Management of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on Summer Maize in Lebanon

cg.contactS.KUMARI@CGIAR.ORGen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerLebanese Agricultural Research Institute - LARIen_US
cg.contributor.crpResilient Agrifood Systems - RAFSen_US
cg.contributor.funderCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativePlant Healthen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryLBen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.idKumari, Safaa: 0000-0002-4492-6257en_US
cg.creator.idMoukahel, Abdulrahman: 0000-0003-4297-771Xen_US
cg.creator.idKemal, Seid Ahmed: 0000-0002-1791-9369en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.agrovoclebanonen_US
cg.subject.agrovocmaizeen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen_US
dc.contributorChoueiri, Eliaen_US
dc.contributorMoukahel, Abdulrahmanen_US
dc.contributorKemal, Seid Ahmeden_US
dc.creatorKumari, Safaaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-10T19:47:34Z
dc.date.available2024-07-10T19:47:34Z
dc.description.abstractCurrently, fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is the most important insect pest of maize planted in spring and summer in Lebanon. This led to the excessive use of insecticides to combat FAW using 2 to 3 unsafe pesticides weekly. To save maize crops, a field trial was carried out during the summer of 2023 in the farmers’ field to evaluate environmentally safe and low-risk insecticides recommended by FAO and Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture to combat FAW using data from pheromone traps. The pheromone used was Z-9tetradecenyl acetate (1.96 mg), Z-7dodecenyl acetate (0.02 mg), and E-7 dodecenyl acetate (0.02 mg) produced by Sanidad Agricola ECONEX S.L., Spain. The Trap (unitrap, universal trap) was placed five days after planting in farmer’s field planted with maize cv. Nour on 25 July 2023. Foliar insecticides were sprayed using the recommended dose: 2 sprays with Emamectin benzoate + Alpha-cypermethrin; 2 sprays with Indoxacarb + Alpha-cypermethrin; and one spray with Deltamethrin. The number of captured FAW male and non-FAW moths were counted two times/week starting 31 July 2023. The results obtained showed that the peak of FAW population was during August 22 - September 15. In addition, FAW damage on maize production in the field sprayed with recommended insecticides based on the data from pheromone traps was almost unobservable compared to neighboring farmers’ fields, who followed their own practices. Adjusting planting date and pheromone trap based safe pesticide application is recommended to reduce the impacts of the pest on the quality and quantity of green cobs.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://www.ippcathens2024.gr/docs/Abstract-Book.pdfen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/e51961496c612aeb9912ebc6246d479aen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumari S, E. Choueiri, A. Moukahel and S. Ahmed. 2024. Management of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on Summer Maize in Lebanon. Pages: 271. In: the 20th International Plant Protection Congress, 1-5 July, 2024, Athens, Greece.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/69392
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Association for the Plant Protection Sciencesen_US
dc.rightsCopyrighted; Non-commercial educational use onlyen_US
dc.subjectmaize cropen_US
dc.subjectintegrated management program (ipm)en_US
dc.subjectfall army wormen_US
dc.titleManagement of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on Summer Maize in Lebanonen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dcterms.available2024-07-01en_US
dcterms.issued2024-07-01en_US

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