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APRD Survey

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We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: manduca sexta

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

Active Ingredient: BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1246 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
South Carolina
(1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.