Tag: fall armyworm

Telenomus remus on Spodoptera frugiperda eggs

Pennies for Parasitoids: Savings Add Up When Rearing Wasps on Alternate Hosts

The parasitic wasp Telenomus remus can be cheaper to raise on a commercial scale on the eggs of an alternate host, rather than those of the fall armyworm, the pest the wasp naturally parasitizes in the field

Entomology Today November 1, 2017 2 Comments

Common Corn Pest Presents Major Challenge to Bt Crops

By Andrew Porterfield The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a major corn pest in South America, known to devour corn crops from Argentina to the Southeastern United States. Farmers have […]

Bt-resistant Insects not Likely to Be a Problem for Maize Farmers

Dominic Reisig, an entomologist at North Carolina State University, received a phone call in 2013 from a farmer who was having trouble with fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda), an insect pest […]

Insect-resistant Maize Could Increase Yields and Decrease Pesticide Use in Mexico

Este comunicado está disponible en español. Although maize was originally domesticated in Mexico, the country’s average yield per hectare is 38% below the world’s average. In fact, Mexico imports 30% […]