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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bemisia tabaci

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae sweetpotato whitefly AG cotton

Active Ingredient: methidathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 950378 Shaugnessy Code: 100301

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5510 1994 Unspecified
Israel Bloch, G., and D. Wool. (1994). Methidathion resistance in the Sweetpotato Whitefly (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) in Israel: Selection, Heritability, and Correlated Changes of Esterase Activity. Journal of Economic Entomology, 87(5) 1147-1156.
G4311 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
Turkey Dittrich 1985. (1985).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.