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Chewing Pests Team Minutes

Actions from Call:

DBM Resistance in the Philippines – advice to local Diamide CG:

  • AP/JA – supply a slide with all IRAC member companies’ logos for Diamide CG communications
  • JA – advise group to rework their eggplant slide to show the different alternations of “Group 28 Windows” to avoid the appearance of product positioning
  • JA – request a copy of the final version of their slides before publishing
  • JA – advise group that funding would not be available for contractor product efficacy testing or for monitoring DBM for tolerance levels on the different islands
  • JA – advise that support would be available for communication and training puposes see minutes for details.
  • AP/JA – send copies of a workshop proposal run by IRAC SEA as an example of what could be provided to the Executive to seek funding for similar activities in the Philippines

Other Actions:

  •  JA – Diamide ESA workshop – communicate discussions from the next conference call to the team
  • VC – Suggest to the India Diamide CG that they show additional rotation timings of the Group 28 active windows on the cabbage phenology chart so it does not appear as technical positioning and doesn’t confuse customers
  • JA – Rework the 3 versions of IRM label language on the Diamide IRM Guide, v2.1.
  • RS – Stem borer project in China – report at next conference call
  • JA – progress formation of new CGs (Morocco, Turkey and Italy)
  • Next call – January 13, 2011, –> 0830-1030 US EST