P. xylostella (Table 2). On 1st generation field population of P. xylostella, maximum LC50 values of Bt Cry1Ac were observed after 24 h (156107.93 µg/mL) of treatment followed by decreasing values after 48 (91791.74 µg/mL), and 72 h (29205.69 µg/mL). However, the same pattern was observed at 12th generation of P. xylostella but with quite lower LC50 values (Table 2).

Table 2.

Toxicity of Bt Cry1Ac to different generation of Plutella xylostella at different constant temperatures.

T°C (H) (G) (n) LC50 and 95% confidence limit(µg/mL) R Slope ± SE χ2 DR TC
5 °C 10 °C 15 °C
15 24 1th 240 156107.93 (39481.36–498692.71) 4.66 0.912 ± 0.298 0.119
24 4th 240 136007.92 (36482.36–478699.70) 4.06 0.815 ± 0.283 0.017
24 8th 240 50441.23 (23050.96–473766.70) 1.51 1.044 ± 0.276 0.183
24 12th 240 33472.53 (17085.96–188804.50) 1.00 0.996 ± 0.249 0.887 −0.0557
48 1st 240 91791.74 (47491.32–6902312.11) 4.97 0.916 ± 0.362 0.209
48 4th 240 81792.77 (27490.22–6702311.18) 4.43 0.816 ± 0.262 0.207
48 8th 240 34295.02 (17267.15–211784.77) 1.86 0.983 ± 0.252 0.130
48 12th 240 28476.65 (11599.14–46289.84) 1.00 1.152 ± 0.244 0.580 −0.058
72 1st 240 29205.69 (15507.46–67579.42) 3.38 1.141 ± 0.235 0.269
72 4th 240 19204.68 (11508.49–57509.46) 2.22 1.041 ± 0.239 0.219
72 8th 240 13174.07 (8715.65–27402.74) 1.52 1.134 ± 0.235 0.564
72 12th 240 8648.12 (6081.74–14198.75) 1.00 1.212 ± 0.231 0.838 −0.044



20 24 1st 240 69939.87 (35906.68–3896001.62) 3.92 0.681 ± 0.256 0.245 2.23
24 4th 240 66937.86 (23907.69–3796001.63) 3.75 0.789 ± 0.250 0.235 2.03
24 8th 240 39321.55 (18264.42–370800.15) 2.20 0.906 ± 0.247 0.173 1.28
24 12th 240 17848.91 (10860.96–50174.39) 1.00 1.042 ± 0.236 0.097 −0.0494 1.88
48 1st 240 36568.85 (24862.52–289433.97) 3.99 0.853 ± 0.231 0.382 2.51
48 4th 240 30558.80 (14872.50–249432.95) 3.33 0.852 ± 0.237 0.381 2.68
48 8th 240 16002.41(9842.36–43359.72) 1.74 1.014 ± 0.233 0.145 2.14
48 12th 240 9174.67 (6540.82–14808.25) 1.00 1.281 ± 0.234 0.288 −0.05 2.01
72 1st 240 14453.15 (8894.00–39493.21) 2.50 1.986 ± 0.228 0.289 2.02
72 4th 240 12451.05 (7894.00–29493.29) 2.15 0.986 ± 0.227 0.208 1.54
72 8th 240 7692.15 (5309.93–12683.51) 1.33 1.133 ± 0.226 0.069 1.71
72 12th 240 5781.33 (3914.17–8932.03) 1.00 1.109 ± 0.223 0.019 −0.0332 1.50



25 24 1st 240 32223.32 (25262.20–72911.79) 3.07 1.155 ± 0.265 0.065 2.17 4.84
24 4th 240 25226.31 (15262.20–71911.78) 2.41 1.255 ± 0.267 0.049 2.65 5.39
24 8th 240 18419.51 (11992.53–41187.90) 1.76 1.275 ± 0.255 0.403 2.13 2.74
24 12th 240 10481.38 (7283.68–18320.06) 1.00 1.222 ± 0.234 0.040 −0.0406 1.70 3.19
48 1st 240 16316.46 (11239.693–43013.82) 2.18 1.284 ± 0.246 0.048 2.24 5.63
48 4th 240 15306.56 (10039.693–33013.82) 2.05 1.184 ± 0.241 0.038 2.00 5.34
48 8th 240 11929.48 (8129.78–22442.84) 1.60 1.194 ± 0.235 0.052 1.34 2.87
48 12th 240 7471.01 (5303.65–11617.83) 1.00 1.235 ± 0.229 0.076 −0.0283 1.23 2.47
72 1st 240 9626.07 (6916.42–25214.56) 1.75 1.116 ± 0.235 0.257 1.50 3.03
72 4th 240 9126.07 (6406.42–15204.55) 1.65 1.216 ± 0.231 0.237 1.36 2.10
72 8th 240 6518.26 (4630.81–9774.67) 1.18 1.245 ± 0.228 0.214 1.18 2.02
72 12th 240 5514.57 (4048.83–7632.61) 1.00 1.427 ± 0.233 0.170 −0.0202 1.05 1.57



30 24 1st 240 16247.34 (9569.84–31559.39) 2.28 1.159 ± 0.231 1.158 1.98 4.30 9.61
24 4th 240 14277.94 (9369.84–30559.69) 2.00 1.149 ± 0.236 0.158 1.77 4.69 9.53
24 8th 240 10888.89 (7508.84–19598.73) 1.53 1.201 ± 0.234 0.029 1.69 3.61 4.63
24 12th 240 7134.15 (5023.65–11108.50) 1.00 1.204 ± 0.227 0.033 −0.0298 1.47 2.50 4.69
48 1st 240 11821.20 (7354.07–23778.81) 2.25 1.115 ± 0.209 0.211 1.38 3.09 7.77
48 4th 240 10800.20 (7254.07–20778.89) 2.06 1.105 ± 0.229 0.201 1.42 2.83 7.57
48 8th 240 7847.05 (5460.22–12817.71) 1.50 1.161 ± 0.227 0.056 1.52 2.04 4.37
48 12th 240 5242.50 (3814.36–7271.88) 1.00 1.397 ± 0.232 0.063 −0.0294 1.43 1.75 3.52
72 1st 240 6675.43 (4231.15–9999.94) 2.25 1.162 ± 0.256 0.089 1.44 2.17 4.38
72 4th 240 6172.46 (4130.05–9920.74) 2.08 1.062 ± 0.222 0.083 1.48 2.02 3.11
72 8th 240 4324.26 (2798.92–6387.039) 1.46 1.109 ± 0.223 0.019 1.51 1.78 3.05
72 12th 240 2965.95 (1813.05–4223.83) 1.00 1.202 ± 0.229 0.085 −0.0294 1.86 1.95 2.92
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T°C, temperature (°C); G, Generation; n, total number of insects; χ2, chi-square to the observed mortality data * significant (p < 0.05); R, resistance factor/fold was calculated for each generation as LC50 of test generation divided by LC50 of susceptible generation; DR, rate of decrease in LC50 [log (final LC50 – initial LC50)/N], where N is number of generation populations reared without insecticide exposure; TC, Temperature Coefficient (Ratio of higher to lower LC50 value for 5 °C, 10 °C, and 15 °C differences in temperatures).

4. Discussion

A number of experiments have been performed to better understand interactions between different pathogens used against insect pests (Wraight and Ramos, 2005, Zhou et al., 2011). However, only a few studies are available on the interaction between temperature and insecticides against the P. xylostella (Sayyed et al., 2008). Hence, the current study was conducted to define the possible effects of deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac against the P. xylostella at a different temperature. Deltamethrin is one of the best pyrethroid that has been used for 30 years (Zamojska et al., 2011). Several lepidopteran insect pests endure severe stress at a low followed by high temperature and a positive correlation has been observed between the toxicity of deltamethrin and the temperature (Li et al., 2007). With the increase of temperature, the toxicity of deltamethrin was found highest. The coefficient of temperature becomes positive as the temperature increases and resistance increases owing to the high rate of metabolism (Punzo, 1993). According to Toth and Sparks (1990) temperature coefficient correlation with pyrethroids either positive or negative it depends upon the insect. Our results showed positive temperature correlation in case mortality against the deltamethrin and BtCry1Ac.

The Bt toxin (protein) has been known for its insecticidal properties, and it has the ability to multiply in a suitable temperature (Ferré and Van Rie, 2002, Höfte and Whiteley, 1989). At low temperatures, the activity of Bt toxins is inhibited in plants, however, at high temperatures (i.e. 36–42 °C) the crystalline protein is diluted or its effectiveness is reduced in transgenic crops (Hilbert and Piggot, 2004). The results of this experiment summarized that temperature in the range of 20–25 °C is ideal the management program of P. xylostella, that is the reason why in unselected population, P. xylostella mortality was increased against pyretheroids and Bt Cry1Ac. Our study concluded that susceptibility of larvae of P. xylostella against deltamethrin (pyrethroid) and Bt Cry1Ac was increased with the increase of temperature because of high feeding and metabolism rate. Deltamethrin and Bt Cry1Ac must be used an integrated strategy for controlling P. xylostella in practice. Moreover, advance studies to know the mechanism involve in toxicity of these insecticides with the combination of Lepidopterans are desirable. Our study will be helpful in the management of P. xylostella in many vegetable crops.

Acknowledgement

The authors are thankful to the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) for providing funds to conduct this study by Project No. PSF/NSLP/P-BZU 130.

Footnotes

Peer review under responsibility of King Saud University.

Contributor Information

Waqar Jaleel, Email: waqar4me@yahoo.com.

Shafqat Saeed, Email: shafqat.saeed@mnsuam.edu.pk.

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