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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: tetranychus cucurbitacearum

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari tetranychidae spider mite AG cotton

Active Ingredient: dicofol

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: OCL CAS #: 115-32-2 Shaugnessy Code: 10501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1986 1972 Field Evolved Resistance
Egypt Awad 1972. (1972).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.