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Definition of Fall armyworm
1. Noun. Larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Armyworm
Literary usage of Fall armyworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Of 3036 corn earworm prepupae and pupae collected during this study, 11.6% were
parasitized; of 1802 fall armyworm collected, 9.3% were parasitized. ..."
2. IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops: Bibliography January by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Over a 5-yr period, 34% of all fields sampled contained parasitized corn earworm
and 24.2% contained parasitized fall armyworm. ..."
3. Participatory Research and Development for Sustainable Agriculture and by Julian F. Gonsalves (2005)
"As the above fall armyworm example suggests, folk categories may be defined so
that some objects “almost” or “barely” meet the definition. ..."
4. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"It grows very fast and is resistant to water stress. It is also tolerant to many
insect pests such as aphids, fall armyworm etc. ..."
5. Allelopathy: The Effects of Chemicals Produced by Plants by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"... to fall armyworm (Lepidop- tera: Noctuidae). Mohamed, MA.; Quisenberry, SS;
Moellenbeck, DJ. New York, NY : Plenum Press. Journal of chemical ecology v. ..."
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