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Changes in the insecticide susceptibility and physiological trade-offs associated with a host change in the bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus

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For most of the seed weevils (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), the ability to survive environmental stresses like insecticide exposure and reproduction is variable and depends on the host. Here, we evaluated the physiological costs and benefits of a host shift from kidney beans of the landrace “Vermelho” to cranberry beans of the landrace “Manteigão” in the bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus. We assessed the susceptibility of A. obtectus to the commercial pyrethroid deltamethrin and clove and cinnamon essential oils as potential alternative insecticides and measured its reproductive performance (e.g., oviposition and emergence rates) on both hosts. The females of A. obtectus reared on kidney beans were less susceptible to both deltamethrin and clove essential oil and showed more sources of energy in the trophocytes although the attraction of adult females to both hosts was similar. However, the females reared on cranberry beans had higher reproductive performances and respiration rates, indicating that more energy was expended on reproduction than on the mitigation of the insecticide actions. Thus, with a change in hosts, a trade-off between reproductive fitness and the susceptibility to insecticides was demonstrated for A. obtectus. These results should not only affect the management of A. obtectus in storage units but also the understanding of these insects’ host adaptativeness.

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Grants from the CAPES Foundation, the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Minas Gerais State Foundation for Research Aid (FAPEMIG), Secretaria Nacional de Educación Superior Ciencia y Tecnologia of Ecuador (SENESCYT-Ecuador) and the Arthur Bernardes Foundation (FUNARBE) supported this work.

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  1. Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil

    K. Haddi, L. O. Viteri Jumbo, M. S. Costa, M. F. Santos & E. E. Oliveira

  2. Science without Border Associate Researcher, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil

    K. Haddi

  3. Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil

    L. R. A. Faroni

  4. Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil

    J. E. Serrão

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Haddi, K., Viteri Jumbo, L.O., Costa, M.S. et al. Changes in the insecticide susceptibility and physiological trade-offs associated with a host change in the bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus . J Pest Sci 91, 459–468 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0860-1

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