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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

Thank you for your Participation,
David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: cochliotis melalonthoides

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera scarabaeidae AG sugarcane

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
G1490 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
Tanzania Paris, R. (1968). In: FAO 1969.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.