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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera frugiperda

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae fall armyworm AG cotton, grains, grasses, sugarcane

Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus thuringiensis (variety unstated)
Group: BAC CAS #: Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19824 2017
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Georgia--
Tift
Yang, F., Kerns, D. L., Head, G. P., Price, P. and Huang, F. (2017). Cross-resistance to purified Bt proteins, Bt corn and Bt cotton in a Cry2Ab2-corn resistant strain of Spodoptera frugiperda. Pest Management Science, 73 2495-2503.
G19738 2016
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Georgia--
Tift
Niu, Y., Qureshi, J. A., Ni, X., Head, G. P., Price, P. A., Meagher Jr., R. L., Kerns, D., Levy, R., Yang, X. and Huang, F. (2016). F2 screen for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2-maize in field populations of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the United States. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 138 66-72.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.