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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: pseudoplusia includens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae soybean looper AG soybean

Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus thuringiensis var.inhibitors kurstaki
Group: BAC CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 6402

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5950 1998 Unspecified
USA Mascarenhas, R.N., D.J. Boethel, B.R. Leonard, M.L. Boyd, and C.G. Clemens. (1998). Resistance Monitoring to Bacillus thuringiensis insecticides for soybean loopers (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) Collected from Soybean and Transgenic Bt-Cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology, 91(5) 1044-1050.
G5879 1997 Unspecified
USA Mascarenhas, R.N., and D.J. Boethel. (1997). Responses of Field Collected Strains of Soybean Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to selected Insecticides using an artificial diet overlay bioassay. Journal of Economic Entomology, 90(5) 1117-1124.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.