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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

Thank you for your Participation,
David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: pectinophora gossypiella

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera gelechiidae pink bollworm AG cotton

Active Ingredient: MVP II (Cry1AC)

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

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G6416 2000 Unspecified
USA Tabashnik, B.E., Y.-B. Liu, R.A. de Maagd, and T.J. Dennehy. (2000). Cross-resistance of Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins. Applied adn Environmental Microbiology, 66(10) 4582-4584.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.