Genetic Study of Nonavoidance of a Pyrethroid Residue by German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Author: ROSS, MARY H.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 90, Number 5, October 1997 , pp. 1243-1246(4)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

pyrethroid-resistant German cockroaches settled on papers containing residues of a pyrethroid insecticide, Tempo 2. Insecticide-susceptible cockroaches, including nymphs of a Held-collected strain (Navy 3), prowing nymphs, and curly-wing adult males, avoided the treated papers. Crosses between resistant and susceptible strains indicated that nonavoidance was inherited as a partially dominant trait. Data from crosses of F₁ progeny with the susceptible Navy 3 strain fit a hypothesis of control by a single major gene. Segregation with Pw was indicative of linkage, but not of close linkage. Tests with Cu fit a hypothesis of independent segregation.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1997-10-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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