AFFIRM®
Lepidopteran control with a difference
There’s insecticides, then there’s AFFIRM® insecticide that’s designed to break the life cycle of devastating crawling, chewing pests. This Group 6 ‘mectin’ insecticide acts differently, designed to deliver ovi-larvicidal activity, targeting neonate lavae as they hatch.
AFFIRM® effectively targets key pests including heliothis, loopers and diamondback moth, plus fall armyworm in sorghum. Registered in everything from summer to winter pulses as well as canola, cotton, sorghum and maize – you can rotate your program to AFFIRM® for added peace of mind and help slow resistance development.
About Fall Armyworm
Fall Armyworm Management
Monitoring for Fall Armyworm
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Order: Lepidoptera
Scientific name: Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)
Common Name: Fall armyworm
Fall armyworm is a migratory species that utilises prevailing winds. If conditions are suitable, it can travel more than 100 kilometres in a single night.
Its year-round distribution is expected to be restricted to relatively warm and moist areas closer to the coast. However, the geographic range of fall armyworm is expected to expand and contract based on climatic variability and available hosts.
Fall armyworm is a polyphagous pest with the potential to damage more than 350 different plant species, including a mixture of both crops and weeds.
While its ability to feed on weeds might not seem that important, it is these hosts that allow the pest to survive when commercial crops are no longer suitable or not available. For this reason, effective weed control will ultimately help restrict population growth.
In Australia, fall armyworm is likely to target crops including sweet corn, maize, sorghum, cereals, cotton and soybeans. Other potential hosts include horticultural crops, brassicas, cucurbits, fruiting vegetables and potatoes.