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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: aphytis melinus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hymenoptera aphelinidae golden chalcid AG

Active Ingredient: parathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 56382 Shaugnessy Code: 57401

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3460 1978 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
California
Strawn, A. J. (1978). Differences in response to four organophosphates in laboratory strains of Aphytis melinus and Comperiella bifasciata from citrus groves with different pesticide histories.. M.S. thesis, Univ. of Calif., Riverside, 117 pp..
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.