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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

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: diabrotica virgifera

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera chrysomelidae western corn rootworm AG corn

Active Ingredient: mCry3A

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus thuringiensis (variety unstated)
Group: BAC CAS #: Shaugnessy Code:

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G13312 2011
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Missouri
Meihls, L. N., Higdon, M. L., Ellersieck, M., and Hibbard, B. E. (2011). Selection for Resistance to mCry3A-Expressing Transgenic Corn in Western Corn Rootworm. Journal of Economic Entomology, 104 (3) 1045-1054.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.