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Pyrethroid resistance in the predacious mite Amblyseius barkeri 1
Author(s) -
PETRUSHOV A. Z.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1992.tb00530.x
Subject(s) - cypermethrin , biology , amblyseius , mite , resistance (ecology) , toxicology , botany , phytoseiidae , predation , agronomy , pesticide , ecology , predator
By successive generations of exposure to Ripcord (cypermethrin) at concentrations ensuring about 50% mortality, a cypermethrin‐resistant strain of Amblyseius barkeri has been selected, with a resistance factor of 73. The strain showed cross resistance to other pyrethroids.