Spodoptera frugiperda: Current Situation and Future Prospects
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 602
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insects; (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); Spodoptera frugiperda
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Spodoptera frugiperda is one of the main crop pests in the world, causing damage to plants of various families, affecting leaves, pods, flowers, and stems. Currently, this insect has been one of the challenges in the field of crops that requires intensive management. Therefore, this Special Issue will address resistance management, pest bioecology in different crops, biological control (pathogens, predators, and parasitoids), behavior control (semiochemical), and the use of oil and plant extracts and new technologies (RNAi and CRISPR) in pest management. Basic and applied research is encouraged to be submitted to this Special Issue. Bibliographic review works will also be evaluated. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Prof. Dr. Orcial Ceolin Bortolotto
Dr. Juliano de Bastos Pazini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fall armyworm
- maize pests
- integrated pest management
- alternative control
- chemical control
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