The next IRAC International Spring Meeting will be hosted by CropLife America in their offices in Washington DC. Plans for the meeting and agenda are being developed by the Executive Committee. IRAC members please mark the dates in your diaries!
The IRAC US group held one of their routine meetings during the recent ESA Conference. As well as normal business and reviews of various research projects, updates were provided by the Communication, Biotech, Diamide and Neonicotinoid IRAC Subcommittees. Support and actions required to update the MSU Resistance Database were also discussed.
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…
Ralf Nauen, the IRAC Chairman attended and gave a presentation at the 5th International Bemisia Workshop on November 9th-12th, 2009. The presentation was well recieved and it was an oportunity to promote the importnat work of IRAC in China where we don’t currently have a formal presence.
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…
2000 copies of this latest version of the poster have now been printed and are available for distribution. Copies have been sent to the IRAC Executive members for further distribution to other team members. To view or download the file click here.
A meeting of the EPPO Resistance Panel was held in Vienna at the end of October and attended by the IRAC Chairman, Ralf Nauen. Some of the areas discussed included: Updates on the activities of the 3 RACs The new chapter on comparative resistance risk assessment to be added into the EPPO Standard PP213 (Resistance Risk Analysis) The…
After much discussion and debate the final draft of this popular poster is now with the printers and 2000 copies will be produced for distribution by IRAC members. The poster is based on the latest version of the Classifciation scheme (version 6.3) which includes new actives cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen. Copies of the poster should be…
The Public Health Team is in the process of updating and re-issuing the publication “Prevention and management of inspective resistance in vectors and pests of public health importance”. The aim of the manual is to provide the principles of effective insecticide resistance management to decision makers and operators in the field in a pragmatic rather…
Company membership of the IRAC Executive remains at 15 but there has been welcomed interest expressed from further companies in Japan. There has also been interest in forming new resistance Country Groups (CGs) in France and Argentina although this is still in the early stages and the type of group and format is still being…