Abstract
Despite maize’s current high productivity, higher than other major cereal crops, it is still below its potential, mainly due to many biotic and abiotic factors causing yield losses. The fall armywo...
Highlights
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main and popular cereal crops due to its high value as a stable food, as well as its stover demand for animal feed and fuel and even for construction purposes (Abebe & Feyisa, 2017)
Effective control should focus since it is impossible to avoid this pest unless developing sustainable management
Previous damage evaluations (Hruska & Gould, 1997) have shown that infestations during mid-to-late maize growth stages can result in yield losses of 15–73% and an evaluation in Ethiopia indicated that fall armyworm (FAW) caused up to 30% loss at the late whorl stage unless the pest is timely controlled (Fentahun, Personal Communication, 26 October 2017)
Summary
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main and popular cereal crops due to its high value as a stable food, as well as its stover demand for animal feed and fuel and even for construction purposes (Abebe & Feyisa, 2017). Important cultivated crops include maize, millet, wheat, potato, soybean, cowpea, peanuts, sorghum, rice, sugarcane, even vegetables and cotton (CABI, 2017c; Pogue, 2002). Even though it has been regularly intercepted in intercontinental trade (CABI, 2017a; Jeger et al, 2017), it has not previously become established outside the Americas. It has invaded Africa (Day et al, 2017; Goergen, Kumar, Sankung, Togola, & Tamo, 2016) and is rapidly spreading throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the continent.
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