Fall-ing into Action: Strategies for Managing Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda)

Organizer(s)

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  Alejandro Vasquez, M.S. (he/him/his)

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas
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  Devi Balakrishnan (she/her/hers)

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas

This session will discuss different management strategies and approaches to the highly destructive polyphagous pest, Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Our speakers will show different strategies of control in different crop systems, ranging from chemical control, host-plant resistance, and novel management strategies.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM - 3:33 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Alejandro Rafael Vasquez Marcano, M.S. – University of Arkansas
• 3:33 PM - 3:49 PM Pacific

  Strategies for managing invasive fall armyworm in rice
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Stout – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Jyoti Sharma (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Evelyn Valdez – PhilRice
• 3:49 PM - 4:05 PM Pacific

  Managing fall armyworm in Arkansas row crops and pastures
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin Thrash – University of Arkansas
• 4:21 PM - 4:37 PM Pacific

  Scalable IPM educational strategies in the Global South: Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and other pest systems
  

  Presenting Author: Barry Pittendrigh – Purdue University
• 4:37 PM - 4:53 PM Pacific

  Susceptibility/resistance status of Spodoptera frugiperda to Bt and chemical insecticides in the Southern U.S.
  

  Presenting Author: Tiago Silva – Louisiana State University
• 4:53 PM - 5:09 PM Pacific

  Influence of temperature and insecticide residuality on fall armyworm larval survival in alfalfa systems
  

  Presenting Author: Danna Judith Vera (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Andy Michel – Ohio State University
• 5:25 PM - 5:28 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Devi Balakrishnan (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas