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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bemisia tabaci

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae sweetpotato whitefly AG cotton

Active Ingredient: malathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 121755 Shaugnessy Code: 57701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5095 1989 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Moore, A., B.E. Tabashnik, and J.D. Stark. (1989). Leg Autotomy: A Novel Mechanism of Protection against Insecticide Poisoning in Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera:Plutellidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 82(5) 1295-1298.
G4980 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
California
Prabhaker, N., Coudriet, D. L. and Toscano, N. C. (1988). Effect of synergists on organophosphate and permethrin resistance on sweet potato whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).. J. Econ. Entomol., 81 34-39.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.