The Sucking Pest WG was formed in 2008 to develop and disseminate IRM strategies for major sucking pests of global importance. It is recognised that this is a broad remit given the range of crops and pests, but by focusing on specific areas, the team is convinced that it can deliver strategies for key pests such as whiteflies, aphids and thrips, before moving on to consider other groups. The Sucking Pest WG absorbed the earlier Neonicotinoid WG in 2009…
(Download the information as a pdf file) Overview of Insect Resistance Monitoring for Insecticides: Factors Impacting the Design and Implementation of Resistance Monitoring Program Background The development of insecticide (and acaricide) resistance in insect/mite pests is an evolutionary process in response to the selection pressure imposed by use of insecticides to manage pest populations. The first insect resistance case was documented in the US to an inorganic insecticide (sulfur-lime) as early as in 1914. Currently, for almost every class…
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The IRAC Mode of Action Classification The definitive, global classification scheme on the target sites of acaricides and insecticides The IRAC Mode of Action (MoA) classification provides growers, advisors, extension staff, consultants and crop protection professionals with a guide to the selection of acaricides or insecticides for use in an effective and sustainable acaricide or insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategy. PlayThe importance of MoAin 3 minutes Available in English, Arabic, Bahasa(Indonesian), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin…
The Public Health Team was formed in 2006 to continue the work initiated by the previous IRAC Vector Team and has the extended remit covering hygiene pests as well as vectors. Most of the efforts have focused on forming links with key groups working in the vector control area (WHO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation BMGF and Innovative Vector Control Consortium IVCC). A key IRAC publication “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors and Pests of Public Health…
This pest profile covers two species of Aedes mosquitoes – Aedes aegypti, the Yellow fever mosquito and Aedes albopictus, the Tiger mosquito, (sometimes classified by subgenus, Stegomyia aegypti and Stegomyia albopictus.) These two species are responsible for the transmission of dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya. Aedes aegypti on the left and Aedes albopictus on the right. Note the different thorax markings (Courtesy of CDC). Click for further details on the species difference Dengue fever is a viral disease…
Of the approximately 460 species of Anopheline mosquitoes known, over 100 can transmit the plasmodia which cause malaria. However, only 30–40 species commonly transmit malaria to humans. Malaria, transmitted by Anopheline mosquitoes, is responsible globally for the deaths of around 1 million people each year. Some species of Anopheles can also act as the vectors of the filariasis causing parasites, Wucheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. They are also implicated in the transmission of some arboviruses including West Nile Virus,…