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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: blattella germanica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
blattodea blattellidae german cockroach MED

Active Ingredient: dioxacarb

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Carbamates
Group: CAR CAS #: 6988212 Shaugnessy Code: 392100

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4248 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
Czechoslovakia Ledvinka, J., Rupes, V. and Tomasek, L. (1984). Current resistance of Blattella germanica to insecticides in western Bohemia (Czecholovakia).. Acta Ent. Bohemoslov., 81 171-77.
G4122 1983 Field Evolved Resistance
United Kingdom Barson, G. and Renn, N. (1983). Laboratory assessment of resistance to commercial insecticide formulations in two strains of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) Bull.. Ent. Res., 73 491-99.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.