Survival of kansas dipel-resistant European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Bt and non-Bt corn hybrids

The Kansas Dipel-resistant and susceptible European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), were evaluated in the greenhouse on different Bt transgenic events expressed in corn hybrids. There were important differences in the resistance offered by the different Bt event corn hybrids. Hybrid compari...

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Published inJournal of economic entomology Vol. 95; no. 3; p. 614
Main Authors Huang, Fangneng, Buschman, Lawrent L, Higgins, Randall A, Li, Huarong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.06.2002
Subjects
Animals
Bacillus thuringiensis
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Bacterial Proteins - pharmacology
Bacterial Toxins
Chimera
Endotoxins - genetics
Endotoxins - pharmacology
Hemolysin Proteins
Insecticide Resistance
Insecticides - pharmacology
Kansas
Moths - drug effects
Moths - growth & development
Pest Control, Biological - methods
Plants, Genetically Modified
Zea mays
Kansas
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Summary:The Kansas Dipel-resistant and susceptible European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), were evaluated in the greenhouse on different Bt transgenic events expressed in corn hybrids. There were important differences in the resistance offered by the different Bt event corn hybrids. Hybrid comparison tests indicate that these Dipel-resistant first-instar European corn borer were not able to survive to adulthood on whorl-stage MON810, Bt11, or 176 Bt event corn plants. Third instars did not survive to adulthood on whorl-stage MON810 or Bt11 event corn plants but a small number of fifth instars were found on whorl-stage DBT418 plants infested with Dipel-resistant larvae. First and third instars of these Dipel-resistant European corn borers caused more leaf-feeding damage and more tunneling on whorl-stage Bt-corn plants than did the Dipel-susceptible European corn borers. However, in the single Bt corn hybrid test, there was no survival of the Dipel-resistant European corn borers on DK580BtX or MAX454 Bt plants 35 to 42 d after they had been infested with first instars. These results demonstrate that the current Kansas selection of Dipel-resistant European corn borer strain cannot establish reproducing populations in the tested Bt corn lines and hybrids.
ISSN:0022-0493
DOI:10.1603/0022-0493-95.3.614