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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera exigua

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae beet army worm, lesser army worm AG cotton, tomato, celery, lettuce, cabbage and alfalfa

Active Ingredient: diflubenzuron

MOA: Inhibitors of chitin biosynthesis, type 0, Lepidopteran, Benzoylureas
Group: BPU CAS #: 35367385 Shaugnessy Code: 108201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5594 1995 Unspecified
Netherlands Van Laecke, K., G. Smagghe, and D. Degheele. (1995). Detoxifying Enzymes in Greenhouse and Laboratory Strain of Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 88(4) 777-781.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.