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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: frankliniella occidentalis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
thysanoptera thripidae western flower thrips AG cotton

Active Ingredient: abamectin

MOA: Chloride channel activators, Avermectins, Milbemycins
Group: ABM CAS #: 71751412 Shaugnessy Code: 122804

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G17997 2011
Lab selected*

China Chen X., Yuan, L., Du Y., Zhang Y., and Wang J. (2011). Cross-resistance and biochemical mechanisms of abamectin resistance in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis . Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 101 34-38.
G5431 1992 Unspecified
USA--
California
Immaraju, J.A., T.D. Paine, J.A. Bethke, K.L. Robb, and J.P. Newman. (1992). Western Flower Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Reitance to Insecticides in Coastal California Greenhouses. Journal of Economic Entomology, 85(1) 9-14.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.