Mode of Action Team

The MoA Team, which is largely composed of technical experts, is charged with maintaining the scheme and its status, carrying out updates as required as well as developing educational resources such as posters to promote the correct use of the scheme. The team considers data to support new submissions for entries to the scheme and acts as an arbiter on questions of MOA.

Team Objectives

  • Continue to review and update the MOA scheme as required.
  • Develop new versions of the MOA Structure Poster as needed
  • Target site mutation table
  • Develop new MoA posters and update existing posters as required
  • Develop MoA training slides
  • MoA page – IRAC Website
  • Provide additional information on topics important to MoA and IRM
  • Update of MoA Charter
  • Address issue of DIY classification
  • Implement MoA Classification update notification list

Useful Mode of Action Links

IRAC Video: Insecticide Mode of Action Explained

An animated and diagrammatic explanation that explains the importance of mode of action as the basis for effective and sustainable resistance management. Language Versions:

EnglishSpanishPortugueseMandarin ChineseFrenchItalianKoreanArabicRussianBahasa(Indonesian), Khmer Japanese , Tagalog (Philippines)HindiGerman, Vietnamese

Mode of Action resources

IRM and Industry: The Origins and Evolution of IRAC and the MoA Classification Scheme
Tutorial on MoA Mechanisms (Japan)
List of Established Insecticide-associated Target Site Mutations
Journal References to MoA Groups
Updates to IRAC’s mode of action classification – a tool for resistance management
MoA Charter
MoA Classification: Mosquito Disease Vectors
Nematicides MoA Classification
MoA Poster with Bioinsecticides and Nematicides
Discussion on MoA Classification of Biologicals
MoA Classification and IRM (Journal Article)
Classificação do Modo de Ação
Folleto- Clasificación del modo de acción de insecticidas y acaricidas
Procedure for MoA classification of new actives (Japan)
MOA labelling advice (Japan)

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