The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several ...

She was referring to the fall armyworm, a caterpillar that feeds on plants and is becoming more common in Zimbabwe and other African countries, partly because of climate change. Kadirire's crops ...

The Fall Armyworm, the caterpillar stage of a moth, is a major pest in North and South America which crossed the Atlantic to West Africa in 2016 and rapidly spread across the continent. This project, ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in ...

“I’ve been looking at crops and doing this bug thing for well over 40 years, and I can tell you right now that this fall, armyworm outbreak is the worst I’ve seen in my career,” says Gus ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combating the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 63, No. 4, Dec., 1980 Action Thresholds for Fall Armyworm on G... Under the present (1980) economic conditions, action ...

EVERY season, farmers in regions prone to African and Fall Armyworm attacks have grown accustomed to the pests’ relentless presence in their fields with the once sporadic outbreaks becoming ...

Originating in the U.S., the Fall Armyworm has proliferated exponentially on the African continent, where its massive ...

Kadirire is hoping rains, which started January, continue in March so she can at least harvest some other crops, like groundnuts, which armyworm ignore ...

Abigail Kadirire picks a dark green caterpillar with white stripes off a ragged and torn maize plant and puts it on her palm. She is clearly distressed. "This is the second time this farming ...