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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: musca domestica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera muscidae house fly MED

Active Ingredient: abamectin

MOA: Chloride channel activators, Avermectins, Milbemycins
Group: ABM CAS #: 71751412 Shaugnessy Code: 122804

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G18656 2016 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Punjab--
Lahore
Khan, H., Akram, W., Khan, T., Haider, M., Iqbal, N., and Zubair, M. (2016). Risk assessment, cross-resistance potential, and biochemical mechanism of resistance to emamectin benzoate in field strain of house fly (Musca domestica Linnaeus). Chemosphere, 151 133-137.
G16070 2014 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Punjab--
Lahore
Khan, H.A.A., Akram, W., Ali Shad, S. (2014). Genetics, cross-resistance and mechanism of resistance to spinosad in a field strain of Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae). Acta Tropica, 130 148-154.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.