Skip to main content


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: tuta absoluta

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera gelechiidae tomato leafminer AG tomatoes, potatoes

Active Ingredient: flubendiamide

MOA: Ryanodine receptor modulators, Diamides
Group: DIA CAS #: 272451 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19821 2017
Lab selected*

Greece--
Ierapetra
Douris, V., Papapostolou, K. M., Ilias, A., Roditakis, E., Kounadi, S., Riga, M., Nauen, R. and Vontas, J. (2017). Investigation of the contribution of RyR target-site mutations in diamide resistance by CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification in Drosophila. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 87 127-135.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.