Global crop impacts, yield losses and action thresholds for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda): A review

K Overton, JL Maino, R Day, PA Umina, B Bett… - Crop Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a
highly polyphagous plant pest that can severely impact yields of several agricultural crops …

Enhancing biosecurity against virus disease threats to Australian grain crops: current situation and future prospects

S Maina, RAC Jones - Frontiers in Horticulture, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Australia is a major grain exporter, and this trade makes an important contribution to its
economy. Fortunately, it remains free of many damaging virus diseases and virus vectors …

Hymenopteran parasitoids of aphid pests within Australian grain production landscapes

SE Ward, PA Umina, S Macfadyen, AA Hoffmann - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In grain crops, aphids are important pests, but they can be suppressed by
parasitoid wasps that use them as hosts for their developing offspring. These wasps occur …

Population declines and the conservation of insects and other terrestrial invertebrates in Australia.

MF Braby, DK Yeates, GS Taylor - Austral Entomology, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Such innovative citizen science tools offer a window of hope and new opportunities as we
look to the future-they are likely to engender increased community awareness and …

Estimating the Global Geographical Distribution Patterns of the Invasive Crop Pest Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov under Current and Future Climatic Scenarios

K Jing, M Li, H Zhao, J Guo, N Yang, M Yang, X Xian… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov is one of the most destructive invasive crop
pests, reducing crop yield and quality and posing a great threat to global food security …

Do invasive and naturalized aphid pest populations respond differently to climatic and landscape factors?

S Adhikari, E Seamon, Y Wu… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ongoing environmental change affects pest populations, migration, and propensity to
damage crops, but the responses to climatic drivers could vary among newly invasive and …

Oat, a Distinct Cereal: Origin, History, Production Practices, and Production Economics

D Jain, P Singh, K Rani, A Prajapati - Oat (Avena sativa), 2025 - taylorfrancis.com
This book chapter examines oats (Avena sativa), cultivated globally for over two millennia,
now gaining attention for its role as a fodder crop in northwestern India. Despite global …

Genetic Basis of Pest Resistance in Wheat-Rye and Triticale Stocks

P Spetsov, N Daskalova - Cytology and Genetics, 2023 - Springer
This review describes eight genes and 21 loci for resistance to pests localized in rye
chromosomes of wheat-rye and triticale genetic stocks. Detailed information is given for the …

[PDF][PDF] Fescue aphid (Metopolophium festucae).

SD Eigenbrode, S Adhikari, A Rashed - 2023 - researchgate.net
Metopolophium festucae Theobald (the fescue aphid or grass aphid) is native to Western
Europe and the British Isles (Edwards and Heath, 1964; Blackman and Eastop, 2021). The …

Economic Injury Levels and Dynamic Action Thresholds for Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australian Cereal Crops

M Van Helden, T Heddle, PA Umina… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia [Kurdjumov, Hemiptera: Aphididae],
RWA) was first detected in Australia in 2016 and is threatening an annual cereal industry …