Can natural refuges delay insect resistance to Bt cotton

Brévault Thierry, Nibouche Samuel, Achaleke Joseph, Carrière Yves. 2011. Can natural refuges delay insect resistance to Bt cotton. In : World Cotton Research Conference-5, Mumbai, 7-11 November 2011. Theme : Technologies for prosperity. Book of papers (Oral presentation of WCRC-5). Venugopalan M.V. (ed.), Balasubramanya R.H. (ed.), Kranthi Sandhya (ed.), Blaise (ed.). ISCI, ICAR. New Delhi : Excel India Publishers, 255-257. ISBN 978-93-81361-51-1 World Cotton Research Conference. 5, Mumbai, Inde, 7 Novembre 2011/12 Novembre 2011.

Résumé : Non-cotton host plants without Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins can provide refuges that delay resistance to Bt cotton in polyphagous insect pests. It has proven difficult, however, to determine the effective contribution of such refuges and their role in delaying resistance evolution. Here we used biogeochemical markers to quantify movement of Helicoverpa armigera moths from non-cotton hosts to cotton fields throughout the cropping season, in three agricultural landscapes of the West African cotton belt (Cameroon) where Bt cotton was absent. We show that the contribution of non-cotton hosts as a source of moths was spatially and temporally variable, but at least equivalent to a 7.5% sprayed refuge of non-Bt cotton. Simulation models incorporating H. armigera biological parameters, however, indicate that planting non-Bt cotton refuges may be needed to significantly delay resistance to cotton producing the toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab. Specifically, when the concentration of one toxin (here Cry1Ac) declined seasonally, resistance to Bt cotton occurred rapidly when refuges of non-Bt cotton were rare, because resistance was essentially driven by one toxin (here Cry2Ab). The use of biogeochemical markers to quantify insect movement can provide a valuable tool to evaluate the role of non-cotton refuges in delaying the evolution of H. armigera resistance to Bt cotton.

Classification Agris : H10 - Ravageurs des plantes

Auteurs et affiliations

• Brévault Thierry, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR SCA (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0003-0159-3509
• Nibouche Samuel, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR PVBMT (REU) ORCID: 0000-0003-2675-1382
• Achaleke Joseph, IRAD (CMR)
• Carrière Yves, University of Arizona (USA)

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