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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: distantiella theobroma

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera miridae cocoa capsid AG cocoa

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
G835 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Ghana Asomaning, E. G. A. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G836 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Nigeria Opeke, L.K. (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.