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Parasitoid complex of fall armyworm, spodoptera frugiperda, in Ghana and Benin [PDF]

, 2020
Open Access Journal; Published online: 21 Jan 2020The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a moth originating from the American continent, has recently invaded most African countries, where it is seriously threatening food security as a pest of cereals.
Agboyi, L.K., Beseh, P., Buddie, A., Cafa, G., Clottey, V.A., Day, R., Glikpo, R., Goergen, G., Kenis, M., Mensah, S.A., Offord, L., Rwomushana, I.   +11 more
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Life Table Study of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Three Host Plants under Laboratory Conditions

Insects, 2023
Simple Summary The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is considered a lepidopteran pest that originated from the Americas. In 2019, the fall armyworm (FAW) was first reported in Taiwan.
Wen-Hua Chen, Brandon Itza, L. Kafle, Tsui-Ying Chang   +3 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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Fall armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda) (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infestation: maize yield depression and physiological basis of tolerance

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2023
Fall armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW) is an important invasive pest of maize. The young FAW larva disrupts the photosynthetic system by feeding on the leaves.
F. Anjorin, Oluwaseyi Oluwakemi Odeyemi, Olufolake Adenike, Akinbode Kehinde, Tolulope Kareem   +4 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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Downregulation of a transcription factor associated with resistance to Bt toxin Vip3Aa in the invasive fall armyworm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
Significance Crops genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) control some major pests and reduce use of insecticide sprays.
M. Jin, Yinxue Shan, Yan Peng, Wenhui Wang, Huihui Zhang, Kaiyu Liu, D. Heckel, Kongming Wu, B. Tabashnik, Yutao Xiao   +9 more
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Fall armyworm invasion in Sub-Saharan Africa and impacts on community sustainability in the wake of Coronavirus Disease 2019: reviewing the evidence

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2023
Drawing on a synthesis of the recent empirical literature, we show that since its first report in 2016, fall armyworm has continued to spread rapidly posing severe threats to the food security of smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa.
M. Kansiime, I. Rwomushana, Idah Mugambi
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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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Global genomic signature reveals the evolution of fall armyworm in the Eastern hemisphere

Molecular Ecology, 2023
The major plant pest fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is native to the Americas and has colonized Africa and Asia within the Eastern hemisphere since 2016, causing severe damage to multiple agricultural crop species.
Lei Zhang, Zaiyuan Li, Yan Peng, Xinyue Liang, Kenneth Wilson, Gilson Chipabika, P. Karangwa, B. Uzayisenga, B. A. Mensah, D. Kachigamba, Yutao Xiao   +10 more
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Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith) feeding elicits differential defense responses in upland and lowland switchgrass [PDF]

, 2019
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a low input, high biomass perennial grass being developed for the bioenergy sector. Upland and lowland cultivars can differ in their responses to insect herbivory.
Basu, Saumik, Bradshaw, Jeffrey D., Heng-Moss, Tiffany, Louis, Joe, Palmer, Nathan A., Sarath, Gautam   +5 more
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