Training centre

Our training centre collates our key resistance management resources in one place. If you’re new to resistance, start with our Resistance Basics tutorial. If you’re a practitioner, explore our position papers, guidelines and reports. If you’re an industry leader benefit from our teaching materials and consider starting a new IRAC group.

• Insecticide resistance basics Tutorial

  Learn what “resistance” means in a scientific context, and develop a deeper understanding of the underlying resistance mechanisms.

  Learn about resistance modelling and how results can be directly translated into resistance management recommendations.

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• Position papers

  IRAC is an authority on insecticide resistance and publishes position papers on key topics affecting food security, for example:

  • Insecticide Resistance Management and the use of mixtures
  • The combined use of chemicals and traits
  • Insecticide resistance management for soil and seed applied insecticides
  Find a paper

teaching materials

• Insecticide Resistance Training – Basic Module V1.0, Jan ’20
• Tutorial on MoA Mechanisms V1.0, Apr ’19
• Lepidoptera IRM Guidelines V1.0, Sep ’17
• Sucking Pest IRM Guidelines V1.0, Jul ’20