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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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: chrysomyia bezziana

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera calliphoridae old world screwworm MED cattle

Active Ingredient: dieldrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 60-57-1 Shaugnessy Code: 45001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1492 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
South Africa Baker, J. A. F., McHary, W. M., Thorburn, J. A. and Thompson, G. E. (1968). In: FAO 1969.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.