Abstract Background Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea are major caterpillar pests
of Old and New World agriculture, respectively. Both, particularly H. armigera, are extremely …

Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), the bollworm or corn earworm, is the most important lepidopteran
pest of Bt cotton in the United States. Corn is the preferred host, but the insect feeds on most …

Food security is threatened by biotic stress on crops, eg, from invasive pests, in the context
of climate change. Pest control has traditionally been achieved using synthetic pesticides …

Background Transgenic corn engineered with genes expressing insecticidal toxins from the
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner)(Bt) are now a major tool in insect pest …

Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of
nonnative species and through adaptation of native pests to control measures. Adaptations …

Insect migrations have ecological and economic impacts, particularly in agriculture.
However, there is limited knowledge about the migratory movements of pests at the …

Spodoptera litura is a polyphagous pest of agricultural crops and has developed resistance
to most of the insecticides used against it. Hence the aim of the present study was …

Simple Summary Spodoptera exigua is a polyphagous pest, commonly known as beet
armyworm. This pest is distributed worldwide and causes yield reduction in a variety of …

Abstract The Climate Indicators for Agriculture report presents 20 indicators of climate
change, carefully selected across multiple agricultural production types and food system …

Abstract BACKGROUND Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one
of the major pests of maize and is in the same feeding guild as the noctuid pests …