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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: Dysdercus koenigii

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera pyrrhocoridae red cotton bug AG cotton

Active Ingredient: emamectin benzoate

MOA: Chloride channel activators, Avermectins, Milbemycins
Group: ABM CAS #: 137512-74-4 Shaugnessy Code: 122806

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G20406 2020
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Southern Punjab--
Multan
Saeed, R., Abbas, N., and Mehmood, Z. (2020). Emamectin benzoate resistance risk assessment in Dysdercus koenigii: Cross-resistance and inheritance patterns. Crop Protection, 130 105069.
G20409 2020
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Southern Punjab--
Multan
Saeed, R., Abbas, N., and Mehmood, Z. (2020). Emamectin benzoate resistance risk assessment in Dysdercus koenigii: Cross-resistance and inheritance patterns. Crop Protection, 130 105069.
G20351 2020
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan
Saees, R., and Abbas, N. (2020). Realized heritability, inheritance and cross resistance patterns in imidacloprid-resistant strain of Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Pest Management Science.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.