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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: popillia japonica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera scarabaeidae japanese beetle AG turf grass

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
G3562 1979 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
New Jersey
Ng, Y.-S. and Ahmad, S. (1979). Resistance to dieldrin and tolerance to chlorpyrifos and bendiocarb in a northern New Jersey population of Japanese beetle.. J. Econ. Entomol., 72 698-700.
G2806 1975 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Connecticut
Dunbar, D. M. and Beard, R. L. (1975). Status of control of Japanese and Oriental beetles in Connecticut.. Conn. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 757.
G2168 1973 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Ohio
Niemczyk, H. D. and Lawrence, K. O. (1973). Japanese beetle evidence of resistance to cyclodiene insecticides in larvae and adults in Ohio.. J. Econ. Entomol., 66 520-21.
G2169 1973 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
New York
Tashiro, H. and Neuhauser, W. (1973). Chlordane-resistant Japanese beetle in New York.. New York State Agric. Exp. Sta., Search 3 (3), 6 pp..
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.