Why Form a New Group IRAC groups are normally set up to tackle specific resistance problems or “Resistance Hotspots” in a country or region. Resistance problems relate to classes of compounds or to different modes of action and clearly these issues can only be satisfactorily managed by all interested parties involved working on a common approach to Resistance Management. A multi-company IRAC group is the ideal forum for doing this. Who Should be Involved IRAC Country Groups are generally…
Introduction Membership of IRAC is open to any company producing insecticides or acaricides and operating in any of the three Core Areas: Crop Protection, Plant Biotechnology or Public Health. Representatives must be experienced and influential in the company’s insecticide resistance management matters and willing to actively participate and contribute in progressing the agreed IRAC goals and objectives. They must also agree to follow the IRAC Constitution which includes the Anti-trust guidelines. The IRAC International operating structure is managed by…
The IRAC Network is made up of a series of inter-company Committees dedicated to prolonging the effectiveness of insecticides and acaricides by countering the development of resistance. The Committees operate at a global level (IRAC Executive) and at a regional or country level (IRAC Country Groups) and the whole network is termed IRAC International (abbreviated to IRAC). Much of the work of IRAC is carried out by International Working Groups and the IRAC Country Teams and a full list…
If you have an active or new chemical group you think should be included in the IRAC Mode of Action Classification, please complete the form below and send an email to the following contact to confirm receipt of your submission. For further guidance please review the Procedure for allocation of new insecticidal materials for the MoA Classification. CLASSIFY A NEW NEMATICIDE If you are submitting an active for inclusion to the Nematicide MoA Classification, then please provide details using…