Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20–50% maize yield loss in Africa suggest severe impact on livelihoods. Fall armyworm is still infilling its potential range in Africa and could spread to other continents. [2] In order to understand fall armyworm’s year-round, global, potential distribution, we used evidence of the effects of temperature and precipitation on fall armyworm life-history, combined with data on native and African distributions to construct Species Distribution Models (SDMs).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/forecasting-global-extent-invasion-cereal-pest-spodoptera-frugiperda-fall-armyworm
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Spodoptera-frugiperda.pdf
[3] https://neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=28165
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/regan-early
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pablo-gonz%C3%A1lez-moreno
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sean-t-murphy-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/neobiota
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-pests
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture