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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bemisia tabaci

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

Active Ingredient: DDT

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: OCL CAS #: 50293 Shaugnessy Code: 29201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4975 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Guatemala Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G4305 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
California
Prabhaker, N., Coudriet, D. L. and Meyerdirk, D. E. (1985). Insecticide resistance in the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisa tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).. J. Econ. Entomol., 78 748-52.
G4306 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
Turkey Dittrich 1985. (1985).
G4046 1982 Field Evolved Resistance
Sudan Dittrich, V. and Ernst, G.H. (1982). Personal communication.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.