@article{icrisat11672,
           month = {September},
           title = {Biology of fall army worm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) on artificial diets},
       publisher = {The Entomological Society of India},
            year = {2020},
          author = {J Jaba and K Sathish and S P Mishra},
           pages = {543},
          volume = {82},
            note = {The authors thank the Research Technician Mr
Rajendra Kumar for help in the laboratory rearing.
The research was partially supported by the CGIAR
CRP-Grain Legumes Dry land Cereals and it is duly
acknowledged.},
         journal = {Indian Journal of Entomology},
          number = {3},
        keywords = {Spodoptera frugiperda, Artificial diet, Sorghum, Chickpea, Maize, Fecundity, Biology, Morphometrics, Length, Width, Weight, Lifecycle},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/11672/},
        abstract = {Fall army worm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the important
invasive pests causing economic losses to maize, sorghum and other millets. This study aims to develop
suitable cost-effective crop based artificial diet for its rearing and evaluates the biology under laboratory
conditions. Study revealed that the least life cycle period (egg to adult) was obtained with sorghum+
chickpea based diet (D1: 31-39 days) as compared to sorghum based diet(D2: 37-44 days) and maize+
chickpea based diet (D3: 40-48 days). Fully developed larvae measured longer, broader and heavier
when reared on D1, also the fecundity was maximum. A cheap artificial diet to rear S. frugiperda is thus
developed in this study.}
}