Crop Protection

Crop Protection - A Core Activity for IRAC

Crop Protection is one of the 3 Core Activities of IRAC and is the area where most effort has been focused in the past both by IRAC International and the Country Groups. All the information related to this area is given under the various tabs and addition Team information is available to IRAC Members when logged into the website.

IRAC works closely with country resistance groups such as IRAG-UK. Vist the IRAG website and view recent IRAG minutes from their meetings.

IRAC Crop Protection News

IRAC Promotes IRM at NPMA & BCPC
IRAC poster displays at the National Pest Mangement Association (NPMA) PestWorld Trade Show in Florida and the British Crop Protection Council Exhibition in Glasgow were well recieved by all visitors to the booths. At the NPMA the focus was IRM and Public Health with a general overview of IRAC activities at the BCPC
Nufarm & Chemtura Join IRAC Executive
Following an initiative to increase membership, Nufarm and Chemtura have become full members of the IRAC Executive Committee and IRAC International. This brings the number of IRAC member companies contributing to IRM at a global level to eleven
New IRAC SE Asia Group
The IRAC SE Asia group has been formed to tackle increasing resistance problems in the region. They held their first face-to-face meeting in September and appointed their elected officers. One of the first challenges facing the group will be resistance in the brown plant hopper
New IRAC Whitefly Test Method
The latest addition to the IRAC Test Method series is Method No. 12a for adult whiteflies (Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci). The method was developed by Rothamsted Research, UK, and validated as an IRAC Method by the IRAC Methods Team. The method is suitable for use with commercial formualtions of pyrethriods, OPs neonicotinoids, pymetrzine and other whitefly adulticides
IRAC/CropLife Booklet

IRAC in conjunction with CropLife International have produced a new booklet as part of the CropLife Stewardship series titled Resistance Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Improved Public Health. Copies are available from CropLife and IRAC member companies.