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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: agrypnus variabilis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera elateridae variable wireworm AG

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
G4150 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
New South Wales
Gunning, R. V. and Forrester, N. W. (1984). Cyclodiene lindane resistance in Agrynus variabilis, Coleoptera: Elateridae, in Norther New South Wales, Australia.. J. Aust. Entomol. Soc., 23 247-48.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.