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APRD Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: blattella germanica

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

Active Ingredient: trichlorfon

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 52686 Shaugnessy Code: 57901

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4247 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.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.