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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 litura

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae mediterranean climbing cutworm AG Tobacco

Active Ingredient: chlorfenvinphos

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 470906 Shaugnessy Code: 84101

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G2769 1975 Field Evolved Resistance
Japan Asakawa, M. (1975). Insecticide resistance in agricultural insect pests of Japan.. Jpn. Pestic. Inf., 23 5-8.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.