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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: dimethoate

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 60155 Shaugnessy Code: 35001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G14444 2010 Field Evolved Resistance
Burkina Faso--
Tiara
Houndete, T. A., Ketoh, G., Hema, O. SA., Brevault, T., Glitho, I., and Martin, T. (2010). Insecticide resistance in field populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in West Africa. Pest Management Science , 66 1181-1185.
G4978 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Guatemala Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G4979 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Turkey Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G4097 1983 Field Evolved Resistance
Sudan Dittrich, V. and Ernst, G. H. (1983). The resistance pattern in whiteflies of sudanese cotton.. Mitteilungen der deutschen Gesellschaft fuer allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie., 4 96-97.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.