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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: hypera postica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera curculionidae alfalfa weevil AG alfalfa

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
G1300 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Pennsylvania
(1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
G1037 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Utah
Davis, D.W. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G1038 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Maryland
Davis, D.W. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G1039 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
California
Koehler, C.S. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G1040 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
North Carolina
Campbell, W. V. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G1041 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Montana
Pratt, R. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.