Occurrence of Fall Arm Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Mozambique

Fecha de publicación

Lun, 17 Abr 2017, 10:44

Última actualización

Abr. 17, 2017, 10:44 a.m.

Número del informe

MOZ-06/1

País

Mozambique

Plaga identificada

Spodoptera frugiperda - (LAPHFR)

Estado del informe

Preliminar

Hospederos

Spodoptera frugiperda was confirmed its occurrence on maize

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

Distribución geográfica

Spodoptera frugiperda was confirmed its presence in all sampled provinces: Maputo, Gaza, Manica, Tete, Zambezia and Niassa

Resumen

A Spodoptera frugiperda has been recently introduced accidentally in Africa continent, it was first reported in 2016 in Western Africa. In Mozambique symptoms of Fall Arm Worm where reported in central part of the country in Tete province during the agricultural season of 2016/2017. Then in February 2017 the NPPO of Mozambique conducted a survey covering Tete, Manica, Gaza, Maputo, Niassa and Zambezia provinces. The sample where sent to the entomology laboratory at the Faculty of Agronomy-Eduardo Mondlane University, where was confirmed to be Spodoptera frugiperda based on the all sample characteristics collected in the field and the characteristics of emerged adults in the laboratory.

Peligro

Spodopttra frugiperda is divesting maize pest, it acts as migrant pest and it is polyphagous. It constitute a big threat for the maize production in Mozambique. In the sampled fields the damages were around 40% to 100%

Contacto para obtener más información

Antonia Vaz Plant Protection Department Email: [email protected] Cell: +258 84 6988646 Domingos Cugala Eduardo Mondlane University-Faculty of Agronomy Email: [email protected] Cell: +258 82 3148430

Archivos de informes

PDF File- Survey report

Sitio web

Palabras claves del tema

Pest reporting

Palabras clave del producto

Maize -corn- flour