In January 2024, the FRAC Steering Committee voted on a change in committee membership. Dr. Courtney Gallup (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) was elected as the new Communication and Website Officer. Courtney succeeds Dr. Juergen Derpmann, Bayer AG (Monheim, Germany) in this position. The FRAC Steering Committee thanks Dr. Derpmann for his seven years of excellent service and dedication.

All updates of the FRAC website for 2032 were implemented:

• FRAC Mode of Action Poster 2023
• FRAC Code List 2023
• Updates of all FRAC Working Group Meetings: AP, OSBPI, SBI, SDHI, QoI
• Recommendations for Group 8 (A2) Bupirimate Recommendations
• Recommendations for Group 22 (B3) Zoxamide Recommendations

Minutes and recommendations of the following FRAC SBI Working Group Meetings held in January 2023 are now available:

Summary of most monitoring-data is given the minutes: Link. Based on the monitoring, no changes were made to SBI WG recommendations for 2022 (link) compared the previous year.

Monitoring data especially for most horticultural crops will be added during the next meeting in April 2023.

Minutes and recommendations of the CAA WG meeting held in January 2023 are now available.

Summary of most monitoring-data from 2022 for CAAs is given the minutes: link

Based on the monitoring, following changes were made to CAA WG recommendations for Phytophthora infestans in 2023 (link) compared the previous year:

• Apply CAA fungicides always at recommended dose rates
• Apply CAA fungicides using not more than 2 consecutive applications
• Apply CAA fungicides preferably in mixtures with effective partners belonging to different modes of action
• An effective partner for a CAA fungicide is one that provides satisfactory disease control when used alone at the mixture rate
• Good agricultural practices must be considered to reduce source of inoculum, disease pressure and resistance risk, e.g. consider to plant resistant varieties and refer to disease prediction models

In regions with reported cases of resistance:

• CAA fungicides must be used in mixtures, with not more than 2 consecutive applications
• In case mixtures cannot be applied for regulatory reasons, apply CAA fungicide in strict alternation

 

The updated minutes and recommendations focusing on Soy and Cotton of the following FRAC Working Group Meetings held in September 2022 are now available:

• SBIs: Summary of most monitoring-data is given the minutes. Based on the monitoring, no changes were made to SBI WG recommendations for 2022 (link) compared to the previous meeting in January.
• SDHIs: Summary of most monitoring-data is given the minutes. Based on the monitoring, no changes were made to SDHI WG recommendations for 2022 (link) compared the previous year.
• QoIs: Summary of most monitoring-data is given the minutes. Based on the monitoring, no changes were made to QoI WG recommendations for 2022 (link) compared to the previous meeting in January.