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Occurrence of the New Invasive Pest, Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in the Maize Fields of Karnataka, India


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1 AICRP on Small Millets, India
2 Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
 

We report here the occurrence of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India, which is a devastating pest in American continent on several crops1. S. frugiperda is a polyphagous pest that causes significant losses to agricultural crops.
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  • Occurrence of the New Invasive Pest, Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in the Maize Fields of Karnataka, India

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Authors

P. C. Ganiger
AICRP on Small Millets, India
H. M. Yeshwanth
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
K. Muralimohan
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
N. Vinay
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
A. R. V. Kumar
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
K. Chandrashekara
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India

Abstract


We report here the occurrence of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India, which is a devastating pest in American continent on several crops1. S. frugiperda is a polyphagous pest that causes significant losses to agricultural crops.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi4%2F621-623