title: Cross-resistance and baseline susceptibility of Mediterranean strains of Bemisia tabaci to cyantraniliprole.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius is a severe pest in many field and greenhouse crops worldwide and has developed resistance to insecticides from most chemical classes. The ease with which this pest develops resistance makes it essential to incorporate new compounds with different modes of action and no cross-resistance with those previously used into insecticide resistance management strategies. To that end, the systemic effect of the new diamide cyantraniliprole was tested with multiresistant, selected and field populations of Q-biotype B. tabaci from the Mediterranean area.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bioassays with multiresistant and laboratory-selected populations indicated no cross-resistance to cyantraniliprole in the B. tabaci strains exhibiting resistance to other insecticides. The LC50 values for nymphs from 14 field populations varied between 0.011 and 0.116 mg L(-1), a 10.5-fold natural variability. The LC50 values for adults from three strains ranged from 0.060 to 0.096 mg L(-1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These baseline data will be helpful for monitoring future potential shifts in susceptibility to cyantraniliprole in Mediterranean whitefly populations within an IRM programme. Cyantraniliprole may play an important role in mitigating insecticide resistance in B. tabaci because of its high efficacy and its lack of cross-resistance to other insecticides, even in multiresistant Q-biotype populations collected from a highly problematic insecticide resistance area.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grávalos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belando
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Biotecnología y Protección de Cultivos, IMIDA, La Alberca Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Caridad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ros
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bielza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D006430:Hemiptera; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D007306:Insecticides; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009758:Nymph; D011720:Pyrazoles; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D011720:Pyrazoles; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates; C558219:cyantraniliprole
keywords: Cyazypyr™; Q biotype; anthranilic diamide; insecticide resistance; resistance management; whitefly