FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Effect of crop plants on fitness costs associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in cabbage loopers BT AF WANG, Ran TETREAU, Guillaume WANG, Ping AS 1:1,2,3;2:1,4;3:1; FF 1:;2:;3:; C1 Cornell Univ, New York State Agr Expt Stn, Dept Entomol, Geneva, NY 14456 USA. Nanjing Agr Univ, Dept Entomol, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. Beijing Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Plant & Environm Protect, Beijing 100097, Peoples R China. Univ Montpellier, IFREMER, CNRS, IHPE UMR 5244, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, F-66860 Perpignan, France. C2 UNIV CORNELL, USA UNIV NANJING, CHINA BEIJING ACAD AGR & FORESTRY SCI, CHINA UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UM IHPE IN DOAJ IF 4.259 TC 15 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00317/42841/79517.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00317/42841/79518.pdf LA English DT Article AB Fitness costs associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins critically impact the development of resistance in insect populations. In this study, the fitness costs in Trichoplusia ni strains associated with two genetically independent resistance mechanisms to Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab, individually and in combination, on four crop plants (cabbage, cotton, tobacco and tomato) were analyzed, in comparison with their near-isogenic susceptible strain. The net reproductive rate (R-0) and intrinsic rate of increase (r) of the T. ni strains, regardless of their resistance traits, were strongly affected by the host plants. The ABCC2 gene-linked mechanism of Cry1Ac resistance was associated with relatively low fitness costs, while the Cry2Ab resistance mechanism was associated with higher fitness costs. The fitness costs in the presence of both resistance mechanisms in T. ni appeared to be non-additive. The relative fitness of Bt-resistant T. ni depended on the specific resistance mechanisms as well as host plants. In addition to difference in survivorship and fecundity, an asynchrony of adult emergence was observed among T. ni with different resistance mechanisms and on different host plants. Therefore, mechanisms of resistance and host plants available in the field are both important factors affecting development of Bt resistance in insects. PY 2016 PD FEB SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 6 UT 000369937800001 DI 10.1038/srep20959 ID 42841 ER EF