Published February 3, 2021, 6:33 PM
Experts from the Department of Agricutlure (DA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have gathered together to exchange information on how to manage the fall armywork (FAW) outbreak that has affected at least 2,600 hectares of corn nationwide.
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The meeting held at the National Crop Protection Sector (NCPC) on January 23 was attended by UPLB’s leading entomologists and experts from NCPC and the Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology.
A FAW management team under UPLB’s College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS) has been conducting several research studies on armyworm since 2019.