Latest Resistance management for sustainable agriculture and improved public health

IRAC aims to prolong the effectiveness of insecticides, acaricides and traits by implementing insecticide resistance management strategies, countering the development of resistance in the three core sectors of traditional Crop Protection, Plant Biotechnology and Public Health.

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Crop Protection

Biotechnology

Public Health

IRAC develops communication and education material as a key mechanism for promoting awareness of insecticide resistance and effective resistance management strategies worldwide.

The IRAC Mode of Action Structures Poster is published worldwide and shows the chemical structures for the key actives documented in the IRAC Mode of Action Classification.

The IRAC Mode of Action Classification is a globally recognised as the definitive classification scheme of the target sites of acaricides and insecticides.

Did you know you can search the classification online and using our mobile app?

Nematicides MoA Poster

The IRAC Mode of Action Classification for Nematodes, listing group numbers, mode of action type and chemical groups

Basic Training Module

A training module introducing the basic concepts behind the development and management of insecticide resistance.

IRM Guidelines

IRAC International statement on the resistance management considerations of utilizing soil & seed applied insecticides

MoA Training Module

A set of 74 slides explaining with graphics the major mechanisms and targets of insecticide resistance.


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