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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: amblyseius fallacis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari phytoseiidae predatory mite PAR

Active Ingredient: tetrachlorvinphos Z-isomer

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 22248-79-9 Shaugnessy Code: 83702

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1968 1972 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Michigan
Croft, B. A. and Nelson, E. E. (1972). Toxicity of apple orchard pesticides to Michigan populations of Amblyseius fallacis.. Environ. Entomol., 1 576-79.
G1747 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
North Carolina
Rock, G. C. and Yeargan, D. R. (1971). Relative toxicity of pesticides to organophosphorus-resistant orchard populations of Neoseiulus fallacis and its prey.. J. Econ. Entomol., 64 350-52.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.