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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: thrips tabaci

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
thysanoptera thripidae onion thrips AG onion

Active Ingredient: endosulfan

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 115297 Shaugnessy Code: 79401

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G7061 2003 Unspecified
New Zealand--
Canterbury
Martin, N.A., P.J. Workman, and R.C.Butler. (2003). Insecticide resistance in onions thrips (Thrips tabaci) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 31 99-106.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.