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We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: metaseiulus occidentalis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari phytoseiidae western predatory mite PAR mites

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
G5078 1989 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Hoy, M.A., and Y.-L. Ouyang. (1989). Selection of the Western Predatory Mite, Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae), for Resistamce to Abamectin. Journal of Economic Entomology, 82(1) 35-40.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.