The Ontario Pest Management Conference (OPMC) Steering Committee commissioned this White Paper as a call to action, to stimulate focused dialogue and set in motion a compelling strategy to proactively engage Canadian agriculture stakeholders in pesticide resistance management (RM). Its intention is to set out a coherent approach to align Canadian agriculture stakeholders in RM engagement. It is an agenda for renewing government, university, industry and producer investment in a RM framework — to strengthen the commitment, communication and implementation…
CropLife formally confirmed the UPL membership of IRAC International on the 23rd August 2019. With the mergers and acquisitions of various crop protection companies, along with the joining of UPL, this brings the number of IRAC International company members to 11. Good representation across the industry enables IRAC to continue providing a global coordinated response to insect resistance management strategies.
IRAC have just published the latest version of the MoA Classification, now incorporating bio-insecticides. In addition the English version of the MoA Poster with the chemical structures and the small MoA Booklet have also been updated printed copies are now available….
The WG held their latest conference call on December 9th when the various ongoing actions and activities were reviewed. These included: Future minor updates to the classification scheme Distribution of the new printed structures posters Status of the new pest specific MOA posters Development of a new MOA brochure An MOA presentation at the ESA meeting in Indianapolis…
The latest IRAC Test Method Video to be published is Method No. 010 on Frankliniella occidentalis. Details of the method can be found on the Frankliniella occidentalis methods page with links to the Method No 010 pdf and the new video….
A total of 93 Myzus persicae populations from stone fruit orchards and other crops in S. Europe were sampled and analysed to determine the resistance status. The results confirm the presence of neonicotinoid-resistant aphids in many of the stone fruit orchards of southern France and North East Spain as well in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The surveys have yet to identify any resistant aphids in other crops. IRAC has worked with local agricultural ministry officials, and entomological experts from…
After 2 years as Vice-Chair and 3 years as Chairman, José-Ramón Soler (Sipcam) is stepping down as Chairman of IRAC Spain although he is remaining as an important member of the group taking up the role of Coordinator for the Communication and MoA WGs. María Torné (Dow Agrosciences), the current Vice-Chair becomes the new Chairman, with Pedro Fuchs (Kenogard) taking over as Vice-Chair and Treasurer. Thanks go to José-Ramón for his excellent work and commitment to IRAC over the last…
Results from the 2011 monitoring can be seen in the new poster from the IRAC Coleoptera WG. The survey show that pyrethroid resistant populations of pollen beetle were the dominant population type in all the countries surveyed, except Romania, Ukraine and Hungary and that pyrethroid resistant populations are generally increasing in frequency across Europe. Most populations were susceptible to neonicotinoids, but there is some variation in response and all populations of pollen beetle tested were susceptible to organophosphates and indoxacarb…
A great new IRM Operational Vector Manual has just been published by IRAC providing the reader with practical knowledge and tools required to implement insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes. This pocket size booklet is a shortened version of the earlier larger IRAC Vector Manual. Both the full version and smaller operational pocket version have the same title “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors of Public Health Importance” and are available online via the IRAC website (see…
The cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) is a highly polyphagous pest, which has a host range which includes many commercially grown agricultural and horticultural plant species. Insecticide Resistance has been recorded in cotton aphids since the mid-1960‘s, when organophosphate, carbamate and cyclodiene organochlorines were utilised to control this aphid in a wide range of crops. There have been reports of resistance to pyrethroids and a small number of reports of resistance to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist insecticides in cotton (e.g. Australia,…