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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: tyrophagus palmarum

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari acaridae AG cheese

Active Ingredient: pirimiphos-methyl

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 29232-93-7 Shaugnessy Code: 108102

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4154 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
United Kingdom Stables, L. M. (1984). Effect of pesticides on three species of Tyrophagus and detection of resistance to pirimiphos-methyl in T.. palmarum and T. putrescentiae. Acarology, 6 1026-33.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.