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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: sesamia inferens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae Pink Stem Borer AG Sugarcane and Rice

Active Ingredient: spinosad

MOA: Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor agonists (allosteric), Spinosyns
Group: SPIN CAS #: 131929-60-7 Shaugnessy Code: 110003

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G13703 2011 Field Evolved Resistance
Taiwan--
Chiayi
Li, C., Cheng, X., Dai, S. (2011). Distribution and Insecticide Resistandce of Pink Stem Borer, Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Taiwan. Formosan Entomologist, 31 39-50.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.