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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: plutella xylostella

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera plutellidae diamond-back moth AG crucifers, nasturtium

Active Ingredient: deltamethrin + DEF

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G8705 2008 Field Evolved Resistance
India--
Tamil Nadu--
Hosur
Balasubramani, V., Sayyed, A. H., and Crickmore, N. (2008). Genetic Characterization of Resistance to Deltamathrin in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from India. Journal of Economic Entomology, 101 1911-1918.
G8707 2008
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

India--
Tamil Nadu--
Hosur
Balasubramani, V., Sayyed, A. H., and Crickmore, N. (2008). Genetic Characterization of Resistance to Deltamathrin in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from India. Journal of Economic Entomology, 101 1911-1918.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.