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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: helicoverpa armigera

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae cotton bollworm AG cotton, corn, sorghum, tomato

Active Ingredient: parathion-methyl

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 298000 Shaugnessy Code: 53501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4994 1988 Field Evolved Resistance
China Tang, Z. H., Gong, K. Y. and You, Z. P. (1988). Present status and countermeasures of insecticide resistance in agricultural pests in China.. Pestic. Sci., 23 189-198.
G3854 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
New South Wales
Goodyer, G. J. and Greenup, L. R. (1980). A survey of insecticide resistance in the cotton bollworm, Heliothis armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in New South Wales.. Gen. Appl. Enotomol., 2 37-39.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.