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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: spodoptera exigua

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae beet army worm, lesser army worm AG cotton, tomato, celery, lettuce, cabbage and alfalfa

Active Ingredient: chlorpyrifos + DEM

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: SYN CAS #: 2921882 Shaugnessy Code: 59101

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G20330 2019 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Guangdong--
Huizhou
Hu, B., Huang, H., Wei, Q., Ren, M., Mburu, D. K., Tian, X. and Su, J. (2019). Transcription factors CncC/Maf and AhR/ARNT coordinately regulate the expression of multiple GSTs conferring resistance to chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin in Spodoptera exigua. Pest Management Science, 75 2009-2019.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.