Could this white fungus stop the march of the pest fall armyworm in its tracks?
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FebFebruary 2021 at 1:08am
This image shows two fall armyworms infested with the fungus Nomuraea Rileyi in a corn crop.
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Fall armyworm is known to feed on up to 350 plant species, including maize, sorghum and rice
The exotic pest was first discovered in Australia in January 2020 in the Torres Strait islands
A graduate agronomist has discovered a worm-eating fungus that could provide growers with a valuable biological control
But the white coating is actually a pathogenic fungus that eats the worm from the inside out, and it was recently discovered by a newly graduated agronomist at a property near Beaudesert in southern Queensland.