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cosmopolites sordidus

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera curculionidae banana root borer, banana weevil AG banana

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. aldrin (#7)
  2. dieldrin (#7)
  3. heptachlor (#2)
  4. lindane (#2)

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Edge, V. E. (1974). Cyclodiene-BHC resistance in Cosmopolitis sordidus (Germ.) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in New South Wales, Australia.. Bull. Entomol. Res., 64 1-7.
2 Mello, E. J. R., Mello, R. H. and Sampaio, A. S. (1979). Resistencia ao aldrin em brocas da bananeira, Cosmopolites sordidus Germ., do litoral paulista.. Biologie (Brazil), 45 249-54.
3 Shanahan, G. J. and Goodyer, G. J. (1974). Dieldrin resistance in Cosmopolites sordidus in New South Wales, Australia.. J. Econ. Entomol., 67 446-47.
4 Sloan, W.J.S. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
5 Sotomayer, B. (1972). Resistencia de Cosmopolites sordidus Germ a los compuestos organochlorados en el Ecuador.. Rev. Peru. Entomol., 15 169-75.
6 Viladebo 1967. (1967).

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 18 -- Brazil -- 4
2 24 -- Cameroon -- 4
3 33 -- Cote d'Ivoire -- 4
4 44 -- Ecuador -- 4
5 64 -- Guinea -- 4
6 198 -- Australia -- Queensland -- 4
7 199 -- Australia -- New South Wales -- 4

Other Reference

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