fall armyworm
Beat fall armyworm with Syngenta
by Felix Tembo, Seedcare Business Manager, Syngenta, Southern Africa Understanding the technology that is contributing to Zambia’s food security and the region’s seed basket Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic arthropod pest whichis highly damaging to maize in sub-Saharan Africa and Zambia in particular. It attacks maize, which[...]
Beat Fall Armyworm with Syngenta
Understanding the technology that is contributing to Zambia’s food security and the region’s seed basket by Felix Tembo, Seedcare Business Manager, Syngenta, Southern Africa Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic arthropod pest which is highly damaging to maize in sub-Saharan Africa and Zambia in particular. It attacks maize[...]
Bayer is on the forefront with fall armyworm management
Fall armyworm (FAW) can be one of the more difficult insect pests to control in maize. This creature attacks in extremely high numbers and causes serious leaf feeding damage, as well as direct injury to maize ears. A popular product from Bayer, Belt, proved itself to make the control[...]
Fall armyworm confirmed in South Africa
CropLife SA has learned about the outbreak of the dreaded fall armyworm (FAW) in maize in the area between Badplaas and Carolina in Mpumalanga. It is likely to be found in other provinces such as North West, Limpopo, Gauteng, the Free State, northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and some parts[...]
A call for the management of the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in South Africa during the 2019/20 crop production season
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development hereby makes a clarion call to all maize and related host crops such as sorghum and sweetcorn growers including community members to take precautionary measures in controlling the Fall armyworm. In South Africa, Fall Armyworm (FAW) is a regulated pest[...]