Comparative Susceptibility of European Corn Borer, Southwestern Corn Borer, and Sugarcane Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to Cry1ab Protein in a Commercial Bacillus Thuringiensis Corn Hybrid.
From: Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. fhuang@agcenter.lsu.edu
Journal of economic entomology
- Publish Date: Feb 2006
- ISSN: 0022-0493
- Volume: 99
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 194-202
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Huang Fangneng, Leonard B Rogers, Gable Rhett H, et al. Comparative Susceptibility of European Corn Borer, Southwestern Corn Borer, and Sugarcane Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to Cry1ab Protein in a Commercial Bacillus Thuringiensis Corn Hybrid.. J. Econ. Entomol. Feb 2006;99:194-202
Abstract
One field strain each of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner); southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar; and sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.); were collected from cornfields in northeastern Louisiana. Susceptibilities of the field strain and a corresponding laboratory strain of the three borer species to Cry1Ab protein in DK69-70 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn hybrid were determined by exposing neonates to intact leaf tissues from whorl stage plants or by feeding neonates or third instars on a meridic diet treated with different concentrations of Cry1lAb protein extracted from Bt corn leaves. Mortality and growth of larvae were evaluated after 2 and 4 d posttreatment in the bioassays by using intact leaf tissues or after 7 d in the bioassays by using diet incorporating Cry1Ab protein. D. saccharalis was the least susceptible species to Cry1Ab protein among the three species, followed by D. grandiosella, whereas O. nubilalis was most susceptible. The 2-d mortality of D. saccharalis neonates on intact Bt leaf tissues was lower than that of O. nubilalis and D. grandiosella. All neonates of O. nubilalis were killed on the diet treated with Cry1Ab protein at 0.5 and 1 mg/kg. The mortality of D. grandiosella was > 75% at 1 mg/kg, but it was < 6% for D. saccharalis at 1 mg/kg. The LC50 values of D. saccharalis were 3- and 11-fold higher than those of D. grandiosella and O. nubilalis, respectively. The LC90 values of D. saccharalis were 8- and 32-fold higher than those of D. grandiosella and O. nubilalis, respectively. Larval growth of the three species on Cry1Ab-treated diet was inhibited, but the inhibition was greater for O. nubilalis and D. grandiosella than for D. saccharalis. The lower susceptibility of D. saccharalis to Cry1Ab protein suggests that it is necessary to verify if a high-dose Bt corn for O. nubilalis and D. grandiosella is also a high dose for D. saccharalis.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Analysis of Variance, Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Bacterial Toxins, Biological Assay, Diet, Endotoxins, Hemolysin Proteins, Larva, Lepidoptera, Mortality, Pest Control, Biological, Plants, Genetically Modified, Toxicity Tests, Weight Gain, Zea mays
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