Sodium chloride reduces the viability of eggs, larvae, and pupae of Spodoptera frugiperda, as well as delays its development

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i4.27232

Keywords:

Agricultural pest; Fall armyworm; Phagostimulant; Insecticidal activity; Saline solution.

Abstract

The control of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) populations involves the application of pesticides that cause several unwanted effects to humans and other animals, as well as to environment. Sodium chloride (NaCl) has been used in agriculture to potentiate the toxicity of pesticides. Here, the effects of NaCl on the viability of eggs, larvae, and pupae, as well as on development of S. frugiperda were evaluated. The treatment with 0.15 M NaCl caused a 35% reduction of egg hatching and the ingestion of artificial diet containing the salt caused mortality of caterpillars, pre-pupae, and pupae, as well as delayed the development of the insects. The larval, pre-pupa and pupa stages were elongated by about 2, 1 and 0.8 days, respectively. Additionally, significant reduction in pupae body weight was recorded in groups treated with NaCl at 0.62 mg/g and 3.12 mg/g. Despite these effects, NaCl ingestion did not affect the viability of adults and their reproductive performance. Food deterrent assay revealed that the salt acted as a phagostimulant agent. In conclusion, NaCl reduces the hatching of S. frugiperda eggs and damage the survival of carterpillars and pupae, as well interferes with insect development.

Author Biographies

Francieli Marcelino dos Santos Albuquerque, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Departamento de Agronomia – Entomologia

Elaine Cristina Batista Ferreira Freitas, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Departamento de Agronomia – Entomologia

Deividy Vicente do Nascimento, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Departamento de Agronomia – Entomologia

Welton Aaron de Almeida, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal

Isabella Coimbra Vila Nova, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências

Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências

Thiago Henrique Napoleão, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências

Reginaldo Barros, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Departamento de Agronomia – Entomologia

Emmanuel Viana Pontual, Universidade Federal Rural de Prnambuco

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18/03/2022

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ALBUQUERQUE, F. M. dos S. .; FREITAS, E. C. B. F.; NASCIMENTO, D. V. do; ALMEIDA, W. A. de; NOVA, I. C. V.; PAIVA, P. M. G. .; NAPOLEÃO, T. H.; BARROS, R.; PONTUAL, E. V. Sodium chloride reduces the viability of eggs, larvae, and pupae of Spodoptera frugiperda, as well as delays its development. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 4, p. e29311427232, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i4.27232. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/27232. Acesso em: 14 nov. 2024.

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Agrarian and Biological Sciences