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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: phenacoccus solenopsis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera pseudococcidae cotton mealybug AG cotton, ornamentals, vegetable crops

Active Ingredient: spirotetramat

MOA: Inhibitors of lipid synthesis, Tetronic acid derivitives
Group: TETR CAS #: 203313251 Shaugnessy Code:

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G20041 2019
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan
Ejaza, M., Ullaha, S., Shada, S. A., Abbasa, N., and Binyameen, M. (2019). Characterization of inheritance and preliminary biochemical mechanisms of spirotetramat resistance in Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley: An economic pest from Pakistan . Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.