A Preliminary Toxicology Study on Eco-friendly Control Target of Spodoptera frugiperda.

Li-Kui Wang, Fen Li, Wayne Jiang, Wen-Bo Duan, Ehab Abdelraheem, Zheng-Qiang Peng, Farag Malhat, Shao-Ying Wu

Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2021 Feb

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Pyrethroid and indoxacarb are commonly used pesticides to control the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in the crops. There are a series of consequences caused by the use of pyrethroid and indoxacarb pesticides under emergency control, such as pest resistance development, contamination of soil, water, and farm products. This study analyzed the structure and physiological function of the sodium channel in S. frugiperda, which is an important step to elaborate the resistance mechanism of S. frugiperda to indoxacarb and pyrethroid pesticides. According to genetic analysis, the cloned cDNA sequences of sodium channel in S. frugiperda (SfNav) showed the shortest genetic distance with that of the sodium channel in Helicoverpa armigera. Under the induction of three pesticides, the expression of SfNav decreased in the first 12 h and then increased after 24 h. It was concluded that SfNav had a typical structure of the sodium channel of insects and its down-regulated expression can decrease the combination of S. frugiperda with pyrethroid and indoxacarb pesticides. The up-regulated expression of SfNav was conducive to the enhancement of the pesticide resistance.

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Li-Kui Wang, Fen Li, Wayne Jiang, Wen-Bo Duan, Ehab Abdelraheem, Zheng-Qiang Peng, Farag Malhat, Shao-Ying Wu. A Preliminary Toxicology Study on Eco-friendly Control Target of Spodoptera frugiperda. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. 2021 Feb;106(2):295-301