What other insects and diseases also impact maize?
Learning Objective:
Participants should be able to identify other common insects and diseases in maize.
It is important to know and be able to recognise other insects and diseases that also attack maize. These will change according to the location but might include the: tobacco cutworm, beet armyworm, African armyworm, cotton bollworm, tropical armyworm, Asian corn borer, weevils, blights, and maize rusts. Find out more about these by using the resources below and undertaking the activity.
Write
Write a list of all the diseases and pests that could be found in your maize crop in your region. You may need to ask local experts and farmers as well as search online for local knowledge and resources.
Search
You can also visit the Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds website and type maize in the search box. This will give you good information about different maize pests as well as photos.
Listen
Listen to a farmer talk about FAW and how to identify FAW in the field.