Insights into invasive species from whole‐genome resequencing

HL North, A McGaughran, CD Jiggins - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of invasive species can simultaneously inform management strategies and quantify
rapid evolution in the wild. The role of genomics in invasion science is increasingly …

Geographic monitoring of insecticide resistance mutations in native and invasive populations of the fall armyworm

S Yainna, N Nègre, PJ Silvie, T Brévault, WT Tay… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The moth fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a major agricultural
pest insect damaging a wide range of crops, especially corn. Field evolved resistance …

Complex multiple introductions drive fall armyworm invasions into Asia and Australia

R Rane, TK Walsh, P Lenancker, A Gock, TH Dao… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda is thought to have undergone a rapid 'west-
to-east'spread since 2016 when it was first identified in western Africa. Between 2018 and …

Global population genomic signature of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) supports complex introduction events across the Old World

WT Tay, RV Rane, A Padovan, TK Walsh… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Native to the Americas, the invasive Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm; FAW) was
reported in West Africa in 2016, followed by its chronological detection across the Old World …

Population structure and genetic diversity of invasive Fall Armyworm after 2 years of introduction in India

N Nayyar, RG Gracy, TR Ashika, G Mohan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a polyphagous pest capable of
feeding over 80 plant species and was indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. Within a …

A diagnostic LAMP assay for rapid identification of an invasive plant pest, fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

A Agarwal, L Rako, MK Schutze, ML Starkie, WT Tay… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a highly
polyphagous invasive plant pest that has expanded its global geographic distribution …

Host-plant adaptation as a driver of incipient speciation in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

E Fiteni, K Durand, S Gimenez, RL Meagher Jr… - BMC Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Divergent selection on host-plants is one of the main evolutionary forces driving
ecological speciation in phytophagous insects. The ecological speciation might be …

Genetic Diversity of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MJ Malekera, DM Mamba, GB Bushabu, JC Murhula… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 2016, the fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, invaded western Africa and
rapidly spread in sub-Saharan Africa, causing significant losses in yields of corn, a major …

Heterosis effect for larval performance of fall armyworm interstrain hybrids

L Lan, N Nègre - Insect Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spodoptera frugiperda, also known as fall armyworm (FAW), is an invasive crop pest that
can feed on a variety of host plants, posing a serious threat to food security. There are two …

Incipient speciation between host-plant strains in the fall armyworm

K Durand, S Yainna, K Nam - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Background Recent advancement in speciation biology proposes that genetic differentiation
across the whole genome (genomic differentiation, GD) may occur at the beginning of a …