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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: helicoverpa zea

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae corn earworm AG

Active Ingredient: permethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 52645-53-1 Shaugnessy Code: 109701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5491 1993 Unspecified
USA Abd-elghafar, S.F., C.O. Knowles, and M.L. Wall. (1993). Pyrethroid Resistance in Two Field Strains of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 86(6) 1651-1655.
G5319 1991 Unspecified
USA Hsu, E.L., and S.J. Yu. (1991). Insecticide Resistance in the Corn Earworm, Heliothis Zea (Boddie). Resistant Pest Management Newsletter, 3/18 3/18.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.