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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: manduca sexta

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera sphingidae tobacco hornworn AG tobacco

Active Ingredient: endrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 72-20-8 Shaugnessy Code: 41601

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G499 1964 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
North Carolina
Rabb, R. L. and Guthrie, F. E. (1964). Resistance of tobacco hornworms (Protoparce sexta Johannson) to certain insecticides in North Carolina.. J. Econ. Entomol., 57 995-96.
G500 1964 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
South Carolina
Anon. (1964). U.S.. Dept. Agric. In: Brown 1971.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.