title: Permethrin resistance ratios compared by two methods of testing nymphs of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica.
abstract: For the German cockroach, Blattella germanica L. (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), the permethrin resistance ratio (RR) was assessed by topical application and by tarsal contact tests, using first-instar nymphs of five strains from Tehran, Iran. Each test was replicated three or four times with 10 nymphs aged 2-3 days; mortality was scored 24h post-treatment. The reference susceptible strain showed LD50 permethrin 0.0175 microl/nymph from topical application, KT50 of 8.41 min and LT50 of 12.82 following tarsal contact with permethrin 15 mg/m2. In four wild strains (F1 generation) the RR varied from 4.14 to 4.7 for mortality after topical application, from 4.2 to 6.45 for mortality and 17-27 for knockdown following tarsal contact tests. Hence, overall knockdown results gave much higher RRs than for mortality data. Resistance ratios based on both methods of treatment were very similar: one strain showed a slightly higher value by topical application (RR 4.6 vs. 4.2, i.e. 1.1-fold difference) whereas the other three strains gave slightly greater RR (1.2-1.4 fold) by tarsal contact. Resistance was abolished by cotreatment with the synergist piperonyl butoxide plus permethrin (ratio 3:1 required for full efficacy), indicating that mixed-function oxidases were inhibited as a major metabolic pathway in all four resistant strains.
authors.affiliation: Medical Entomology Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. ladani@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ladonni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020048:Blattellidae; D004351:Drug Resistance; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D007814:Larva; D026023:Permethrin; D011722:Pyrethrins
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins; D026023:Permethrin