ArticleJournal of economic entomology2025
High-throughput chemical toxicity testing for beneficial insects: the value of coated vials.
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- High-throughput chemical toxicity testing for beneficial insects: the value of coated vials.Journal of economic entomology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nontarget effects of insecticides used in agriculture can impact the ecosystem services provided by beneficial insects. Understanding the broader effects of chemical usage requires multispecies investigations on the impact of different insecticide active ingredients. In this work, we tested the utility of coated vials as a quick, cheap, and efficient dried residue chemical toxicity assay. This method was compared against dishes sprayed with a Potter tower, which is an industry standard instrument used to apply precise insecticide doses. Our study focused on 2 natural enemies of aphids, larval and adult stages of the Hippodamia variegata (Goeze 1777) ladybird beetle, and the parasitoid wasp, Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh 1855). These natural enemies were exposed to multiple concentrations of 3 insecticides registered for aphid control in Australian agriculture: alpha-cypermethrin (pyrethroid), dimethoate (organophosphate), and sulfoxaflor (sulfoximine). Modelled concentration-response relationships showed evidence of general differences in the intercepts between methods, but not in slope (rate of mortality with concentration). However, these subtle statistically significant effects did not translate into marked differences in LC50-values, which were comparable across assay methods for all natural enemies and insecticides tested. Coated vials therefore produced estimates of chemical toxicity that were consistent with those derived from Potter tower sprays. This underscores the validity of coated vials as a method for performing high-throughput chemical toxicity experiments, as required when examining different populations of multiple taxa across a range of insecticide active ingredients.
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