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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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

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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: thiodicarb

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Carbamates
Group: CAR CAS #: 59669260 Shaugnessy Code: 114501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5939 1998 Unspecified
USA Kerns, D.L., J.C. Palumbo, and T. Tellez. (1998). Resistance of Field Strains of Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Arizona and California to Carbamate Insecticides. Journal of Economic Entomology, 91(5) 1038-1043.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.