IRAC International held their 45th meeting in the CropLife America offices in Washington DC on April 26-29th 2010. The meeting was attended by around 35 particpants and consisted of a mixture of concurrent IRAC working group meetings and reviews, a meeting of the Executive Committee, IRAC US and an International Session which included discussions and presentations…
IRAC Test Method (No. 019) for aphids has just been finalised, approved and posted in the Methods Team area of the IRAC website. The method is suitable for monitoring resistance in a number of different aphid species and product classes, the details of which along with a method description are outlined in the Test Method document.
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The date of February 22nd has been set for the next face-to-face meeting of the IRAC Pollen Beetle WG. For full details of the agenda,
At the recent first conference call of the new IRAC Lepidoptera WG it was agreed that the first priority was to investigate the resistance of the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta and the diamond back moth Plutella xylostella. Initial actions identified were to develop educational posters on both these pests outlining the resistance status, mechanisms and chemistry involved. The objective…
The IRAC Chairman, Ralf Nauen and one of the Vice-Chairs, Russell Slater have been asked to present at the Inaugural Conference on Research and Development for Crop Protection Products in Barcelona on May 18th and19th, 2010. This will be an opportunity to raise awareness of IRAC and the importance of insecticide resistance management and possibly…
A symposium and workshop on Insecticide Resistance Management was held in Subang Jaya, Malaysia on December 7th 2009. The event was organized and sponsored by the IRAC South East Asia with the assistance of the Malaysian Croplife and Public Health Association
Lynne Matthews is taking over from Fabrice Robin as BASF representative on the Pollen Beetle WG. Lynne has responsibility for insecticides in the BASF UK based technical team and has been organising the PB monitoring there in the last few years.
A list of published papers appearing in peer reviewed journals relating to insecticide resistance and insecticide resistance management has been published and can be downloaded from the IRAC Communication and Education webpage. To go directly to the file click here
A new international WG investigating and monitoring resistance in lepidopteran pest has been formed with IRAC members from a number of companies sitting on the team. A first conference call of the new WG was held in December 2009 and it was agreed that one of the first priorities would be to investigate the resistance status…