Following a first registration in Australia, afidopyropen from BASF has been added to the IRAC MoA Classification Scheme as Group 9D. Previously it was included in the Appendix awaiting registration. The product is intended for the control of green peach aphid (Myzus persicae), cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae), currant lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) and cotton/melon aphid
The initial objectives of the team will be to investigate the resistance risk of nematicides and to develop a mode of action classification scheme similar to that available for insecticides and acaricides. Information will be posted on the website under Nematode Team.
The IRAC video explaining the importance of mode of action as the basis for effective and sustainable resistance management is now available in Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese
La versión en Inglés del Video de Manejo de Resistencia a Insecticidas del IRAC ha resultado ser tan popular que lo hemos traducido a otros 6 idiomas. Estos son chino Mandarín, Japonés, Latinoamericano Español y Portugués, Francés e Hindi.
A video from CropLife International and the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) that explains the importance of mode of action as the basis for effective and sustainable resistance management to preserve the utility and diversity of available insecticides and acaricides. The video can be viewed in English or watch it in Spanish, Mandarin or Portuguese.
Un video de CropLife International y el Comité de Acción de Resistencia a los Insecticidas (IRAC) que explica la importancia del modo de acción como base para un manejo de resistencia efectivo y sostenible para preservar la utilidad y diversidad de los insecticidas y acaricidas disponibles. El video se puede ver en Inglés o verlo
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.
The English version of the IRAC Insecticide Resistance Management Video has proved so popular that we have now translated the video into 6 other languages. These are Chinese Mandarin, Japanese and Latin American Spanish and Portuguese, French and Hindi.
The application of an insecticide to the soil, either as a seed treatment or as a direct application, is designed to either control soil borne insect pests or provide systemic control of pests above the ground. The general principles of resistance management apply to seed and soil treatments, as with foliar applied insecticides, however there
New guidelines have just been posted on the IRAC website and can be located at: IRM Recommendations for Cereal Pests in Europe. It is also now available in German.