India: The Fall Armyworm Advances on Maize and Sorghum Producers

The fall armyworm has made its way to India. On July 30, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research issued a warning that the pest, a caterpillar formally known as Spodoptera frugiperda, had reached the subcontinent. So far, it has been detected in roughly 70 percent of maize crops in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, and reports suggest that it has also spread to Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Alarm over the infestation grew over the past week as scientists warned of the insect's dangers....