Estimation of the Potential Infestation Area of Newly-invaded Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Yangtze River Valley of China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Field Investigations of Invasive FAW before June 2019 in the Yangtze River Valley
2.2. Estimations of Emigration Periods of the First and Second FAW Generations of Newly-invaded Populations
2.3. Analysis of Migratory Flight Relative to Atmospheric Support
2.4. Numerical Trajectory Modelling Method
3. Results
3.1. Large-scale Invasions of Immigratory FAW in the Yangtze River Valley
3.2. Temperature Dynamics in the Yangtze River Valley During the FAW Invasion Period
3.3. Migration Arena
3.4. Simulated Flight Trajectories, Landing Sites and Distribution Regions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wu, Q.-L.; He, L.-M.; Shen, X.-J.; Jiang, Y.-Y.; Liu, J.; Hu, G.; Wu, K.-M. Estimation of the Potential Infestation Area of Newly-invaded Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Yangtze River Valley of China. Insects 2019, 10, 298. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090298
Wu Q-L, He L-M, Shen X-J, Jiang Y-Y, Liu J, Hu G, Wu K-M. Estimation of the Potential Infestation Area of Newly-invaded Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Yangtze River Valley of China. Insects. 2019; 10(9):298. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090298
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Qiu-Lin, Li-Mei He, Xiu-Jing Shen, Yu-Ying Jiang, Jie Liu, Gao Hu, and Kong-Ming Wu. 2019. "Estimation of the Potential Infestation Area of Newly-invaded Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Yangtze River Valley of China" Insects 10, no. 9: 298. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090298