Preliminary Report on Fall Armyworm in Zambia

Publication Date

Thu, 16 Feb 2017, 07:06

Last Updated

Jan. 21, 2019, 3:11 p.m.

Report Number

ZMB-02/3

Country

Zambia

Pest Id

Spodoptera frugiperda - (LAPHFR)

Report Status

Preliminary

Hosts

Maize, soya beans, beans, sorghum

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: in all parts of the area

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: widely distributed

Geographical Distribution

The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a pest of maize on the American continents but has since been detected in West and Central Africa where out breaks were recorded for the first time in early 2016. The pest is now being reported in Southern Africa. In Zambia , preliminary surveillance conducted by Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) through its National Plant Protection Organisation, the Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service and the Entomology Team suspected presence of the pest.

Summary

This a preliminary report on suspected Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda in Zambia.

Danger

Destruction of crops; maize, sorghum, soya beans and beans. Destruction on maize crops during larvals stage feeding. Threatens food security and income of small scale farmers growing the above crops particularly maize for Zambia. If unmanaged, potential for destruction is high.

Contact for info

Dr. Kenneth K Msiska National Contact Point Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service Zambia Agriculture Research Institute P/BAG 7, Chilanga Lusaka Zambia. [email protected]

Report files

Zambia Preliminary Report on Fall Armyworm

Website

http://www.pqpszambia.gov.zm/

Issue keywords

Insects/Insecta/Arthropods Pest reporting Pest status:Present/Presence

Commodity keywords

Dried, shelled beans -Vigna and Phaseolus-, whether or not skinned or split (excl. beans of species -Vigna mungo [L] Hepper or Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek-, small red -Adzuki- beans and kidney beans) Grain sorghum Maize or corn