Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and wondering, “What ...

Learn the signs of damage and use the simple “soap flush” technique to detect this insect pest in turf.

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

Rice plants and Venus flytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage ...

BAN NONG TOR, Thailand/SINGAPORE, June 20 (Reuters) - L ooking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn't stand a chance against the fall ...

A varied percentage of FAW infestation has been reported from several parts of the state, including pockets from Kangra, ...

Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. When sprayed on the leaves of corn, sorghum flavonoids stunt the growth of fall armyworm and often ...

A large population of fall armyworm, which was first discovered in New Zealand in 2022, could completely destroy a maize crop if the conditions were right. And the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) ...

A farmer in Bubi near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, shows damage to his maize crop caused by the fall armyworm. Aaron Ufumeli/ EPA The caterpillars of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive moth ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and ...