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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: trialeurodes vaporariorum

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae greenhouse whitefly AG cucumber, tomato, ornamentals

Active Ingredient: pyriproxyfen

MOA: Juvenile hormone mimics, Pyriproxyfen
Group: JHM CAS #: 95737681 Shaugnessy Code: 129032

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G15844 2012
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Germany Karatolos, N., Williamson, M., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., and ffrench-Constant, R. (2012). Over-Expression of a Cytochrome p450 Is Associated with Resistance to Pyriproxyfen in the Greenhouse Whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. PLoS ONE, 7.
G15845 2012 Field Evolved Resistance
Germany Karatolos, N., Williamson, M., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., and ffrench-Constant, R. (2012). Over-Expression of a Cytochrome p450 Is Associated with Resistance to Pyriproxyfen in the Greenhouse Whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. PLoS ONE, 7.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.