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conoderus falli

Profile

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

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. aldrin (#2)
  2. chlordane (#3)
  3. DDT (#2)
  4. dieldrin (#2)
  5. heptachlor (#2)
  6. lindane
  7. parathion

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 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.
2 (1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
3 Norris, D. M. (1957). Failure of soil insecticides to control the southern potato wireoworm, Conoderus falli Lane.. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Am., 3 40.
4 Reid, W. J. and Cuthbert, F. P., Jr. (1956). Resistance of the southern potato wireworm to insecticides.. J. Econ. Entomol., 49 879-80.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 179 -- USA -- Florida -- 4
2 195 -- USA -- North Carolina -- 4
3 203 -- USA -- South Carolina -- 4

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