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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: pectinophora gossypiella

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera gelechiidae pink bollworm AG cotton

Active Ingredient: spinosad

MOA: Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor agonists (allosteric), Spinosyns
Group: SPIN CAS #: 131929-60-7 Shaugnessy Code: 110003

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G15679 2013
Lab selected*

South Africa Sabry, K. H., and Abdel-Aziz, N. F. (2013). Resistance and enzyme assesment of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) to spinosad. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences , 23(1) 136-142.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.