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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: conoderus vespertinus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera elateridae tobacco wireworm AG sweet potato, tobacco

Active Ingredient: lindane

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 58-89-9 Shaugnessy Code: 9001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1086 1966 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
North Carolina
Brett, C. H., Jones, G. D., Mount, D. A. and Rudder, J. D. (1966). Wireworms in sweet potato; resistance to cyclodiene insecticides and control with a midsummer application of insecticide over foliage.. J. Econ. Entomol., 59 99-102.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.