Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-xtgtn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T17:15:19.643Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Regional distribution, insecticide resistance, and reciprocal crosses between the A and B biotypes of Bemisia tabaci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

H. S. Costa ,
J. K. Brown ,
S. Sivasupramaniam  and
J. Bird
H. S. Costa
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
J. K. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
S. Sivasupramaniam
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
J. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Protection College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR 00928
Get access

Abstract

Populations of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci collected from the Americas and the Caribbean Basin were examined for non-specific esterases and for the ability to induce characteristic phytotoxic disorders in key assay species as a means of investigating biogeographic diversity. Esterase markers were used to detect polymorphisms among regional B. tabaci populations and to establish the present distribution of B. tabaci biotypes in the region. The A biotype occurred only in contiguous locales in northern Mexico and the southwestern US, while the B biotype was present throughout much of the Caribbean Basin and the US, and in Brazil. Distinct C and D type esterase markers were observed for Costa Rican and Nicaraguan B. tabaci populations, respectively. The 0 or null type population was collected only from Jatropha gossypifolia (L.) in Puerto Rico. Laboratory colonies of the A and the B biotypes were almost equally sensitive to an organophosphate, profenofos. The B biotype was more resistant to a pyrethroid, permethrin, suggesting the existence of a biotype of fi. tabaci, with a history of exposure to pesticides with a pyrethroid-based chemistry. In mating studies involving reciprocal crosses between the A and the B biotypes, very few F, female progeny were produced, indicating either minimal or non-existent reproductive compatibility between these haplo-diploid B. tabaci populations, presently considered to be the same species. Evidence is presented for the recent and widespread introduction, and subsequent spread of the B biotype throughout the US, the Caribbean Basin, and other proximal locations.

Résumé

Les populations de mouche Manche Bemisia tabaci collectionned à partir des ameriques, et le bassin des Antilles ont été examinees pur des esterases non spécifiques et pour la capacité de provoquer des desordres phytoxiques caractéristiques des essaies des espèces comme un moyen d'étude de la diversité démographique. L'utilité de ces marqueurs pour détecter les différentes formes qui peut être servir de base pour établir la distribution de B. tabaci biotypes dans la region étudiée. Le A biotype or biospecimen a été découvert seulement dans les milieux contigus au nord du mexique et du sud-ouest de Etats-Unis, tandis que, le B biospecimen or biotype se trouve d'un bout à autre du bassin des Antilles et les Etats-Unis et au Brésil. Les marqueurs distincts de C et D esterases ont été observés respectivement pour les populations Costaricaines et Nicaraguaennes. Les colonies de laboratories du A et B biotypes exposes aux pestecides ont montré des pennlrlites permblables aux profenofos des organophosphates, tandis que C et D biotypes étaient soit suceptible ou extrement resistant respectivement au permethrin du pyrethroid suggérant l'évolution d'un biotype resistant au produit chimique due pyrethroid. Dans des etudes d'accouplement englobant des croisements réciproques entre les biotypes A et B la production des descendants féminins a été très limitée indiquant un bas niveau de compatibilité entre les insects qui'sont haplo-diploides actuellement considères comme etant'une seule espece. Des fails monveaux sont présentés pou la distribution recente du biotype B entirement dans les Etats-Unis et plusieurs milieux voisins.

Keywords

AmericasBemisia tabaciCaribbean Basinesterasesisozymeshaplo-diploidpolymorphismspyrethroid resistancewhiteflies
Type
Research Articles
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 255 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1993

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Alderman, E. S. (1987) The sweet potato whitefly, a trade barrier that has growers talking. Florida Foliage. Sept. pp. 61–63.Google Scholar
Bedford, I. D., Briddon, R. W., Markham, P. G., Brown, J. K. and Rosell, R. C. (1992) Bemisia tabaci— Biotype characterization and the threat of the whitefly species to agriculture. In Proc. 1992 British Crop Protection Conference. Pests and Diseases 3, 1235–1240.Google Scholar
Bethke, J. A., Paine, T. D. and Noressly, G. S. (1991) Comparative biology, morphometrics, and development of two populations of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on cotton and poinsettia. Ann. Entomol. Soc. 84, 407–411.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bharathan, N., Narayanan, K. R. and MacMillan, R. T. Jr (1992) Characteristics of sweetpotato whitefly-mediated silverleaf syndrome and associated double-stranded RNA in squash. Phytopathology 82, 136–141.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bird, J. (1957) A whitefly-transmitted mosaic of Jatropha gossypifolia. Tech. Paper Agric. Exp. Station 22, 35.Google Scholar
Bird, J. and Maramorosch, K. (1978) Viruses and virus diseases associated with whiteflies. Adv. virus Res. 22, 55–110.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brown, J. K. (1990) An update on the whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses in the Americas and the Caribbean Basin. FAO Bull. 39, 5–23.Google Scholar
Brown, J. K. (1992) Biotypes of the sweetpotato whitefly: a current perspective. In The Proc. 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Nashville, Tennessee, 6–10 January, 1992. pp. 665–670.Google Scholar
Brown, J. K. and Bird, J. (1992) Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses and associated disorders in the Americas and the Caribbean Basin. Plant Dis. 75, 220–225.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brown, J. K., Costa, H.S. and Bird, J. (1991a) Variation in Bemisia tabaci populations based on geographic origin, silverleaf symptom induction, and esterase banding patterns. Phytopathology 81, 1157 (abstr.).Google Scholar
Brown, J. K., Lastra, R. and Bird, J. (1991b) First documentation of whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses causing widespread disease in cotton, tobacco, and tomato in Dominican Republic, and in tomato in Puerto Rico. Fitopatologia 26, 47 (abstr.).Google Scholar
Brown, J. K., Costa, H. S. and Laemmlen, F. (1992) First incidence of whitefly-associated squash silverleaf disorder of Cucurbita in Arizona, and of white streaking disorder of Brassica spp. in Arizona and California. Plant Dis. 76, 426.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Burban, C., Fishpool, L. D. C., Fauquet, C., Fargette, D. and Thouvenel, J. C. (1992) Host-associated biotypes within West African populations of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), (Horn: Aleyrodidae). J. Appi. Entomol. 113, 416–423.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Butler, G. D. Jr and Henneberry, T. J. (1986) Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), a pest of cotton in the southwestern United States. US Department of Agriculture, Agric. Res. Serv. Techn. Bull. 1701, 119.Google Scholar
Byrne, D. N. and Bellows, T. S. Jr (1991) Whitefly biology. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 36, 431–457.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Byrne, D. N. and Miller, W. B. (1990) Carbohydrate and amino acid composition of phloem sap and honeydew produced by Bemisia tabaci. J. Insect Physiol. 36, 433–439.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Byrne, F. J. and Devonshire, A. L. (1991) In vivo inhibition of esterase and acetylcholinesterase activities by profenofos treatments in the tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.): implications for routine biochemical monitoring of these enzymes. Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 40, 198–204.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cock, M. J. W. (ed.) (1986) Bemisia tabaci, A literature survey. FAO and CAB publication.Google Scholar
Cohen, S., Duffus, J. E., Liu, H. Y. and Perry, R. (1991) A new Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype in the southwestern United States and its role in silverleaf of squash and transmission of lettuce infectious yellows virus. Phytopathology 82, 86–90.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Costa, H. S. and Brown, J. K. (1990) Variability in biological characteristics, isozyme patterns and virus transmission among populations of Bemisia tabaci Genn. in Arizona. Phytopathology 80, 888 (abstr.).Google Scholar
Costa, H. S. and Brown, J. K. (1991a) Biological characteristics and esterase patterns for Bemisia tabaci populations, and the association of silverleaf symptom development in squash with one population. In College of Agriculture Vegetable Report, Series. Coop. Ext. Serv., Agric. Exp. Stn., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, pp. 79–83.Google Scholar
Costa, H. S. and Brown, J. K. (1991b) Variation in biological characteristics and in esterase patterns among populations of Bemisia tabaci Genn. and the association of one population with silverleaf symptom development. Entomol. exp. appi. 61, 211–219.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Costa, H. S., Brown, J. K. and Byrne, D. N. (1991) Host plant selection by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Homoptera:Aleyrodidae) under greenhouse conditions. J. Appl. Entomol. 112, 146–152.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Diehl, S. R. and Bush, G. L. (1984) An evolutionary and applied perspective of insect biotypes. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 29, 471–504.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dittrich, V. (1987) Resistance and hormoligosis as driving forces behind pest outbreaks. In Rational Pesticide Use (Edited by Brent, K. Y. and Alein, R. K.), pp. 169–181. Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Dittrich, V., Ernst, G. H., Ruesch, O. and Solang, U. K. (1990) Resistance mechanisms in sweetpotato whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) populations from Sudan, Turkey, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. J. econ. Entomol. 83, 1665–1670.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fransen, J. J. (1990) Development Bemisia tabaci Genn., (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on poinsettia and other pot plants grown under glass. SROPI/ WPRS Bull. XIII/5, 61–63.Google Scholar
Hamon, A. B. and Salguero, V. (1987) Entomology Circular No. 292; February 1987. Florida Dept. Agric. and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.Google Scholar
Haynes, K. F., Miller, T. A., Staten, R. T., Li, W. G. and Baker, T. C. (1986) Monitoring insecticide resistance with insect phemmones. Experimentia 42, 1293–1295.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lindquist, R. K. and Tayama, H. K. (1987) The sweet potato whitefly—another new pest for floriculture. Ohio State Flower Hotline 1, 1–2.Google Scholar
Maynard, D. N. and Cantliffe, D. J. (1989) Squash silverleaf and tomato irregular ripening: new vegetable disorders in Florida. Fla. Coop. Ext. Ser., IFAS VC-37, 4.Google Scholar
Mound, L. A. and Halsey, S. H. (1978) Whitefly of the World. Benham Press, Chichester, England.Google Scholar
Osman, A. A., Watson, T. F. and Sivasupramaniam, S. (1991) Reversion of permethrin resistance in field strains and selection for azinphosmethyl and permethrin resistance in pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J. econ. Entomol. 84, 353–357.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Plapp, F. W. Jr, Jackman, J. A., Campanlisla, C., Frisbie, R. E., Graves, J. B., Luttrell, R. G., Kitten, W. F. and Wall, M. (1990) Monitoring and management of pyrethroid resistance in the tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. J. econ. Entomol. 83, 335–341.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Prabhaker, N., Coudriet, D. L. and Meyerdirk, D. E. (1987) Discrimination of three whitefly species (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) by electrophoresis of non-specific esterases. J. Appi. Entomol. 103, 447–451.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Russell, L. M. (1957) Collection records of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in the United States (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). USA Coop. Econ. Ins. Rep. 25, 229–230.Google Scholar
Sanderson, J. P. (1987) Long Island Horticultural News, Nov. 1987.Google Scholar
Saxena, R. C. and Barrion, A. A. (1987) Biotypes of insect pests of agricultural crops. Insect Sci. Applic. 8, 453–458.Google Scholar
Schuster, D. J., Kring, J. B. and Price, J. F. (1991) Association of the sweetpotato whitefly with a silverleaf disorder of squash. HortSci. 26, 155–156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schuster, D. J., Mueller, T. F., Kring, J. B. and Price, J. F. ( 1990) Relationship of the sweetpotato whitefly to a new tomato fruit disorder in Florida. HortSci. 25, 1618–1620.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Segarra Cannona, A. E., Bird, J. and Escudero, J. (1990) Silvering of Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne) associated with Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 74, 477–478.Google Scholar
Simone, G. W., Brown, J. K., Hiebert, E. and Cullen, R. C. (1990) Geminiviruses associated with epidemics in Florida tomatoes and pepper. Phytopathology 80, 1063.Google Scholar
Stenger, D. C., Duffus, J. E. and Villalon, B. (1990) Biological and genomic properties of a geminivirus isolated from pepper. Phytopathology 80, 704–709.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Strandberg, J. O., Hiebert, H., Leibee, G. L. and Abouzid, A. (1991) A new geminivirus with a broad host range in Brassicae. Phytopathology 81, 1244 (abstr.)Google Scholar
Wool, D. and Greenberg, S. (1990) Esterase activity in whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) in Israel in relation to insecticide resistance. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 57, 251–258.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wool, D., Gerling, D., Bellotti, A. C., Morales, F. J. and Nolt, B. L. (1991) Spatial and temporal genetic variation in populations of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) in Israel and Colombia: an interim report. Insect Sci. Applic. 12, 225–230.Google Scholar
Wool, D., Gerling, D., Nolt, B. L., Constantino, L. M., Bellotti, A. C. and Morales, F. J. (1989) The use of electrophoresis for identification of adult whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Israel and Colombia. J. Appl. Entomol. 107, 344–350.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yokomi, R. K., Hoelmer, K. A. and Osborne, L. S. (1990) Relationship between the sweetpotato whitefly and the squash silverleaf disorder. Phytopathology 80, 895–900.CrossRefGoogle Scholar