date:Oct 30, 2018
The fall armyworm looks quite innocuous, being no larger than a matchstick. But when it was spotted it at the maize farms of southern Karnataka mid-2018, there was panic. And justifiably so.
The fall armyworm is a destructive pest, never seen before in India. Also known as Spodoptera frugiperda, it is a native of the Americas. But after making its way to Africa in 2016, it now appears to have found a home in India. The voracious pest, known to devastate a one-acre field in a week, could endange