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.
The new IRAC leaflet has been designed in conjunction with CropLife International providing growers with essential information on insect resistance management and the significant benefits for growers. The leaflet is in English at the moment but an editable version will be available shortly so that it can be translated into the local languages and targeted
The CropLife Insecticide Resistance Management Review Group have publish the latest version of their Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies on the CropLife Australia website.
The IRAC Methods Team have produced another video in their series of test method videos. This video shows how to carry out Method No.030 evaluating the susceptibility of stinkbugs to insecticides from mode of action groups, 1A (carbamates), 1B (organophosphates), 3A (pyerethroids), and 4A (neonicotinoids). The method has been validated for Euschistus heros and can
The MoA Classification has been updated by the IRAC MoA Team and the updates approved by the IRAC Executive. The latest version of the Classification Scheme can be downloaded from the IRAC website. The English version of the IRAC Chemical Structures Poster and the small IRAC MoA Booklet have also been update and can be