First record of Fall Armywarm in Syria

Publication Date

Mon, 07 Dec 2020, 22:07

Last Updated

Dec. 27, 2020, 7:29 a.m.

Report Number

SYR-01/2

Country

Syrian Arab Republic

Report Status

Final

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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

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Summary

Spodoptera frugiperda larvae were found for the first time, in the sou- thern west governorate -Dara'a ,at four rural farms of Maize plants . Typical symptoms of this pest have been seen on the effected plants . we expect that the pest arrived Syria for the first time by its natural spreed, from Jordan -the southern border of Syria-where it was found recently .

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