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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: drosophila melanogaster

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera drosophilidae common fruit fly AG

Active Ingredient: methoprene

MOA: Juvenile hormone mimics, Juvenile hormone analogues
Group: JHM CAS #: 40596698 Shaugnessy Code: 105401

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5391 1992 Unspecified
USA Minkoff III, C., and T.G. Wilson. (1992). The Competitive Ability and Fitness Components of the Methoprene-Tolerant (Met) Drosohila Mutant Resistant to Juvenile Hormone Analog Insecticides. Genetics, 131 91-97.
G4348 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Wilson, T.G., and J. Fabian. (1986). A Drosophila melanogaster Mutant Resistant to a Chemical Analog of Juvenile Hormone. Developmental Biology, 118 190-201.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.