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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: alabama argillacea

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae cotton leafworm AG cotton

Active Ingredient: toxaphene

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 8001-35-2 Shaugnessy Code: 80501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G949 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Louisiana
Newsom, L.D. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G131 1957 Field Evolved Resistance
Venezuela Newsom, L.D. (1957). In: Brown 1971.
G67 1954 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Texas
Ivy, E. E. and Scales, A. L. (1954). Are cotton insects becoming resistant to insecticides? J.. Econ. Entomol., 47 981-84.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.