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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: heliothis zea

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae american bollworm, corn earworm AG cereals, cotton, grains, vegetables

Active Ingredient: toxaphene

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 8001-35-2 Shaugnessy Code: 80501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G2632 1974 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Arkansas
Miner, F.D. (1974). Communication to FAO.
G2054 1972 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Mississippi
Harris, F. A. (1972). Resistance to methyl parathion and toxaphene-DDT in bollworm and tobacco budworm from cotton in Mississippi.. J. Econ. Entomol., 65 1193-94.
G1278 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
New Mexico
(1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
G964 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Colombia Rodrigo Adarve, R. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G520 1964 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Louisiana
Graves, J. B., Clower, D. F., Bagent, J. L. and Bradley, J. R. (1964). Bollworms increasing in resistance to insecticides.. La. Agric., 7 3.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.