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Science 10 January 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3602, pp. 129 - 131
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3602.129
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Cholinesterase Inhibition in Spider Mites Susceptible and Resistant to Organophosphate

H. R. Smissaert 1

1 Laboratory for Research on Insecticides, Prinses Marijkeweg 22, Wageningen, Netherlands

Evidence is provided that organophosphate resistance in a strain of spider mites is due to decreased sensitivity of its cholinesterase to organophosphates. The cholinesterase activity of the susceptible strain in vitro was three times that of the resistant strain of mites.


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