Latest Armyworm Forecast (April 2022)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW infestations continued affecting maize in several counries/districts in Kenya and Tanzania respectively African Armyworm (AAW) (Spodoptera... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (February 2022)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW infestations continued in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe where control operations were carried out by the affected... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (September 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW infestations were reported affecting irrigated maize in Malawi. No updates were received elsewhere during this time,... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (April 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW was reported attacking maize in Kenya, Tanzania; a similar situation is likely elsewhere where maize and... Read More
WHY DO WE SOMETIMES SEE “RANDOM” VIRAL OUTBREAKS? (Animal Ecology in Focus)
Armyworms are important caterpillar crop pests in Africa and, in the early 1990s, Ken was a young postdoc based in Kenya studying... Read More