La polilla del tomate, Tuta absoluta, es una de las plagas más importantes de este cultivo. En España, esta plaga se ha convertido en uno de los principales problemas para los agricultores. Su alta tasa de reproducción (generaciones cortas y alta fecundidad) y su agresividad hacen que sea necesario aplicar medidas de control incluso cuando los niveles
The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) International held its 59th Spring Meeting, from April 1–3, 2025. Representatives from global member companies, regional committees, and Working Groups came together to review progress, align priorities, and shape the strategic roadmap for the coming year. The meeting opened with a plenary session titled “Evolving IRM Needs and Strategic
This short paper outlines the IRAC International position on trends in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in relation to insect resistance management. Though IPM is not IRAC International’s primary expertise, IRAC will, where appropriate, seek to enable the dissemination of information on IPM options developed by research institutions, academia, or government agencies for certain crop-pest situations
Nonanoic acid has been added to MoA Group UNE (Botanical essence including synthetic, extracts and unrefined oils with unknown or uncertain MoA) The updated resources, available for download from the IRAC website, are:
The updated posters using the information from the latest version of the MoA Classification (Version 11.2, January 2025) and covering Lepidoptera, Sucking Pests, Mites, and Mosquitoes can be downloaded using the embedded links
New versions (11.2, August 2024) of the IRAC MoA resources have been released and posted on the website. The changes include the following updates: The updated resources, available for download from the IRAC website, are:
IRAC España ha emitido una nueva Alerta sobre riesgo de resistencias de Bactrocera oleae en olivo. La mosca del olivo (Bactrocera oleae) junto a Prays oleae son las plagas más importantes del cultivo. Existe un limitado número de productos autorizados en el control de mosca del olivo y gran parte de la superficie está en sistemas de Producción Integrada, limitando
IRAC España ha emitido una revisión de la alerta sobre resistencias de Ceratitis capitata en cítricos. Los insecticidas de los modos de acción 3A, piretroides, y 5, spinosines, son herramientas básicas de las estrategias de control de la mosca de la fruta en cítricos. Debido a la detección de poblaciones resistentes a ellos, se aconseja su alternancia con otros
When using the IRAC and GRM MoA Apps on your mobile devices, you will now be able to open the menu and select the Nematicide Classification or Structures poster using the links as an alternative to the normal insecticide and acaricide MoA. To revert back just use the menu once again.
Unexpected crop damage by a pest after a foliar application of an insecticide has been made is often firstly assumed to be because of pest resistance, but commonly there are many other factors why insecticide applications can fail to meet expectations. Before associating insecticide resistance as the reason for crop failure, commonly made mistakes regarding