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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: apolygus lucorum

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

Active Ingredient: chlorpyrifos

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 2921882 Shaugnessy Code: 59101

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19347 2016 Field Evolved Resistance
China--
Hebei--
Cangzhou
Zhen, C., Miao, L., Liang, P., and Gao, X. (2016). Survey of organophosphate resistance and an Ala216Ser substitution of acetylcholinesterase-1 gene associated with chlorpyrifos resistance in Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dur) collected from the transgenic Bt cottno fields in China. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 132 29-37.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.