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APRD Survey

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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: Cry11Ba

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
G13835 2012
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA Wirth, M., Walton, W., Federici, B. (2012). Inheritance, Stability, and Dominance of Cry Resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Selected with the Three Cry Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Journal of Medical Entomology, 49 886-894.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.