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First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa

The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years. The pest has currently become a new invasive species in West and Central Africa where o...

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Autores principales: Goergen, Georg, Kumar, P. Lava, Sankung, Sagnia B., Togola, Abou, Tamò, Manuele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27788251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165632
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author Goergen, Georg
Kumar, P. Lava
Sankung, Sagnia B.
Togola, Abou
Tamò, Manuele
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description The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years. The pest has currently become a new invasive species in West and Central Africa where outbreaks were recorded for the first time in early 2016. The presence of at least two distinct haplotypes within samples collected on maize in Nigeria and São Tomé suggests multiple introductions into the African continent. Implications of this new threat to the maize crop in tropical Africa are briefly discussed.
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spelling pubmed-50828062016-11-04 First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa Goergen, Georg Kumar, P. Lava Sankung, Sagnia B. Togola, Abou Tamò, Manuele PLoS One Research Article The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years. The pest has currently become a new invasive species in West and Central Africa where outbreaks were recorded for the first time in early 2016. The presence of at least two distinct haplotypes within samples collected on maize in Nigeria and São Tomé suggests multiple introductions into the African continent. Implications of this new threat to the maize crop in tropical Africa are briefly discussed. Public Library of Science 2016-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5082806/ /pubmed/27788251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165632 Text en © 2016 Goergen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
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title_full First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
title_fullStr First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
title_full_unstemmed First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
title_short First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
title_sort first report of outbreaks of the fall armyworm spodoptera frugiperda (j e smith) (lepidoptera, noctuidae), a new alien invasive pest in west and central africa
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27788251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165632
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