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 (August 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW outbreaks were reported affecting irrigated maize in Malawi. No reports were received from other IRLCO-CSA member... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (July 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW attacks were reported in irrigated maize in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. FAW outbreaks are... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (June 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW attacks were reported in irrigated maize in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. A similar situation is... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (May 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW attacks were reported in irrigated and late planted rainfed maize in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.... 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
Trans-generational virus transmission and immune priming are dose-dependent (Journal of Animal Ecology)
Spodoptera exempta larvae were orally challenged with one of five doses of SpexNPV and survivors were mated and their offspring monitored for... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (March 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm(FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW was reported attacking maize in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe and perhaps elsewhere. African Armyworm (AAW) (Spodoptera... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast (February 2021)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (FAW)(Spodoptera frugiperda): FAW was reported attacking maize, sorghum and millet in Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. African... Read More