The FRAC Leaflet Working Together is a 4 page brochure that provides an overview of FRAC and its initiatives.  It was recently updated to include new working groups/task forces, and new educational initiatives as well as current contact information.  It is an excellent resource to familiarize new people with the goals of FRAC and the resources we can provide.  It is available for download and printing at www.frac.info/publications.

Duncan McKenzie was elected Scientific Support Officer* vice Birgit Foster at the April Steering Committee meeting.  Duncan has significant experience in the crop protection industry first with Ciba-Geigy and later Novartis and Syngenta.  He has been a member of FRAC since its inception in 1982.  He chaired the Phenylamide Working Group for FRAC South Africa and more recently has been part of the global AP and CAA Working Groups as well as the Phenylamide and Benzimidazole Expert Fora.  

We thank Birgit for her years of dedicated service to the Steering Committee.  

*Scientific Support Officer is the new title for the person who fills the secretary/treasurer role on the Steering Committee.

The QoI Working Group updated the 2014 monitoring conclusions for grape downy mildew, grape powdery mildew, Leptosphaeria spp. in oilseed rape, Ramularia in barley, and Cercospora in sugar beets.  The use recommendations for sugar beet diseases were also updated.

The Azanapthalene Working Group met on February 20, 2015 to review the 2014 monitoring results and discuss the 2015 use recommendations.  The minutes of this meeting are now available on the AZN Working Group webpage.  The 2015 use recommendations remain the same as in 2014.

We are excited to bring you the new FRAC Website!  It has a very similar look and feel to the previous version but brings key information to the webpages themselves for easy reference. Some of the key changes are:

1. The 2015 Use Recommendations are found by crop under the General Use Recommendations tab within each Working Group.  The entire pdf containing the previous year's monitoring results and the current year's use recommendations can still be found at the bottom of the General Use Recommendations page.
2. We've included a Resistance Overview Section for people who are new to the science of fungicide resistance and its management.  For more information, our 3 monographs can still be found under the Publications tab.
3. Information on the MOA Expert Panel and how active ingredients get included in the FRAC Code List has been included.
4. The Benzimidazole Expert Fora has been updated.
5. A new search feature to find pertinent information is now located at the top right of each page. 

For comments or suggestions, please contact Lisa Hoffman.