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Susceptibility Evaluation of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Infesting Maize in Kenya against a Range of Insecticides

Journal of Toxicology, 2022
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), is a worldwide pest of gramineous crops and a major pest of corn. Kenya has, in the recent years, reported massive outbreaks of this pest causing huge economic losses in maize fields.
Savinda Njeri Gichere, Kakai Shem Khakame, Okoth Patrick   +2 more
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Source Regions of the First Immigration of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Invading Australia

Insects, 2021
Fall armyworm is recognized as one of most highly destructive global agricultural pests. In January 2020, it had first invaded Australia, posing a significant risk to its biosecurity, food security, and agricultural productivity.
Guo-Jun Qi, Jian Ma, Jing Wan, Yong-Lin Ren, Simon McKirdy, Gao Hu, Zhen-Fei Zhang   +6 more
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Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm

NeoBiota, 2018
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20–50% maize yield loss in Africa suggest severe impact on livelihoods.
Regan Early, Pablo González-Moreno, Sean T. Murphy, Roger Day   +3 more
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The distribution of covert microbial natural enemies of a globally invasive crop pest, fall armyworm, in Africa: enemy-release and spillover events [PDF]

, 2022
1. Invasive species pose a significant threat to biodiversity and agriculture worldwide. Natural enemies play an important part in controlling pest populations, yet we understand very little about the presence and prevalence of natural enemies during the
Patrick Karangwa, Donkersley, P., Smith, Judith A, Karangwa, P., Donkersley, Philip, Philip Donkersley, Gilson Chipabika, Samuel Adjei Mensah, Nkunika, P. O. Y., Chipabika, Gilson, Jones, C. M., de Boer, Jolanda, Mensah, B. A., Christopher M. Jones, Karangwa, Patrick, Wilson, K., Mensah, Benjamin A., Smith, J. A., Jones, Christopher M, Uzayisenga, Bellancile, Pearson, A. J., Mensah, S. A., Amy J. Withers, Uzayisenga, B., Smith, Judith A., Judith A. Smith, Jones, Christopher M., Aislinn J. Pearson, Kenneth Wilson, Kachigamba, Donald, Jones, Chris, Mensah, Samuel Adjei, De Boer, J., Nkunika, Phillip Obed Yobe, Pearson, Aislinn J, Rice, A., Withers, A., Phillip Obed Yobe Nkunika, Wilson, Kenneth, Kachigamba, D., Bellancile Uzayisenga, Annabel Rice, Mensah, Benjamin A, Jolanda de Boer, Donald Kachigamba, Pearson, Aislinn J., Withers, Amy J, Rice, Annabel, Withers, Amy J., Smith, Judith Alexis, Benjamin A. Mensah, Chipabika, G.   +51 more
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Agroecological zones influence maize infestation and damage severity by the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda [J. E. Smith, 1797]) in southwestern Nigeria

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2023
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive and highly destructive insect pest that has caused extensive damage to maize in Africa since its first report on the continent in 2016.
Olusegun Adebayo OJUMOOLA, Adebayo Amos OMOLOYE   +1 more
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Smart Armyworm Surveillance: Project Technical Report [PDF]

, 2020
This project was designed to test three different technologies for monitoring the fall armyworm, a highly migratory moth pest of maize in Kenya. This insect is invasive and is estimated to have caused between US$200 and US$600 million dollars’ worth of ...
Ouma, K., Bell, J. R., Bell, James, Pearson, Aislinn, Subramanian, S., Pearson, A. J.   +5 more
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Performance of Two Trichogrammatid Species from Zambia on Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Insects, 2021
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is a noctuid moth native to the tropical and subtropical Americas that has successfully invaded Africa and Asia, where it is has become a serious threat to food security as a pest of cereals and ...
Jia-Wei Sun, Hong-Ying Hu, Phillip O. Y. Nkunika, Peng Dai, Wei Xu, He-Ping Bao, Nicolas Desneux, Lian-Sheng Zang   +7 more
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Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022
Background Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) is a migratory moth that annually migrates northward each spring from sites in southern Florida and southern Texas.
Robert L. Meagher, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, John K. Westbrook, David L. Wright, J. Bradley Morris, James T. Brown, Amy J. Rowley   +7 more
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Self-limiting fall armyworm: a new approach in development for sustainable crop protection and resistance management

BMC Biotechnology, 2022
Background The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a significant and widespread pest of maize, sorghum, rice, and other economically important crops.
Catherine E. Reavey, Adam S. Walker, Stephen P. Joyce, Lucy Broom, Alan Willse, Kyla Ercit, Mattia Poletto, Zoe H. Barnes, Thea Marubbi, Bartlomiej J. Troczka, David Treanor, Katherine Beadle, Ben Granville, Vanessa de Mello, Joss Teal, Edward Sulston, Anna Ashton, Luxziyah Akilan, Neil Naish, Oliver Stevens, Nerys Humphreys-Jones, Simon A. J. Warner, Sian A. M. Spinner, Nathan R. Rose, Graham Head, Neil I. Morrison, Kelly J. Matzen   +26 more
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The Fall Armyworm: A Bibliography

The Florida Entomologist, 1989
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), has become one of the most serious pests of corn and grasses throughout the Americas. The importance of this insect prompted the compilation of this bibliography comprising 1310 references. Five abstracting periodicals, a general bibliography on Spodoptera, and the authors' personal literature ...
T. R. Ashley, B. R. Wiseman, F. M. Davis, K. L. Andrews   +3 more
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