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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: phytoseiulus macropilis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
mesostigmata phytoseiidae predatory mite AG

Active Ingredient: bifenthrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 82657043 Shaugnessy Code: 128825

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G18192 2016
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Brazil--
Sao Paulo--
Socorro
Queiroz, M., and Sato, M. (2016). Pyrethroid resistance in Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae): cross-resistance, stability and effect of synergists. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 68 71-82.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.