The Tomato Leafminer Tuta absoluta is a pest of great economic importance with high reproduction capabilities and short generation life cycle which makes it at risk of developing resistance. The pest has spread from L. America, where there is already resistance to a range of MOA groups, to Europe, the Middle East and N. Africa. Using the Tuta absoluta poster IRAC is taking pro-active steps to advise on key management strategies to evaluate and reduce the spread of resistance.
- Publications & Articles
C&E Team Objectives
- Maintain and improve website as main IRAC C&E vehicle for IRM information
- Issue the eConnection Newsletter
- Maintain and develop new web based tools as agreed and approved
- Generation/maintenance of C&E material for the coming year
Alan Porter
Team Leader: Alan Porter, IRAC Coordinator and Website Manager
One of IRAC’s key roles, coordinated by the C&E Team, is the dissemination of information that will promote good IRM practices around the world. This is done through the generation of printed (posters, handouts, etc.) and electronic (website, eTools, etc.) educational material that can be used by a wide audience. Members of IRAC are encouraged to give presentations and hold poster sessions at national and international meeting and conferences. A wide range of posters and presentation slides are available and can be downloaded via the links on the various IRAC web pages.
Latest News
IRAC International has just designed and printed a new pocket-sized guide to MOA classification. It includes an introduction to the importance of MOA for resistance management, a list of MOA groups in numerical order with corresponding active ingredients, pest specific lists of MOA by target site and an alphabetical list of active ingredients along with their MOA classification number. Copies are available from IRAC members and via the website or can be downloaded by clicking IRAC MOA Brochure
