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 ...
We’re getting calls at our Diagnostic Center along with several of our Master Gardeners reporting armyworms in their yards. So, let’s talk about armyworms and what you should do about them, if ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Margaret Anyona Amariati inspects her farm at Emulundu village in Lurambi. Fall armyworms have invaded her three acres of land. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] Margaret Anyona Amariati, a farmer in Lurambi ...
Fall armyworms have invaded Arkansas rice fields earlier than normal this year and the spread of the pests is nearly as bad as it was 2021 -- affecting an estimated 250,000 rice acres so far. The ...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has commenced the review and validation of a new National Integrated ...
Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...
The global food agency has listed Kenya among countries identified for a demonstration project in the fight against the fall armyworm. Kenya is among eight demonstration countries and 53 pilot ...
If you’ve ever seen the results of the true armyworm at work, you know how the pest got its name. The larvae work like an army marching their way across fields feeding on crops – preferably those in ...