About NORBARAG

Mati Koppel, Estonian University of Life Sciences. Chairman of Norbarag. mati.koppel@emu.ee

NORBARAG is a Nordic Baltic collaboration about pesticide resistance research and pesticide efficacy evaluation. The network include representatives of research institutes in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden and of the agrochemical companies operating in the Nordic-Baltic region.

Objectives

to provide a forum for information exchange between people actively involved in research into pesticide resistance and efficacy evaluation of pesticides
to ensure that cases of resistance in the Nordic-Baltic region is verified and listed
to discuss strategies to avoid resistance and to manage resistant populations
to define research needs, discuss test methodologies and agree on standards
to promote collaboration on resistance screening and other research topics related to pesticide resistance
to promote awareness on pesticide resistance issues e.g. by producing educational material
to maintain contacts to similar groups in other countries

NORBARAG is independent but maintains contacts to HRAC, FRAC and IRAC which only have representation from the agrochemical industry.

Subgroups

NorBaRAG is divided in three subgroups. Each subgroup addresses their specific questions on the presence, spread and management of fungicide, herbicide and insecticide resistance. The subgroups interact with their respective international or European counterparts lead by the industry, such as FRAC (www.frac.info), IRAC (www.irac-online.org/) and HRAC (http://hracglobal.com/).

Contacts:

Fungicide resistance subgroup

Andres Mäe
Estonian Crop Research Institute
andres.mae@metk.agri.ee

Herbicide resistance subgroup

Björn Ringselle
NIBIO
Bjorn.Ringselle@nibio.no

Insecticide resistance subgroup

Temporary lead

Dorte Højland Castberg
AGROLAB, Denmark
dhc@agrolab.dk