Spodoptera frugiperda( Fall Armyworm)

Publication Date

Mon, 12 Aug 2019, 15:47

Last Updated

Aug. 13, 2019, 7:19 p.m.

Report Number

NPL-04/3

Country

Nepal

Report Status

Final

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

Present: only in some areas

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

Mid-Inner terai and the mid hill of Nepal.

Summary

NPPO- Nepal collected the samples of suspected FAW larvae, adults and pupa from mid inner Terai, Sindhupalchok and Kavre district of Nepal and molecular analysis was done in the ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Banglore, India. The report found positive for Spodoptera frugiperda. On the based of a molecular analysis report, NPPO- Nepal would like to declare that Spodoptera frugiperda has been introduced in Nepal.

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