Although this suggestion may bring back some bad memories of the 2021 fall armyworm outbreak, it is time to scout for fall armyworm. Ohio State University Extension has implemented a statewide insect ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

A review, conducted by CABI scientist Dr Marc Kenis suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating ...

A review suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest. A review, conducted by ...

Safer-to-use and more environmentally-friendly biopesticides should be preferred to fight the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) pest instead of more harmful chemical pesticides, a new CABI-led ...

The fall armyworm, which invaded Kenya in 2017, has since ravaged maize farms across the country, leaving many farmers counting losses. He said overuse of pesticides poses major risks to human health, ...

An enemy may have invaded your beautiful, green lawn, leaving it ugly and brown. A wave of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) marches through the South every year from the tropical regions around ...

The fall armyworm is an insect that can damage your maize plants or even cause you to lose your whole maize crop. Fall armyworm prefers maize but can also feed on more than 80 other crops, like wheat, ...

A CABI-led study has revealed that participation in the Zambia Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP)—particularly the flexible e-voucher system—encourages synthetic pesticide use at the expense of ...

HARARE(Reuters) - Like some of its neighbours, Zimbabwe is fighting an outbreak of fall armyworms that threatens to cause extensive damage to the maize crop that was decimated by drought last year, an ...