This is a new project that aims to develop diagnostic molecular probes for the most threatening insecticide resistance mechanisms in Australian H. armigera

At the last ACGRA conference in 1990, it was reported that the Heliothis ID project had been running for approximately six months and species specific antibodies had not yet been obtained.

The aim of the Heliothis identification project is to develop a simple kit that can be used by field workers to distinguish quickly and reliably between individual eggs and small larvae of Heliothis armigera and H.