Abstract:The paper reports on the resistance status of samples of Bemisia tabaci (B biotype) collected from Xinjiang to four different groups of insecticides by the methods of leaf-dipping and egg laid leaf-dipping. The populations examined exhibited strong resistance to pyrethroids with resistance factors ranging from 2100 to 6200-fold to cypermethrin and from 1000 to 2200-fold to bifenthrin, respectively. The resistance factors to imidacloprid ranged from 4 to 86-fold, and increased significantly in samples collected late in the growing season of 2005. The resistance factors to thiamethoxam ranged from 10 to 22-fold, and cross resistance has been found between neonicotinoids with acetamiprid being least affected. The resistance factors to pyriproxyfen ranged from 22 to 54-fold, and all tested populations were still fully susceptible to abamectin. Pyrethroids therefore appear to offer little prospect for whitefly control in Xinjiang. However some newer compounds such as the neonicotinoids (e.g. imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and acetamiprid), pyriproxyfen and abamectin could still be incorporated into resistance management strategies but need to be used in strict moderation and in alternation with unrelated molecules.