Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Prevalence of Resistance to Organophosphorus and Pyrethroid Insecticides in the Colorado Potato Beetle Population in the Republic of Bashkortostan

L. A. Syrtlanova* and K. A. Kitaev**
Translated by G. Chirikova

Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, 450054 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: SLian4ik@mail.ru
Correspondence to: **e-mail: cordek@ya.ru

Received 19 April, 2015

Abstract—Prevalence of the mutations in the genes ache (acetylcholinesterase) and ldvssc1 (voltage-sensitive sodium channel) that confer resistance to organophosphorus insecticides and a kdr-like resistance to pyrethroids has been analyzed. Five samples of imagoes from the local populations residing in the periphery (Miyaki, Kuyurgazinskii, and Yanaul raions) and central part (Ufa and Birsk raions) of the Republic of Bashkortostan have been genotyped.

Keywords: Colorado potato beetle, resistance, mutations in ache and ldvssc1 genes, organophosphorus insecticides (OPIs), pyrethroids

DOI: 10.1134/S2079059717020137