Mandla Rajashekhar, Banda Rajashekar, Thalla Prabhakar Reddy, Keerthi Manikyanahalli Chandrashekara, Kalisetti Vanisree, Kommagoni Ramakrishna, Vanam Sunitha, Ongolu Shaila, Eetela Sathyanarayana, Shahanaz, Somireddy Srinivasa Reddy, Adhi Shankar, Afifa Jahan, Padala Vinod Kumar, Maligi Jagan Mohan Reddy
Invasive alien species (IAS) pose a severe threat to global agriculture, with their impact projected to escalate due to climate change and expanding international trade. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), a native of the Americas, has rapidly spread across various continents, causing significant damage to several food crops, especially maize. Integrated pest management (IPM) programs are vital for sustainable FAW control, combining multiple strategies for sustainable results. Over three consecutive years, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, the field demonstrations were conducted in semiarid regions of India, testing a four-component IPM approach viz...
March 26, 2024: Scientific Reports