title: Monitoring resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis in the field by performing bioassays with each Cry toxin separately.
abstract: Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is increasingly used worldwide for mosquito control and is the only larvicide used in the French Rhône-Alpes region since decades. The artificial selection of mosquitoes with field-persistent Bti collected in breeding sites from this region led to a moderate level of resistance to Bti, but to relatively high levels of resistance to individual Bti Cry toxins. Based on this observation, we developed a bioassay procedure using each Bti Cry toxin separately to detect cryptic Bti-resistance evolving in field mosquito populations. Although no resistance to Bti was detected in none of the three mosquito species tested (Aedes rusticus, Aedes sticticus and Aedes vexans), an increased tolerance to Cry4Aa (3.5-fold) and Cry11Aa toxins (8-fold) was found in one Ae. sticticus population compared to other populations of the same species, suggesting that resistance to Bti may be arising in this population. This study confirms previous works showing a lack of Bti resistance in field mosquito populations treated for decades with this bioinsecticide. It also provides a first panorama of their susceptibility status to individual Bti Cry toxins. In combination with bioassays with Bti, bioassays with separate Cry toxins allow a more sensitive monitoring of Bti-resistance in the field.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tetreau
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stalinski
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Després
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000737:chemistry*; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001681:Biological Assay; D061046:Biological Control Agents; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D061046:Biological Control Agents; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis
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