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04
Dec

Study finds wasp can reduce fall armyworm leaf consumption rate by up to 89 percent (eagle online)

In a recently published study led by Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), researchers assessed, under lab conditions, the effect of the endoparasitoid wasp, Coccygidium luteum on the leaf rate consumption of its host – fall armyworm larvae.

Published in Insects, the paper found that the leaf consumption rate of parasitized fall armyworm larvae gradually declined compared to unparasitized larvae with an overall consumption reduction of 89 percent.

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