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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bemisia tabaci

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae sweetpotato whitefly 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
G22326 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
China Wang, R., Fang, Y., Che, W., Zhang, Q., Wang, J., & Luo, C. (2022). Metabolic Resistance in Abamectin-Resistant Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean from Northern China.. Toxins.
G20519 2020 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Shandong--
Linyi
Wang, F., Liu, J., Chen, P., Li, H. Y., Ma, J. J.,Liu, Y.J., and Wang, K. (2020). Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Insecticide Resistance in Shandong Province, China. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113 911-917.
G20520 2020 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Shandong--
Qingdao
Wang, F., Liu, J., Chen, P., Li, H. Y., Ma, J. J.,Liu, Y.J., and Wang, K. (2020). Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Insecticide Resistance in Shandong Province, China. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113 911-917.
G20523 2020 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Shandong--
Tai’an
Wang, F., Liu, J., Chen, P., Li, H. Y., Ma, J. J.,Liu, Y.J., and Wang, K. (2020). Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Insecticide Resistance in Shandong Province, China. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113 911-917.
G20521 2020 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Shandong--
Jinan
Wang, F., Liu, J., Chen, P., Li, H. Y., Ma, J. J.,Liu, Y.J., and Wang, K. (2020). Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Insecticide Resistance in Shandong Province, China. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113 911-917.
G19905 2018 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Punjab--
Faisalabad
Ahmad, M., and  Akhtar, K. P. (2018). Susceptibility of cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) to diverse pesticides in Pakistan. Journal of Economic Entomology, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy112 1-8.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.