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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: deltamethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 52918635 Shaugnessy Code: 97805

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G20478 2019 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia--
Alhassa
Hajjar, M. J., Almarzouk, I., and Alhudaib, K. (2019). Biotype and status of insecticide resistance of whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Alhassa oasis, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.. Entomological Research, 50 74-81.
G15816 2013 Field Evolved Resistance
Cyprus Longhurst, C., Babcock, J., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., Thomas, J., and Sparks, T. (2013). Cross-resistance relationships of the sulfoximine insecticide sulfoxaflor with neonicotinoids and other insecticides in the whiteflies Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Pest Management Science, 69 809-813.
G4990 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Guatemala Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G4991 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Sudan Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G4992 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
Turkey Dittrich, V., Uk, S. and Ernst, G.H. (1988). Personal communication.
G3960 1981 Field Evolved Resistance
Thailand Wangboonkong, S. (1981). Chemical control of cotton insecticides in Thailand.. Tropical Pest Management, 27 495-500.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.