Insect pests consume around a third of all the crops we grow, sometimes threatening food security. The main way of controlling these pests is by... Read More
Researchers win funding to push forward the production of a cheap, effective and locally-produced biopesticide to combat one of Africa’s major crop pests. UK and... Read More
Professor Kenneth Wilson of Lancaster Environment Centre has flown to Zambia to assess the Fall armyworm outbreaks that are devastating crops in southern Africa. The... Read More
BBC Earth: From locust swarms 110 miles long to armies of caterpillars (African armyworms) these plagues are what happens when a species runs rampant. BBC... Read More
“Journal of Animal Ecology” has published online a new paper that explores the remarkable response of African armyworms to becoming infected with the SpexNPV baculovirus.... Read More
The journal “Ecology Letters” has published an article reporting the effects of a symbiotic bacterium called Wolbachia on the susceptibility of African armyworms to the... Read More
To coincide with the impending end of the SARID project, funded by the BBSRC and DFID, there was a workshop held in Arusha. Presentations were... Read More