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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: heliothis virescens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae tobacco budworm AG chickpea, corn, cotton, tobacco

Active Ingredient: sulprofos

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 35400-43-2 Shaugnessy Code: 111501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5621 1995 Unspecified
USA Martin, S.H., G.W. Elzen, J.B. Graves, S. Micinski, B.R. Leonard, and E. Burris. (1995). Toxicological responses of tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Louisiana, Mississippi, and texas to selected insecticides.. Journal of economic entomology, 88(3) 505-511.
G5370 1992 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Louisiana--
Lake Providence
Elzen, G.W., B.R. Leonard, J.B. Graves, E.Burris, and S. Micinski. (1992). Resistance to Pyrethroid, Carbamate, and Organophosphate Insecticides in Field Populations of Tobacco Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in 1990. Journal of Economic Entomology, 85(6) 2064-2072.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.