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Exposure of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) females to pirimiphos-methyl alters the fitness of their progeny

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Insecticidal treatment is a common practice for the control of stored-product insect pests. Most studies are focused on the direct effects of insecticides on target insects, while there are no data on the indirect effects on adults in terms of progeny fitness. This study deals with the effect of pirimiphos-methyl on adults of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), investigating their exposure time cost to progeny fitness. For this purpose, females of T. castaneum were exposed for 1, 3, 8, 16, 24, and 72 h to pirimiphos-methyl and progeny birth or death rates were calculated. The fecundity, as well as the survival of progeny, was affected by the parental exposure to the insecticide. When females were exposed for 1 and 3 h to pirimiphos-methyl, the net reproductive rate of the progeny was 4.1 and 4.3 females/female, respectively, which did not statistically differ with the progeny in control treatment (6.3 females/female). Further exposure time to pirimiphos-methyl affected significantly the progeny net reproductive rate, where the lowest value was observed at the 72-h exposure time (0.97 females/female). The intrinsic rate of increase, as well as the finite rate of increase, did not differ between the progeny of the control treatment (0.029 females/female/day and 1.029, respectively) and the progeny of exposed females at 1 h (0.021 females/female/day and 1.021, respectively) or 3 h (0.023 females/female/day and 1.023, respectively). By increasing the time of exposure to pirimiphos-methyl, a detrimental effect to progeny fitness was revealed based on the values of the intrinsic and finite rate of increase. The lowest values of these parameters were observed at the 72-h exposure time (0.001 females/female/day and 1.000, respectively). The same trend was observed in the values of the doubling time. In contrast, the mean generation time did not statistically differ between control and all insecticide treatments. The fact that the exposure of parental females of T. castaneum to pirimiphos-methyl negatively affects the demographic parameters of their offspring production should be seriously taken into account when management strategies are applied against this notorious stored-product insect species since it could reduce the repeatedly insecticidal applications in storage facilities.

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This study was funded by the State Scholarships Foundation (2018-050-0502-11763).

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    Anna Skourti, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos & Nikos E. Papanikolaou

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Designed research: AS, NGK, and NEP. Performed research: AS. Writing-review and editing: AS, NGK, and NEP. Supervision: NGK. Funding acquisition: AS.

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Skourti, A., Kavallieratos, N.G. & Papanikolaou, N.E. Exposure of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) females to pirimiphos-methyl alters the fitness of their progeny. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 7893–7900 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11048-9

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