New IRAC Tuta absoluta IRM Booklet
A great new booklet from IRAC giving some background on the biology of Tuta absoluta and outlining IRM guidelines to help manage this pest.
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New IRAC Operational IRM Vector Manual
A great new IRM Operational Vector Manual has just been published by IRAC providing the reader with practical knowledge and tools required to implement insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes. This pocket size booklet is a shortened version of the earlier larger IRAC Vector Manual. Both the full version and smaller operational pocket version
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Latest eConnection Newsletter now published
In this latest issue (No. 27) there is a report on the 46th IRAC International Meeting and updates on new resources and publications from the IRAC MoA, Public Health and Methods Teams. We also spotlight some of the recent resistance articles that have appeared in journals over the last few months along with the usual
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IRAC International’s 46th Meeting – Another Success!
IRAC International held their 46th meeting in the CropLife International offices in Brussels on 28th – 31st March 2011. This was our biggest ever meeting with 46 participants, including visitors from the European resistance action groups as well as IRAC representatives from around the world. The meeting consisted of a mixture of concurrent IRAC working
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Updated monitoring and IRM guidelines in Oilseed
In 2010 the IRAC Oilseed Rape Working Group in collaboration with multiple researchers located around Europe, continued to monitor the susceptibility status of pollen beetle samples to pyrethroid insecticides. A summary of the findings from this survey can be found on our 2010 pollen beetle monitoring poster. In order to help monitor potential susceptibility changes
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Myzus persicae Resistance Alert!
Aphid monitoring surveys in peach orchards conducted by Syngenta Crop Protection and Bayer CropScience have revealed that some populations of the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) in Southern France and Northern Spain have developed high levels of resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides. For further details and recommendations on resistance management in the affected areas please refer
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Two new Test Methods from IRAC
IRAC Test Methods for Myzus persicae nymphs (No. 023) and for Aphis gossypii nymphs (No. 024), both for use with the MoA Group 28 active, cyantraniliprole, have been developed and posted on the website by the IRAC Methods Team. The methods are available for downloaded from the IRAC website via the links: Method No. 023 and Method
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IRAC publishes 3 new IRM vector posters
Two new posters from the IRAC Public Health Team and a further poster from the IRAC MoA Team all relate to different aspects of resistance management in mosquitoes as vectors of malaria. Topics covered by the posters include a general overview of the importance of insect resistance management, the increasing importance of biomolecular techniques for
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IRAC publishes a new and extensively updated second edition of their Vector Manual
IRAC has just published the second edition of the very popular manual “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors of Public Health Importance”. This has been extensively revised and updated with many completely new sections added to chapters, along with further graphs and figures including some very useful flowcharts explaining resistance management best practice
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Updated IRAC MoA Classification (v7.0) now published
The latest issue of the IRAC MoA Classification has now been released and posted on MoA Team page of the website (MoA Classification Scheme v7.0). Changes include the addition and classification of some further actives as well as more information in the appendix regarding the group descriptors, the procedure for updating the scheme and a