MoA Team

 V SalgadoTeam Leader: Vince Salgado, BASF

 

The IRAC mode of action classification is considered as the definitive global authority on the target site of insecticides and crucial to this is the scientific integrity of the scheme. It is used globally to classify insecticides, as the basis for mode of action labelling, and is an essential tool for the development of IRM strategies involving multiple modes of action in a window-based approach.

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.

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Team Objectives

  • Continue to review and update the MOA scheme as required
  • Develop non English versions of the MOA Structure Poster with the C&E WG
  • Develop and update other MOA posters
  • Develop educational MOA mechanisms diagrams
  • Compile a MOA overview presentation for use at conferences
  • Develop Resistance mechanisms Poster

Latest News

Mar9

Updated IRAC MoA Classification (v7.2) now published

The latest issue of the IRAC MoA Classification has now been released and posted on the MoA Team page of the website (MoA Classification Scheme v7.2). Changes include the addition of some new actives and the re-classification of a couple of existing actives.  A third edition of the small IRAC MoA booklet has been printed based on the latest version of the classification. Copies are available via the contact email address at the bottom of the page.

Nov8

IRAC publishes 3 new IRM vector posters

Two new posters from the IRAC Public Health Team and a further poster from the IRAC MoA Team all relate to different aspects of resistance management in mosquitoes as vectors of malaria. Topics covered by the posters include a general overview of the importance of insect resistance management, the increasing importance of  biomolecular techniques for resistance monitoring and the importance of MoA in IRM strategies. Links to the posters are given below: