Managing the Colorado potato beetle; the need for resistance breeding

Abstract

The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is one of the pest insects that significantly can decrease the production of potato when no control measures are taken. The fast, flexible and diverse life cycle of the CPB, its highly destructive feeding habits, and high adaptability to a variety of environment stresses, have made the control of CPB a difficult task. This paper briefly reviews the information on all aspects of CPB management to come to an integrated pest management approach: the biology of the CPB, management practices including their limitations and drawbacks, as well as the need to incorporate host plant resistance into potato varieties. Several aspects of potato breeding for resistance to CPB are discussed. We evaluate the availability of natural variation present in potato wild relatives, the considerations in choosing a specific wild relative, and constraints in using them from biological, environmental and genetic point of view, in which newly developed technologies play an important role. We also consider recently developed GM approaches. We conclude that varieties resistant to CPB are desperately needed by farmers and demanded by society, and that the means to develop them are available.

QTL mapping of insect resistance components of Solanum galapagense

“…The defence mechanisms directly or indirectly affect pest settling and/or feeding behaviour and may alter their physiology, resulting in a reduced growth, development and/or reproduction, or ultimately even lead to the death of the pest (Broekgaarden et al 2011). The direct defence system may include mechanical protection like trichomes, thorns, spines and thicker leaves and/or chemical protection based on secondary metabolites that kill or deter the herbivores or attract the insect’s natural enemies (Birkett and Pickett 2014; Glas et al 2012; Maharijaya and Vosman 2015; War et al 2014). …”

LEAF HAIRINESS IN POTATO Solanum tuberosum: MORPHOLOGY, FUNCTION AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS

“…У возделываемых форм картофеля опушение -один из важ ных факторов сопротивления растения насекомым (Gregory et al, 1986;Flanders et al, 1992), в частности картофельной блохе, картофельной цикадке, колорадскому жуку (Maharijaya, Vosman, 2015), а также тлям (Радченко, 2017). Известно, что генетическое разнообразие возделываемых культур с течением времени снижается и может быть повышено за счет использования диких сородичей как источника селекционно значимых аллелей.…”

Extraordinary Adaptive Plasticity of Colorado Potato Beetle: “Ten-Striped Spearman” in the Era of Biotechnological Warfare

“…Therefore, many different agricultural practices have been employed during the long history in combat with CPB, such as crop rotation, cultivating away from previous potato fields, putting up physical barriers, thermal or electromagnetic control (microwaves radiation), the insect removal using machinery (e.g., Beetle Eater ® , Bio-Collector ® , Bug-Buster ® ) [ 3 ], but the main control strategy still relies on the use of chemical pesticides. Long history of relatively unsuccessful physical and chemical CPB control measures, representing “125 years of mismanagement” [ 4 ], opened the space for implementation of biological means of control as more pest specific and less risky for the environment.…”