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Organophosphorus resistance in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae): a genetic study incorporating synergists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. B. Hughes
P. B. Hughes
Affiliation:
Biological and Chemical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, P.M.B. 10, P.O., Rydalmere 2116, Australia
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Abstract

Pre-treatment of females of Lucilia cuprina (Wied.) with the synergist piperonyl butoxide increased the resistance factors of an organophosphorus-resistant strain Q to four organophosphates in comparison to the susceptible strain LS. However, pre-treatment with S,S,S-tributylphosphorothrithioate (TBPT) reduced the resistance factors of Q to three organophosphorus insecticides. As TBPT is an esterase inhibitor, it is suggested that esterases contribute to resistance in the Q strain. Resistance to diazinon in the Q strain is due to a single, partially-dominant gene on chromosome 4. By the use of the backcross and discriminating dose technique, resistance to parathion, fenitrothion, chlorfenvinphos and fenitro-oxon (dimethyl 3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl phosphate) (the latter two were synergised by piperonyl butoxide to obtain a genetically discriminating dose) was also shown to be controlled by a single, partially-dominant gene on chromosome 4. It is concluded that this gene confers resistance to organophosphorus compounds in L. cuprina, probably by providing an esterase with enhanced ability to degrade organophosphates.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 573 - 582
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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