Insecticide resistance patterns among colorado potato beetle, <i>leptinotarsa decemlineata</i> (Say) (Coleoptera: chrysomelidae), populations in north carolina

Abstract

Abstract A residual bioassay was used to determine insecticide susceptibility in populations of Colarado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in eastern North Carolina. Mean bioassay mortalities were subjected to correlation analysis to assess patterns of resistance among tested insecticides. Within insecticide classes, cross‐resistance patterns were observed between carbaryl and carbofuran (carbamates), fenvalerate and permethrin (pyrethroids), and among azinphosmethyl, methamidophos, and phosmet (organophosphates). Significant associations between insecticides from different insecticide classes were concluded to be due to multiple resistance. Knowledge of multiple and cross‐resistance patterns are discussed in relation to the bioassay as a tool for monitoring insecticide resistance.