Inheritance of Dimethoate Resistance in the Mackay Strain of the Cattle Tick (Boophilus Microplus) in Australia

Abstract

Reciprocal crossing with a susceptible strain and phenotype analysis of F l , test cross, and F2 progeny for resistance showed that dimethoate resistance in the Mackay strain of the cattle tick Boophilus micro plus was due to an incompletely dominant autosomal gene.