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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: culex quinquefasciatus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae southern house mosquito MED

Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis CryIIB

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis
Group: BAC CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G7247 2004 Unspecified
USA Wirth, M.C., A. Delecluse, and W.E. Walton. (2004). Laboratory Selection for Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan or a Component Toxin, Cry11B, in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 41(3) 435-441.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.