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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

Thank you for your Participation,
David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bemisia tabaci

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae sweetpotato whitefly AG cotton

Active Ingredient: thiamethoxam + DEF

MOA: Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor agonists / antagonists, Neonicotinoids
Group: SYN CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G14823 2013
Lab selected*

Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan
Basit, M., Saeed, S., Saleem, M. A., and Sayyed, A. H. (2013). Can resistance in Bemesia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) be overcome with mixtures of neonicotinoids and insect growth regulators?. Crop Protection, 44 135-141.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.