The cross-resistance spectrum in deltamethrin resistance strains of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae)

Abstract

In order to verify if there was cross-resistance in deltamethrin resistance strains of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), experiments were carried out with three insecticides used in stored grain to control pests: permethrin (pyrethroid), pirimiphos-methyl and chlorpyrifos-methyl (organophosphates). Three strains from Brazil (BR4, BR6 and BR7) and one from United Kingdom (UK1) were tested. The strains BR4 and UK1 were susceptible and BR6 and BR7 were resistant to deltamethrin. Initially all strains were assessed in their susceptibility to deltamethrin insecticide. Then, after they were submitted to deltamethrin selection pressure throughout three generations, each strain was assessed with all other insecticides to determine the cross-resistance spectrum. Results showed that cross-resistance to permethrin existed in the BR6 and BR7 strains of R. dominica. No cross-resistance to the organophosphates, pirimiphos-methyl and chlorpyrifos-methyl, was detected in deltamethrin-resistant strains.