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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: carbaryl

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Carbamates
Group: CAR CAS #: 63252 Shaugnessy Code: 56801

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5260 1990 Field Evolved Resistance
Mexico Lopez, A. S. (1990). Susceptibilidad a insecticidas en la palomilla dorso de diamante Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) Procedente de Chapingo y dos localidades de la region horticola del Bajio.. Tesis de Maestria, Centro de Entomologia y Acarologia, Montecillo, Mexico.
G4343 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
Taiwan Sun, C.-N., Wu, T. K., Chen, J. S. and Lee, W. T. (1985). Insecticide resistance in diamondback moth.. Proc. First Intern. Workshop Diamondback Moth Management. ACRDC pub., Shanhua, Taiwan, pp. 359-71.
G3496 1978 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia Sudderuddin, K. I. And Kok, P.-F. (1978). Insecticide resistance in Plutella xylsotella collected from the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia.. FAO Plant Prot. Bull., 26 53-57.
G2561 1974 Field Evolved Resistance
Barbados Alam 1974c. (1974).
G1284 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
Vietnam (1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.