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Pleased to share a link to A research paper on the distribution of covert microbial natural enemies of fall armyworm publish in the Journal of Animal Ecology, British Ecological Society. These work was done partly in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan abd and Zambia) and Uk. By several Authors, led by Amy J. Withers…. …
Post Date: 2022-06-28 10:13:53
Author: Samuel Mensah
Community Questions
Do not miss out to show your FAW work to the global community. We are looking forward to hearing your great work. See you there. Registration and submission of abstracts can be accessed at https://www.cifor-icraf.org/event/developing-smallholder-oriented-integrated-pest-management-strategies-for-fall-armyworm-spodoptera-frugiperda-smith-management/
Post Date: 2021-06-17 11:11:43
Author: Sundar Tiwari
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Several FAW workshops and discussions have been done in the past months to help strengthen FAW research, control and collaboration world wide. Several compatible and less harmful approach have been taken in IPM to manage FAW in a more sustainable way. One of these IPM approach is biological control. Biological control works are usually impeded …
Post Date: 2021-04-01 16:25:18
Author: Samuel Mensah
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Register for session 5 of the ASEAN FAW Action Plan Biocontrol Workshop Series on Farmer acceptance of biocontrol approaches and scale-up issues taking place Thursday 18 March 2021 at 4:00 PM SGT (GMT+8). http://bit.ly/biocontrol5 Speakers include Dr @Rica FLOR (International Rice Research Institute), Dr Manjunath T. M., Dr Siang Hee Tan (CropLife Asia), and Dr @Feng Zhang (CABI). You …
Post Date: 2021-03-12 12:10:53
Author: Claire Curry
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Registration and presentations: Registration for workshop participation is free and ends before March 14, 2021. PLEASE NOTE : Registration for research presentation ends Monday 22 February 2021. If you are interested to present your research on biological control of FAW in Africa, please submit your paper on-line (a title and a short abstract, max 100 …
Post Date: 2021-02-20 09:14:43
Author: Samuel Mensah
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Registration and presentations: Registration is free and ends before March 14, 2021. If you are interested to present your research on biological control of FAW in Africa, please submit your paper on-line (a title and a short abstract, max 100 words) before February 22, 2021. Kindly follow the link below for further details https://www.faw.iwgo.org/
Post Date: 2021-02-11 10:04:21
Author: Samuel Mensah
Community Questions
The first report on FAW natural enemies scouting found and reported on some rhynocoris sp. belonging to the family Reduviidae in 2018 (Action on invasives). Further scouting in 2020 by Mr. Samuel A. Mensah, Patrick Beseh, and Dr. L.K Abgoyi observed the predators are wide spread in Ghana, West Africa with some new species observed. …
Post Date: 2021-01-31 10:17:32
Author: Samuel Mensah
Community Questions
The ASEAN FAW Action Plan Biocontrol Technical Workshop Series is presenting Session 3: Selection and release of parasitoids and predators for mass production and release for FAW control. Please post any questions you might have for this session in the comments below and we will present them in the workshop to be held on January 28, …
Post Date: 2021-01-26 20:35:05
Author: Claire Curry
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Durocher-Granger, L. Published a research work on the factors influencing the occurrence of fall armyworm parasitoids in Zambia. Their findings indicate that there is potential for increasing local populations of natural enemies of FAW through conservation biological control programmes and develop safe and practical control methods for smallholder farmers. Publication link : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01320-9 Authors are …
Post Date: 2021-01-08 00:28:47
Author: Samuel Mensah
Community Questions
The ASEAN FAW Action Plan Biocontrol Technical Workshop Series is presenting Session 2: Rearing of parasitoids and predators for FAW Control. Speakers will include: Dr Rangaswamy (Muni) Muniappan from IPM Innovation Lab (convenor). Dr. Tadele Tefera : Rearing of the parasitoid, Trichogramma spp. Dr. Malick Ba: Rearing of the parasitoids, Telenomus remus and Habrobracon hebetor. Dr. Zhang Lisheng: Rearing of …
Post Date: 2021-01-05 09:44:09
Author: Alison Watson
