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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: anthonomus grandis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera curculionidae boll weevil AG cotton

Active Ingredient: dieldrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 60-57-1 Shaugnessy Code: 45001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1033 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Mexico Bordas, E. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G1034 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Mississippi
Pate, T.L. and Hamner, A.L. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G136 1957 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Louisiana
Roussel, J. S., and Clower, D. (1957). Resistance to the chlorinated hydrocarbons in the boll weevil.. J. Econ. Entomol., 50 463-78.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.