Article
Mutations in the sodium channel associated with pyrethroid resistance in the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
Pest management science - 1 Jun 2012
Karatolos Nikos, Gorman Kevin, Williamson Martin S, Denholm Ian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood is an important pest of protected crops in temperate regions of the world. Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides is long established in this species, but the molecular basis of the mechanism(s) responsible has not previously been disclosed. RESULTS: Mortality rates of three European strains of T. vaporariorum to the pyrethroid bifenthrin were calculated, and each...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Biological Assay
- Drug Resistance
- Female
- Hemiptera
- Insecticides
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pyrethrins
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Channels
- Species Specificity
