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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 3710, 2018 02 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29487323

ABSTRACT

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) is a noctuid moth pest endemic throughout the Western Hemisphere that has recently become widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a strong expectation of significant damage to African maize crop yield and a high likelihood of further dispersal, putting the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere at risk. Specimens from multiple locations in six countries spanning the northern portion of the infested region were analyzed for genetic markers. The similarity of haplotypes between the African collections was consistent with a common origin, but significant differences in the relative frequency of the haplotypes indicated limitations in migration. The mitochondrial marker frequently used to identify two host strains appears to be compromised, making uncertain previous reports that both strains are present in Africa. This more extensive study confirmed initial indications based on Togo populations that Florida and the Greater Antilles are the likely source of at least a subset of the African infestation and further suggest an entry point in western Africa. The origin of a second subgroup is less clear as it was rarely found in the collections and has a haplotype that has not yet been observed in the Western Hemisphere.


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Spodoptera/genetics , Spodoptera/physiology , Africa South of the Sahara , Animal Migration/physiology , Animals , Florida , Genetic Markers/genetics , Haplotypes/genetics
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PLoS One ; 12(7): e0181982, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28738081

ABSTRACT

The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, J.E. Smith) is a noctuid moth that is a major and ubiquitous agricultural pest in the Western Hemisphere. Infestations have recently been identified in several locations in Africa, indicating its establishment in the Eastern Hemisphere where it poses an immediate and significant economic threat. Genetic methods were used to characterize noctuid specimens infesting multiple cornfields in the African nation of Togo that were tentatively identified as fall armyworm by morphological criteria. Species identification was confirmed by DNA barcoding and the specimens were found to be primarily of the subgroup that preferentially infests corn and sorghum in the Western Hemisphere. The mitochondrial haplotype configuration was most similar to that found in the Caribbean region and the eastern coast of the United States, identifying these populations as the likely originating source of the Togo infestations. A genetic marker linked with resistance to the Cry1Fa toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) expressed in transgenic corn and common in Puerto Rico fall armyworm populations was not found in the Togo collections. These observations demonstrate the usefulness of genetic surveys to characterize fall armyworm populations from Africa.


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Spodoptera/classification , Spodoptera/genetics , Africa , Agriculture , Animals , Bacillus thuringiensis/genetics , DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic/methods , Genetic Markers/genetics , Haplotypes , Larva , Moths/classification , Moths/genetics , Moths/microbiology , Puerto Rico , Sorghum/microbiology , Spodoptera/microbiology , Togo , United States , Zea mays
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