Further investigations on the development of insecticide resistance in Helopeltis theivora (Heteroptera: Miridae) from cocoa estates of Peninsular Malaysia


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Ho C.T., . Further investigations on the development of insecticide resistance in Helopeltis theivora (Heteroptera: Miridae) from cocoa estates of Peninsular Malaysia. pp. 207-217. ISSN 0126-575X

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Seven populations of Helopeltis theivora from cocoa estates of Peninsular Malaysia were assayed for resistance to insecticides using the FAO continuous exposure method. Insecticides tested were gamma-HCH cypermethrin deltamethrin alpha-cypermethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin. LT50s so obtained were compared with that for a susceptible population collected from the ornamental plant Acalypha sp. Resistance ratios of 5.62 5.64 3.78 and 3.29 were obtained for gamma-HCH from the Sitiawan Estate A Bagan Datoh Estate B Bagan Datoh and Teluk Intan populations respectively. These ratios represented clear resistance to meaningful tolerance to have set in with the mirid populations. Such results agreed with reports of increasingly poor control with gamma-HCH in these estates in the early 1990s. All Helopeltis populations tested showed no resistance to the synthetic pyrethroids. This provided support for the appropriateness of the Malaysian cocoa industry's move towards the use of this group of insecticides as alternatives to gamma-HCH for mirid control this being especially significant in the light of recent legislature disallowing use of gamma-HCH in the crop


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Abstract

Seven populations of Helopeltis theivora from cocoa estates of Peninsular Malaysia were assayed for resistance to insecticides using the FAO continuous exposure method. Insecticides tested were gamma-HCH cypermethrin deltamethrin alpha-cypermethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin. LT50s so obtained were compared with that for a susceptible population collected from the ornamental plant Acalypha sp. Resistance ratios of 5.62 5.64 3.78 and 3.29 were obtained for gamma-HCH from the Sitiawan Estate A Bagan Datoh Estate B Bagan Datoh and Teluk Intan populations respectively. These ratios represented clear resistance to meaningful tolerance to have set in with the mirid populations. Such results agreed with reports of increasingly poor control with gamma-HCH in these estates in the early 1990s. All Helopeltis populations tested showed no resistance to the synthetic pyrethroids. This provided support for the appropriateness of the Malaysian cocoa industry's move towards the use of this group of insecticides as alternatives to gamma-HCH for mirid control this being especially significant in the light of recent legislature disallowing use of gamma-HCH in the crop

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Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Summary (En)
AGROVOC Term: THEOBROMA CACAO
AGROVOC Term: RESISTENCIA QUIMICA
AGROVOC Term: INSECTICIDAS
AGROVOC Term: MALASIA
AGROVOC Term: HELOPELTIS
Depositing User: Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 05:56
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/20831

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