Multiple insecticide modes of action can effectively combat or prevent an insect-resistance problem on your farm. This lookup tool quickly identifies the MOA of popular insecticide brands you may be using or considering. Because it is important to use diverse MOAs, the tool also provides a list of products with the same MOA so you can avoid products that won’t deliver the diversification recommended.

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Enter the trade name or active ingredient of the insecticide(s) you used last year to identify other insecticides that fall within that same MOA so you can rotate MOAs for next year.

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

nerve and muscle action

2

GABA-gated chloride channel blockers

nerve and muscle action

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • fipronil
3

Sodium channel modulators

nerve and muscle action

4

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists

nerve and muscle action

5

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric activators

nerve and muscle action

Active Ingredients

  • spinetoram
  • spinosad
6

Glutamate-gated chloride channel (GluCl) allosteric modulators

nerve and muscle action

9

Chordotonal organ TRPV channel modulators

nerve and muscle action

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • afidopyropen
10

Mite growth inhibitors

growth regulation

Active Ingredients

  • etoxazole
  • hexythiazox
11

Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes

insect midgut

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
12

Inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase

energy metabolism

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • propargite
15

Inhibitors of chitin biosynthesis

growth regulation

Active Ingredients

  • diflubenzuron
  • novaluron
18

Ecdysone receptor agonists

growth regulation

Active Ingredients

  • methoxyfenozide
22

Voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers

nerve and muscle action

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • indoxacarb
23

Inhibitors of acetyl CoA carboxylase

growth regulation

Trade Name

Active Ingredients

  • spiromesifen
  • spirotetramat
28

Ryanodine receptor modulators

nerve and muscle action

Active Ingredients

  • chlorantraniliprole
  • cyantraniliprole

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