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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: diabrotica virgifera

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera chrysomelidae western corn rootworm AG corn

Active Ingredient: mCry3A

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus thuringiensis (variety unstated)
Group: BAC CAS #: Shaugnessy Code:

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G13312 2011
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Missouri
Meihls, L. N., Higdon, M. L., Ellersieck, M., and Hibbard, B. E. (2011). Selection for Resistance to mCry3A-Expressing Transgenic Corn in Western Corn Rootworm. Journal of Economic Entomology, 104 (3) 1045-1054.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.