The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is one of the most important pest species, because it devastates many horticultural and ornamental crops and fruit trees. The resistance ratios calculated for the LC50 value in acequinocyl- and pyridaben-resistant strain was 4,237- and 5,555-fold higher than that of the susceptible strain, respectively. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cross-resistance to several acaricides and to identify the mechanisms associated with acequinocyl- and pyridaben-resistant strain of T. urticae.

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, is a worldwide agricultural pest that invades a wide range of host crops and rapidly develops resistance to pesticides. T. urticae can be resistant to one acaricide or exhibit multiple resistances or cross resistance to various other acaricides. Acequinocyl inhibits respiration in mitochondria at the ubiquinol oxidation site (Q0) of Complex III of the electron transfer chain. Pyridaben is a METI acaricide that inhibits mitochondrial electron transport at complex I. In this study, we investigated the cross resistance to seven acaricides in acequinocyl- and pyridaben-resistant strain. Furthermore, the frequencies of the I256V and N321S mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) of pyridaben-resistant and fieldcollected strain was analyzed.

This study was performed to investigate the change of probing and feeding behavior of Q type of B. tabaci according to the decrease of residual effect of two insecticide, emamectin and pyridaben, using EPG technique. Examined the residual activity during 20 days, pyridaben is showed longer than emamectin benzoate. When treated two insecticides onto tomato leaves with the recommended concentration through 20 days, EPG waveforms of Q type of B. tabaci was recorded during three hours compare with the characteristic patterns of feeding behavior between two insecticides such as duration of first probing time, total duration of non-probing phase, total duration of probing phase and total duration of phloem phase. Recorded result from the change in total duration of probing activity to react the two insecticides, pyridaben was showed higher the time of probing activity, however, total duration of phloem phase was appeared low activity. Total duration of phloem phase with passage of days did not show until seven days, however, and gradually increased in emamectin benzoate after 10 days. In conclusion, residual effect between two insecticides was showed more rapidly decreased in emamectin benzoate, however, feeding behavior of Q type of B. tabaci was increased.