European HRAC - Herbicide Resistance Action Committee
European HRAC, led by Marc Bonnet, is a group of industry experts working on herbicide resistance issues. The team includes members from various companies and focuses on leveraging their collective knowledge to address resistance challenges. Their SWOT analysis highlights strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in their mission. The committee meets regularly to review progress and discuss strategies for resistance monitoring, communication, and education outreach.
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European HRAC Marc Bonnet on behalf of EHRAC team
European HRAC - Members Matt Cordingley, Pierre Creange, John Edmonds, Barrie Hunt, Alan Porter, Marisa Salas, Marine Djeddah, Simon Moyal, Anne Thompson, Hubert Menne, Bernd Sievernich, David Hennens, Don Pendergrast, Marc Bonnet, Syngenta Bayer CropScience Gowan Monsanto (Coordinator) DuPont (Chair) Adama Nufarm Dow AgroSciences Bayer CropScience BASF FMC Arysta LifeScience Arysta LifeScience
European HRAC SWOT analysis Strengths: EHRAC represents a strong pool of knowledge regarding the characteristics and uses of herbicides Member companies have in-depth knowledge of farmer weed control practices and preferences Member companies have broad global infrastructure (R&D, sales and technical representatives, etc.) that can help address resistance issues EHRAC is well-positioned to evaluate new technologies that can be used to address various aspects of resistance EHRAC members have close contacts with Academics, Country WG, Authorities and EPPO
European HRAC SWOT analysis Weaknesses: EHRAC has limited influence with academics / officials Communication and coordination with country WG s is poor or lacking EHRAC rarely leads on resistance issues (consequence of 1stpoint) Opportunities: Build the case with regulators to maintain availability of diverse herbicide options to avoid resistance by working through regional HRAC s Develop better communication and connection with the European country WG. Facilitate creation of a resistant WG for CEU countries (CZ, PL, HU) Action: invitation to our next face to face meeting Threats: Lack of budget/ressource
European HRAC Modus Operandi 4 meetings per year (3 conf.call / 1 FTF) Review WG progress Country Group Feedback by EHRAC members
EHRAC current activities 1. Resistance monitoring method guidelines (WG) almost completed Objective: Share company resistance monitoring processes and methodologies Minimum requirements (to prevent confidential information) which could be used in regulatorysubmissions Guidelines for: 1. Pre-emergence in grasses Post-emergence in grasses Post- emergence in dicots Content 2. 3. 1. 2. Field observation Seed collection 3. Bioassays (plants growing from seeds) 4. 5. Dose response studies Other diagnostic studies (petri-dish, DNA analysis, Leaf disc assays) 6. Results interpretation 2. Communication & Education Outreach material (WG) - ongoing Resistance management leaflet 1. 2. EHRAC presentation Key resistance issues to the farmers 3. Reminder of Good Agricultural Practices to reduce resistance risks
EHRAC expectations from GHRAC Improve visibility of Global HRAC to EU stakeholders (Regulators, Government policy makers, Academics, Ag Adviser, ) Improve EHRAC recognition by GHRAC - weed resistance is a big problem and highly regulated in EU since many years! Improve alignment between EHRAC and GHRAC Does EHRAC agree with GHRAC BMP s? EHRAC concerns included in GHRAC decisions? Lack of consultation between GHRAC and EHRAC before publishing information on the website relating to European issues / incorrect advice Today more European representatives sitting on GHRAC, which will provide better insight to European issues in the future
