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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: spodoptera litura

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae mediterranean climbing cutworm AG Tobacco

Active Ingredient: deltamethrin + DEF

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G10007 2007
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan
Ahmad, M., Sayyed, A.H., Crickmore, N., Saleem, M.A. (2007). Genetics and mechanism of resistance to deltamethrin in a field population of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Pest Management Science, 63 1002-1010.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.