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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: blatta orientalis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
blattodea blattidae oriental cockroach MED

Active Ingredient: DDT

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: OCL CAS #: 50293 Shaugnessy Code: 29201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G976 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Czechoslovakia Privora, M. (1965). The development and present status of insecticide resistance in insects in Czechoslovakia.. Proc. 12th Int. Congr. Entomol., pp. 835.
G315 1961 Field Evolved Resistance
France Webb, J. E., Jr. (1961). Resistance of some species of cockroaches to organic insecticides in Germany and France, 1956-59.. J. Econ. Entomol., 54 805-06.
G316 1961 Field Evolved Resistance
Germany Webb, J. E., Jr. (1961). Resistance of some species of cockroaches to organic insecticides in Germany and France, 1956-59.. J. Econ. Entomol., 54 805-06.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.