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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: oryzaephilus mercator

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera cucujidae merchant grain beetle AG grain products

Active Ingredient: tetrachlorvinphos Z-isomer

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 22248-79-9 Shaugnessy Code: 83702

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G10262 1973
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Senegal--
Diourbel--
Bambey
Dyte, C.E., Forster, R. (1973). Studies on Insecticide Resistance in Oryzaephilus Mercator (Fauv.) (Coleoptera, Silvanidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 9 159-164.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.