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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


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: acephate

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 30560191 Shaugnessy Code: 103301

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19378 2014 Field Evolved Resistance
Puerto Rico Zhu, Y., Blanco, C., Portilla, M., Adamczyk, J., Luttrell, R., Huang, F. (2014). Evidence of multiple/cross resistance to Bt and organophosphate insecticides in Puerto Rico population of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2015 15-21.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.