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.

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

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, ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 69, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 502-515 (14 pages) Biological control of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), in areas of overwintering and throughout its ...

Sweet corn is one of the few crops for which insect pests drive most of the pest management program. A number of caterpillar pests attack sweet corn, infesting ears and rendering the ear and the whole ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 70, No. 1, Mar., 1987 Effects of Corn Phenology and Temperatur ...

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.

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 ...