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Relative fitness of organophosphate-resistant and susceptible strains of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. M. Amin  and
G. B. White
A. M. Amin
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK
G. B. White
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK
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Abstract

The effects of chlorpyrifos resistance on fitness in Culex quinquefasciatus Say was evaluated in terms of life-span, fecundity, fertility and rate of development, and these parameters were integrated by calculating the intrinsic rate of natural increase. A chlorpyrifos-resistant strain from Tanzania had very significantly reduced biotic fitness compared to a standard susceptible strain, CfCA, from Sri Lanka. However, after five generations of backcrossing the resistant gene into the genetic background of the susceptible strain, fitness was found to be closer to that of the susceptible strain. The reduced fitness of the original Tanzanian strain therefore appears to be mainly due to background genetic factors rather than to the major resistance gene itself.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 74 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 591 - 598
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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