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Monitoring of fall armyworm infestation status and current attack on maize plants in southern Egypt

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Plant protection

Abstract

Spodoptera frugiperda is the scientific name for the fall armyworm (Family: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its infestation of maize is becoming a major issue that may endanger Egypt's corn yields in the future. It is a severe crop pest that exists worldwide. In the Luxor Governorate in southern Egypt, we monitored the status of S. frugiperda infestation and current attack on maize plants. From the third week of June until the time of harvest, S. frugiperda larvae were observed on maize plants, indicating the beginning of the invasion and attack of the plants. This occurred at the age of 14 days following sowing. In 2022 and 2023, respectively, three peaks were noted in each season in terms of the number of larvae, number of plants infested with larvae, percentage of infestation, and percentage of attack intensity. These peaks occurred 29, 57 and 85 days after sowing. According to our analysis, throughout the season, there were more plants attacked than healthy ones. Therefore, the percentage of plants attacked by S. frugiperda increased as the timing of corn plant inspections increased during the two seasons. Farmers and decision-makers may find these results useful in creating efficient plans to manage this pest.

DOI

10.21608/svuijas.2024.285841.1365

Keywords

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, plant age, Attack intensity, Infestation

Authors

First Name

M.M.S.

Last Name

Bakry

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Affiliation

Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt.

Email

md.md_sabry@yahoo.com

City

esna

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0000-0001-9775-0286

First Name

M.A.

Last Name

Gad

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-

Affiliation

Department of Scale Insects and Mealybugs Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt

Email

mohamedgad87@arc.sci.eg

City

Qena

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Volume

6

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

45932

Issue Date

2024-04-01

Receive Date

2024-04-28

Publish Date

2024-05-31

Page Start

210

Page End

221

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2636-3801

Online ISSN

2636-381X

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360,801

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1,132

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SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Monitoring of fall armyworm infestation status and current attack on maize plants in southern Egypt

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25 Dec 2024