An insensitive acetylcholinesterase confers resistance to methomyl in the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 524-528

  Byrne, Frank J ^a   Toscano, Nick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase insensitivity; Chlorpyrifos; Insecticide resistance; Methomyl; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; METHOMYL; O,O DIETHYL O 3,5,6 TRICHLORO 2 PYRIDYL PHOSPHATE; O,O-DIETHYL O-3,5,6-TRICHLORO-2-PYRIDYL PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; METHOMYL; MOTHS;

EID: 0035319752     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.524     Document Type: Article

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