The pest Fall Armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda belonging to the order Lepidoptera,is one of the most devastating insect pests resulting in severe economic losses to maize,rice,wheat,cotton and soybean in South Amer...The pest Fall Armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda belonging to the order Lepidoptera,is one of the most devastating insect pests resulting in severe economic losses to maize,rice,wheat,cotton and soybean in South America,Africa and Asia.It consists of two morphologically indistinguishable strains:the“corn strain”feeding mainly on maize,cotton and sorghum;the“rice strain”mostly feeding on rice and various grasses(Gouin et al.,2017).Adults of FAW have strong migration ability to fly 100 km per night.In 2018 it was detected in India and then spreads to Bangladesh,Thailand,Myanmar,and China in 2019(http://www.fao.org/fall-armyworm/en/).It is a polyphagous lepidopteran herbivore,attacks more than 350 plant species,and causes destructive damage to many economically important crops.The FAW causes up to 30%-60% yield losses.展开更多
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文摘The pest Fall Armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda belonging to the order Lepidoptera,is one of the most devastating insect pests resulting in severe economic losses to maize,rice,wheat,cotton and soybean in South America,Africa and Asia.It consists of two morphologically indistinguishable strains:the“corn strain”feeding mainly on maize,cotton and sorghum;the“rice strain”mostly feeding on rice and various grasses(Gouin et al.,2017).Adults of FAW have strong migration ability to fly 100 km per night.In 2018 it was detected in India and then spreads to Bangladesh,Thailand,Myanmar,and China in 2019(http://www.fao.org/fall-armyworm/en/).It is a polyphagous lepidopteran herbivore,attacks more than 350 plant species,and causes destructive damage to many economically important crops.The FAW causes up to 30%-60% yield losses.
