Table 1

Toxicity of permethrin to UCR-S and Pyr-R adult H. virescens

ParameterStrain
UCR-SAce-R1-aPyr-R
n 1-b 3001-c 491-d 1141-d
Slope2.47 ± 0.243.01 ± 0.643.07 ± 0.65
EC50 (μg/vial)1-e 1.11.025.1
Confidence intervals (μg/vial)0.9–1.30.7–1.318.1–34.7
Resistance ratio1-f 23.5  (UCR-S)
25.1  (Ace-R)
  • 1-a Pyrethroid-susceptible strain containing Woodrow83 background (Gilbert et al., 1996).

  • 1-b Number of adult H. virescens tested excluding control.

  • 1-c All males tested.

  • 1-d Males and females tested.

  • 1-e P < .05 LC50.

  • 1-f EC50 of Pyr-R divided by either EC50 for UCR-S or Ace-R.