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Sublethal and hormesis effects of imidacloprid on the soybean aphid Aphis glycines

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Title
Sublethal and hormesis effects of imidacloprid on the soybean aphid Aphis glycines
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Ecotoxicology, December 2014
DOI 10.1007/s10646-014-1396-2
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Yanyan Qu, Da Xiao, Jinyu Li, Zhou Chen, Antonio Biondi, Nicolas Desneux, Xiwu Gao, Dunlun Song

Abstract

The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, is a major pest in soybean crop. Current management of this pest relies mainly on insecticides applications, and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid has been proposed as an effective insecticide to control A. glycines in soybean field. Imidacloprid at lethal concentrations not only exerts acute toxicity to A. glycines, but also cause various biological changes when aphids are chronically exposed to lower concentrations. In this study, we assessed the effects of a low-lethal (0.20 mg L(-1)) and two sublethal (0.05 and 0.10 mg L(-1)) imidacloprid concentrations on various A. glycines life history traits. Aphid exposure to 0.20 mg L(-1) imidacloprid caused slower juvenile development, shorter reproductive period, and reduced adult longevity, fecundity and total lifespan. Stimulatory effects, i.e. hormesis, on reproduction and immature development duration were observed in aphids exposed to the lower sublethal imidacloprid concentrations. Consequently, the net reproduction rate (R 0) was significantly higher than in the control aphids. These findings stress the importance of the actual imidacloprid concentration in its toxicological properties on A. glycines. Therefore, our results would be useful for assessing the overall effects of imidacloprid on A. glycines and for optimizing integrated pest management programs targeting this pest.

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Canada 1 1%
Unknown 76 99%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 16%
Student > Master 12 16%
Researcher 9 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 18 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 41 53%
Environmental Science 5 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 3%
Engineering 2 3%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 23 30%
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