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  • IRAC Asia

    Regional profile

    Asia Group Key Objectives: Work with HRAC and FRAC to develop resistance management guidelines Continue working cross-industry with regulatory bodies in different countries on MoA labelling Provide technical guidance on developing management practices based on RM principles for fall armyworm Useful Links: Michigan State University Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD)…


  • (PDF) Folleto- Clasificación del modo de acción de insecticidas y acaricidas incluyendo nematicidas

    Publication


  • Public Health Team

    Working group

    The Public Health Team was formed in 2006 to continue the work initiated by the previous IRAC Vector Team and has the extended remit covering hygiene pests as well as vectors. Most of the efforts have focused on forming links with key groups working in the vector control area (WHO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation BMGF and Innovative Vector Control Consortium IVCC). A key IRAC publication “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors and Pests of Public Health…


  • Mode of Action Team

    Working group

    The MoA Team, which is largely composed of technical experts, is charged with maintaining the scheme and its status, carrying out updates as required as well as developing educational resources such as posters to promote the correct use of the scheme. The team considers data to support new submissions for entries to the scheme and acts as an arbiter on questions of MOA. Team Objectives Continue to review and update the MOA scheme as required. Develop new versions of…


  • Tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta

    Pest profile

    T. absoluta is a pest of great economic importance in a number of countries. Its primary host is tomato, although potato, aubergine, common bean, and various wild solanaceous plants are also suitable hosts. T. absoluta is characterized by high reproduction potential. Each female may lay up to 300 eggs and 10-12 generations can be produced each year. In tomato, it attacks all plant parts and crop developmental stages, although the larvae prefer apical buds, tender new leaflets, flowers, and green…


  • Blackfly Simulium spp

    Pest profile

    Black fly are true flies from the family Simuliidae in the order Diptera. Female Black flies feed on blood and are the scourge of many river banks. They are found almost globally, from the tropics to the Arctic tundra. Black fly are small stocky flies, 2 to 5 mm in length, black or dark brown in colour. They are always associated with running water, in which the larvae live, filter feeding on organic matter. The adults are strong fliers and…


  • Citrus red mite Panonychus citri

    Pest profile

    The Citrus red mite (Panonychus citri) is an economically important pest of citrus globally. Although citrus is the main host, it can also infest other fruit trees including pome and stone fruits. Adult mites and their nymphs feed on the fruit, leaves and twigs of the host plant and can cause defoliation, discoloration and reduced quality of the fruits. It is thought that the citrus rust mite originates in Asia, but global transportation of plant stock and ornamental citrus…


  • (PDF) FAO and WHO 2022: Guidance on good labelling practice for pesticides (Second revision)

    Document


  • IRM Guidelines

    Page

    IRM Guidelines Lepidoptera IRM Guidelines Lepidoptera IRM Guidelines (Chinese version) Sucking Pest IRM Guidelines IRM Guideline: Rotating soil, seed and foliar applied insecticides Fall Armyworm IRM Guidelines IRAC MoA Group 30 IRM Guidelines Myzus persicae IRM (English) IRM Guidelines, Cereals, Europe (English) Brazil IRM Recommendations, Corn, Soybean, Cotton Brazil IRM Recommendations Corn, Soybean, Cotton (Portuguese) Philippines IRM Guidelines, Cabbage, Eggplant, Rice Integrating Bt Corn for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Management Controlling Tuta absoluta and managing resistance (Full version) Nematicides and…


  • Beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua

    Pest profile

    Spodoptera exigua is a highly dispersive, polyphagous species that is a serious pest of vegetable, field and flower crops. Susceptible crops include asparagus, cabbage, pepper, tomato, lettuce, celery, strawberry, eggplant, sugar beet, alfalfa, and cotton. S. exigua is native to Southeast Asia but is now found in Africa, Southern Europe, Japan, Australia and North America. It lacks a diapause mechanism and can only overwinter successfully in warm regions or in greenhouses. Nevertheless, because of its dispersal abilities, S. exigua will…