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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: tetranychus cinnabarinus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari tetranychidae carmine spider mite AG

Active Ingredient: amitraz

MOA: Octopaminergic agonist, Amitraz
Group: FORM CAS #: 33089611 Shaugnessy Code: 106201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4280 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
South Africa Giliomee, J. H. and Pringle, K. L. (1985). The sensitivity of six colonies of the red spider mite Tetranychus cinabarinus (Boisd.) to amitraz.. J. Ent. Soc. South Africa, 48 325-30.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.