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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera frugiperda

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae fall armyworm AG cotton, grains, grasses, sugarcane

Active Ingredient: dichlorvos

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 62737 Shaugnessy Code: 84001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19720 1991 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Florida--
Gainesville
Yu, S. J. (1991). Insecticide resistance in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). Pesticide biochemistry and physiology, 39 84-91.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.