Modeling with game theory of behavioral / adaptive strategies of Spodoptera frugiperda and Helicoverpa armigera in Bt crops with spatio-temporal co-occurrence

• Grant number: 18/20435-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2019
• End date: September 19, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Cláudia Pio Ferreira
• Grantee: José Bruno Malaquias
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/16609-7 - A multi - and interdisciplinary approach to understand spatio-temporal patterns of insect pests and design landscapes for sustainable pest management in tropical agricultural systems, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/13998-3 - A spatial game-based approach for designing sustainable management of fall armyworm, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Co-occurrence of cotton, maize and soybean in spatio-temporal dimensions (called cross-contamination) may be important for maintenance of multiple polyphagous pests during crop time or postharvest. In these conditions, information focused on movement strategies and competition between immatures is scarce. Understanding when, how, where and why insects move in the larval stage as way for exploitation and survival in different patches is an important question in studies emphasizing evolutionary dynamics of pre-adapted individual to genetically modified technologies. Taking into account the possibility of interspecific and intraspecific competition, involving Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) the mathematical structure of game theory may be useful to describe the decision-making dilemma between dispersal or stay in the plant. This mathematical approach will also be useful to evaluate the consequences of competitive behavior for maintenance and propagation of allele(s) conferring resistance to transgenic technology for both pest species. In this sense, we intend to analyze how the simultaneous occurrence of cotton, maize and soybean plants expressing or not genes of Bacillus thurigiensis (Bt) (Berliner), affect the larval movement dynamics and competition of S. frugiperda and H. armigera. Subsequently, we intend to simulate these ecological interactions with game theory in order to understand how the interactions influence the dynamics of local adaptation in scenarios with pure and cross contamination. With association to the Thematic Project (Process: 14/16609-7), this proposal aims to serve as a basis to guide strategies of resistance management to make possible proactive action of agronomic practices with the objective of delaying in isolation or simultaneously the resistance evolution in relevant pest species.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JACOB, CYNTHIA R. O.; MALAQUIAS, JOSE B.; ZANARDI, ODIMAR Z.; SILVA, CARINA A. S.; JACOB, JESSICA F. O.; YAMAMOTO, PEDRO T.. Oral acute toxicity and impact of neonicotinoids on Apis mellifera L. and Scaptotrigona postica Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae). ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 28, n. 7, p. 744-753, SEP 2019. (18/20435-5, 17/05953-7, 15/20380-8)

MIOTELO, LUCAS; MENDES DOS REIS, ANA LUIZA; MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; MALASPINA, OSMAR; ROAT, THAISA CRISTINA. Apis mellifera and Melipona scutellaris exhibit differential sensitivity to thiamethoxam. Environmental Pollution, v. 268, p. 12-pg., 2021-01-01. (12/13370-8, 18/20435-5, 17/05953-7, 15/20380-8)

MIOTELO, LUCAS; MENDES DOS REIS, ANA LUIZA; ROSA-FONTANA, ANNELISE; DA SILVA PACHU, JESSICA KARINA; MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; MALASPINA, OSMAR; ROAT, THAISA CRISTINA. A food-ingested sublethal concentration of thiamethoxam has harmful effects on the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. Chemosphere, v. 288, n. 1, FEB 2022. (17/21097-3, 18/20435-5, 15/20380-8, 17/05953-7, 20/03527-3, 12/13370-8)

PACHU, JESSICA K. S.; MACEDO, FRANCYNES C. O.; DA SILVA, FABIA B.; MALAQUIAS, JOSE B.; RAMALHO, FRANCISCO S.; OLIVEIRA, RICARDO F.; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.. Imidacloprid-mediated stress on non-Bt and Bt cotton, aphid and ladybug interaction: Approaches based on insect behaviour, fluorescence, dark respiration and plant electrophysiology. Chemosphere, v. 263, JAN 2021. (14/16609-7, 15/20380-8, 17/21097-3, 18/20435-5, 17/05953-7)

MALAQUIAS, JOSE B.; FERREIRA, CLAUDIA P.; RAMALHO, FRANCISCO DE S.; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.; PACHU, JESSICA K. S.; OMOTO, CELSO; NETO, DYRSON DE O. A.; PADOVEZ, FERNANDO E. O.; SILVA, LUCIANA BARBOZA. Modeling the Resistance Evolution to Insecticides Driven by Lepidopteran Species Competition in Cotton, Soybean, and Corn Crops. BIOLOGY-BASEL, v. 11, n. 9, p. 14-pg., 2022-09-01. (18/20435-5, 20/13998-3, 17/05953-7, 15/20380-8, 14/16609-7)

MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; SANTIAGO SANTANA, DANILO RENATO; DEGRANDE, PAULO EDUARDO; FERREIRA, CLAUDIA PIO; DE MELO, ELMO PONTES; CONDE GODOY, WESLEY AUGUSTO; DA SILVA PACHU, JESSICA KARINA; RAMALHO, FRANCISCO DE SOUSA; OMOTO, CELSO; DE AZEVEDO PEREIRA, ALEXANDRE IGOR; et al. Shifts in Ecological Dominance between Two Lepidopteran Species in Refuge Areas of Bt Cotton. INSECTS, v. 12, n. 2, FEB 2021. (18/20435-5, 14/16609-7, 17/05953-7, 15/20380-8)

ELLEN P. SOUZA; PAULO E. DEGRANDE; VINICIUS O. BARBOSA; VALTER V. ALVES JUNIOR; JOSE B. MALAQUIAS. Temporal dynamics of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) during flowering in indeterminate soybean (Glycine max). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 95, n. 4, 2023-11-20. (18/20435-5, 15/20380-8, 17/05953-7)

MIOTELO, LUCAS; MENDES DOS REIS, ANA LUIZA; MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; MALASPINA, OSMAR; ROAT, THAISA CRISTINA. Apis mellifera and Melipona scutellaris exhibit differential sensitivity to thiamethoxam. Environmental Pollution, v. 268, n. A, JAN 1 2021. (18/20435-5, 15/20380-8, 17/05953-7, 12/13370-8)

LIBARDI MIRALDO, LEONARDO; MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; OLIVEIRA DE FREITAS BUENO, REGIANE CRISTINA. Interactive effects of host plant and insecticide foliar application on oviposition and performance of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) cryptic species Mediterranean (MED) and Middle East-Asia minor 1 (MEAM1) in Brazil. PHYTOPARASITICA, JAN 2021. (18/20435-5, 17/05953-7, 15/20380-8)

MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; GODOY, WESLEY AUGUSTO CONDE; CAPRIO, MICHAEL A.; PACHU, JESSICA KARINA DA SILVA; DE SOUSA RAMALHO, FRANCISCO; OMOTO, CELSO; FERREIRA, CLAUDIA PIO. Evolutionary process modeling with Bayesian inference of Spodoptera frugiperda ballooning and walking dispersal in Bt and non-Bt cotton plant mixtures. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, v. 169, n. 8, p. 721-731, AUG 2021. (15/20380-8, 17/05953-7, 18/20435-5, 14/16609-7)

LIBARDI MIRALDO, LEONARDO; MALAQUIAS, JOSE BRUNO; OLIVEIRA DE FREITAS BUENO, REGIANE CRISTINA. Interactive effects of host plant and insecticide foliar application on oviposition and performance of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) cryptic species Mediterranean (MED) and Middle East-Asia minor 1 (MEAM1) in Brazil. PHYTOPARASITICA, v. 49, n. 4, p. 675-688, SEP 2021. (15/20380-8, 17/05953-7, 18/20435-5)

JACQUES, FILIPE L.; DEGRANDE, PAULO E.; GAUER, EVANDRO; MALAQUIAS, JOSE B.; SCOTON, ANA MARIA N.. Intercropped Bt and non-Bt corn with ruzigrass (Urochloa ruziziensis) as a tool to resistance management of Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Pest Management Science, v. 77, n. 7, p. 3372-3381, JUL 2021. (18/20435-5)

PACHU, JESSICA K. S.; MACEDO, FRANCYNES C. O.; MALAQUIAS, JOSE B.; RAMALHO, FRANCISCO S.; OLIVEIRA, RICARDO F.; FRANCO, FLAVIA PEREIRA; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.. Electrical signalling on Bt and non-Bt cotton plants under stress by Aphis gossypii. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 4, APR 8 2021. (15/20380-8, 17/21097-3, 17/05953-7, 14/16609-7, 18/20435-5)