Seed treatment for managing fall armyworm as defoliator and cutworm on maize: plant protection, residuality, and the insect life history.

Diamide or carbamate+neonicotinoid seed treatments kill FAW larvae on maize whorls or stalks in favorable edaphoclimatic and insecticide-susceptibility conditions. The cumulative impacts of systemic IST on above-ground insect pests go beyond mortality. The ISTs studied can be valuable against FAW in maize, for instance, to help protect varieties that may not express sufficient insect resistance in maize early growth stages. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.