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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: rhizoglyphus robini

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari acaridae bulb mite AG Ornamental plants, stored onions

Active Ingredient: trichlorfon

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 52686 Shaugnessy Code: 57901

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4376 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Japan Kuwahara, M. (1986). Resistance of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini Claparede (Acarina: Acaridae) to insecticides: Resistance patterns to organophosphorus insecticides.. Jpn. J. Appl. Ent. Zool., 30 290-295.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.