The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), is native to the Americas. It has
rapidly invaded 47 African countries and 18 Asian countries since the first detection of …

Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

The rapid wide‐scale spread of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has caused serious
crop losses globally. However, differences in the genetic background of subpopulations and …

Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis-(Bt) insecticidal proteins (Bt crops) have
provided useful pest management tools to growers for the past 20 years. Planting Bt crops …

The invasive fall armyworm (FAW) is threatening maize production and the livelihoods of
millions of smallholder farmers in the newly invaded areas in Africa and Asia. To control this …

Trehalases (TREs) are pivotal enzymes involved in insect development and reproduction,
making them prime targets for pest control. We investigated the inhibitory effect of three …

The fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) is a species native to the
Americas. This polyphagous lepidopteran pest was first reported in Nigeria and the …

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda invaded China in December 2018 and has
since spread quickly countrywide. Two sympatric biotype strains of FAW, rice-strain and corn …

The CRISPR/Cas9 system is an efficient genome editing method that can be used in
functional genomics research. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a serious …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are potential alternatives to synthetic insecticides for the
control of lepidopteran pests. However, the evolution of resistance in some insect pest …