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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: heliothis virescens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae tobacco budworm AG chickpea, corn, cotton, tobacco

Active Ingredient: lindane

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 58-89-9 Shaugnessy Code: 9001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1459 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
Mexico Von Eickstedt 1968. (1968).
G1274 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
Peru (1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
G956 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Mississippi
Pate, T.L. and Brazzel, J.R. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.