Insecticide resistance and fitness cost in <i>Bemisia tabaci</i> (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) invasive and resident species in La Réunion Island

Abstract

This is the first assessment of the susceptibility to insecticides for B. tabaci IO species. For the time being, no resistance to the tested insecticides has evolved in this species despite (i) its presence in agroecosystems and their surroundings, and (ii) its close proximity to, and possible hybridization with, the MEAM1 species. In contrast, with continuous selection pressure of insecticide treatments and in the absence of fitness cost to resistance, the invasive exotic species MEAM1 will continue to threaten agriculture in La Réunion. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.