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Feared with devastating impact threatening food security of millions, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has threatened growing risk of fall armyworm (spodoptera frigeperda), an invasive agricultural pest, spread across South East Asia.Detected first in Shivamogga district of Karnataka in May this year, fall armyworm devoured entire maize crop sown in the demonstration field of the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS). Native to the Americas, fall armyworm has already spread across Africa where it was first detected in early 2016. By early 2018, all but 10 (mostly in the north of the continent) African states and territories have reported infestations and the pest has affected millions of hectares of maize and sorghum.Its impact can be ascertained from the fact that this insect has the capacity to fly over long distances (100 km per night) and ravage crops all year round given the region's favourable tropical and sub-tropical ...

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