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ArticlePest management science2022

Varroa destructor resistance to tau-fluvalinate: relationship between in vitro phenotypic test and VGSC L925V mutation.

Gabrielle Almecija, Marion Schimmerling, Aurélie Del Cont, Benjamin Poirot, Véronique Duquesne

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabrielle AlmecijaApinov, Scientific Beekeeping and Training Centre, Lagord, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-0767
Marion SchimmerlingFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Aurélie Del ContFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Benjamin PoirotApinov, Scientific Beekeeping and Training Centre, Lagord, France.
Véronique DuquesneFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia Antipolis, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7896-8420
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail · FRCSL (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVarroa destructor is a parasitic mite of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Its presence in colonies can lead to a collapse within a few years. The use of acaricides has become essential to manage the hive infestation. However, the repeated and possibly incorrect use of acaricide treatments, as tau-fluvalinate, has led to the development of resistance. The in vitro phenotypic test allows the proportion of susceptible or resistant individuals to be known following an exposure to an active substance. In Varroa mites, resistance to tau-fluvalinate is associated with the presence of mutations at the position 925 of the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC).

resultsHere, we compared the results obtained with an in vitro phenotypic test against tau-fluvalinate and those obtained with an allelic discrimination assay on 13 treated and untreated Varroa populations in France. The correlation between the phenotype and the genetic profile rate is found to be 0.89 Varroa mites having resistant phenotypic profile have a probability of 63% to present the L925V mutation (resistance detection reliability). However, 97% of the Varroa mites having the susceptible phenotype do not present the L925V mutation (susceptible detection reliability).

conclusionThe L925V mutation explains most of the resistance to tau-fluvalinate in V. destructor in the populations tested. However, other mutations or types of resistance may also be involved to explain the survival of Varroa mites in the phenotypic test. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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AcaricidesVarroidaeVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsAnimalsBeesMutationNitrilesPhenotypePyrethrinsReproducibility of ResultsAcaricidesfluvalinateNitrilesPyrethrinsVoltage-Gated Sodium Channelsbioassaygenotypingpyrethroid resistanceTaqMan PCRVarroa mite

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