Viruses of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda: A Review with Prospects for Biological Control

Updated assessment of potential biopesticide options for managing fall armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) in Africa

(2021) Melanie L. Bateman et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Whole genome comparisons reveal panmixia among fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) from diverse locations

(2021) Katrina A. Schlum et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Fall armyworm invasion heightens pesticide expenditure among Chinese smallholder farmers

(2021) Xianming Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Differential insecticidal properties of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates against corn-strain and rice-strain fall armyworm, and genomic analysis of three isolates

(2021) Holly J.R. Popham et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Susceptibility and tissue specificity of Spodoptera frugiperda to Junonia coenia densovirus

(2021) Zu-wen CHEN et al.   Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Genomic diversity in a population of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2021) Tomás Masson et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Inheritance patterns, cross‐resistance and synergism in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) resistant to emamectin benzoate

(2021) Dionei S Muraro et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Genetic variants in Argentinean isolates of Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2020) José M. Niz et al.   VIRUS GENES

Southeastern Asia fall armyworms are closely related to populations in Africa and India, consistent with common origin and recent migration

(2020) Rodney N. Nagoshi et al.   Scientific Reports

Biological characterization of two Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates from Mexico and evaluation of one isolate in a small-scale field trial

(2020) Diana García-Banderas et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Iflavirus Covert Infection Increases Susceptibility to Nucleopolyhedrovirus Disease in Spodoptera exigua

(2020) Arkaitz Carballo et al.   Viruses-Basel

A novel formulation technology for baculoviruses protects biopesticide from degradation by ultraviolet radiation

(2020) Kenneth Wilson et al.   Scientific Reports

Novel partiti-like viruses are conditional mutualistic symbionts in their normal lepidopteran host, African armyworm, but parasitic in a novel host, Fall armyworm

(2020) Pengjun Xu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Natural mortality of invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize agroecosystems of northeast India

(2020) D.M. Firake et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Novel strategies for the biocontrol of noctuid pests (Lepidoptera) based on improving ascovirus infectivity using Bacillus thuringiensis

(2020) Huan Yu et al.   Insect Science

Population structure of Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolates revealed by quantitative analysis of genetic variation

(2020) Jiangbin Fan et al.   Virus Evolution

Host range and population survey of Spodoptera frugiperda rhabdovirus

(2019) L. Schroeder et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)] damage in maize: management options for flood-recession cropping smallholder farmers

(2019) Moreblessing Chimweta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEST MANAGEMENT

Initial detections and spread of invasive Spodoptera frugiperda in China and comparisons with other noctuid larvae in cornfields using molecular techniques

(2019) Da‐Peng Jing et al.   Insect Science

Genetic characterization of fall armyworm infesting South Africa and India indicate recent introduction from a common source population

(2019) Rodney N. Nagoshi et al.   PLoS One

Bio-Insecticidal Potential of Nucleopolyhedrovirus and Granulovirus Mixtures to Control the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

(2019) Paola E. Cuartas-Otálora et al.   Viruses-Basel

Where the baculoviruses lead, the caterpillars follow: baculovirus-induced alterations in caterpillar behaviour

(2019) Simone N Gasque et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest

(2019) Rhett D. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Interaction of a Densovirus with Glycans of the Peritrophic Matrix Mediates Oral Infection of the Lepidopteran Pest Spodoptera frugiperda

(2019) Laetitia Pigeyre et al.   Viruses-Basel

Molecular and Morphological characterization of multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus from Mexico and their insecticidal activity against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

(2019) Magali Ordóñez‐García et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Re-assessing the diversity of negative strand RNA viruses in insects

(2019) Simon Käfer et al.   PLoS Pathogens

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Baculoviridae

(2018) Robert L. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

In vitro infectivity of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus to different insect cell lines

(2018) William Sihler et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Analysis of strain distribution, migratory potential, and invasion history of fall armyworm populations in northern Sub-Saharan Africa

(2018) Rodney N. Nagoshi et al.   Scientific Reports

Maize–Legume Intercropping and Push–Pull for Management of Fall Armyworm, Stemborers, and Striga in Uganda

(2018) Girma Hailu et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Genomic analysis of an Argentinean isolate of Spodoptera frugiperda granulovirus reveals that various baculoviruses code for Lef-7 proteins with three F-box domains

(2018) María Leticia Ferrelli et al.   PLoS One

Expansion of the metazoan virosphere: progress, pitfalls, and prospects

(2018) Darren J Obbard   Current Opinion in Virology

Field-Evolved Resistance of the Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Synthetic Insecticides in Puerto Rico and Mexico

(2018) Rebeca Gutiérrez-Moreno et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ascoviridae

(2017) Sassan Asgari et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Viruses of insects reared for food and feed

(2017) Gabriela Maciel-Vergara et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Activity ofBacillus thuringiensis- and Baculovirus-Based Formulations toSpodopteraSpecies

(2017) Nadia D. Guido-Cira et al.   SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST

Using Next Generation Sequencing to Identify and Quantify the Genetic Composition of Resistance-Breaking Commercial Isolates of Cydia pomonella Granulovirus

(2017) Gianpiero Alletti et al.   Viruses-Basel

Co-infection with iflaviruses influences the insecticidal properties of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus occlusion bodies: Implications for the production and biosecurity of baculovirus insecticides

(2017) Arkaitz Carballo et al.   PLoS One

Comparative molecular analyses of invasive fall armyworm in Togo reveal strong similarities to populations from the eastern United States and the Greater Antilles

(2017) Rodney N. Nagoshi et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for a Second Type of Resistance against Cydia pomonella Granulovirus in Field Populations of Codling Moths

(2016) J. A. Jehle et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bioinformatic Characterization of Mosquito Viromes within the Eastern United States and Puerto Rico: Discovery of Novel Viruses

(2016) Kenneth G. Frey et al.   Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere

(2016) Mang Shi et al.   NATURE

West African Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes harbor a taxonomically diverse virome including new insect-specific flaviviruses, mononegaviruses, and totiviruses

(2016) Joseph R. Fauver et al.   VIROLOGY

Structural Organization of Baculovirus Occlusion Bodies and Protective Role of Multilayered Polyhedron Envelope Protein

(2016) Dayanand B. Sajjan et al.   Food and Environmental Virology

First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa

(2016) Georg Goergen et al.   PLoS One

Evidence of recent interspecies horizontal gene transfer regarding nucleopolyhedrovirus infection of Spodoptera frugiperda

(2015) Gloria Patricia Barrera et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mortality and Food Consumption inSpodoptera frugiperda(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae Treated with Spinosad alone or in Mixtures with a Nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2015) José Isaac Figueroa et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Occurrence of Natural Enemies ofSpodoptera frugiperda(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Chihuahua, Mexico

(2015) Magali Ordóñez-García et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future

(2015) L.A. Lacey et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The Complete Sequence of the First Spodoptera frugiperda Betabaculovirus Genome: A Natural Multiple Recombinant Virus

(2015) Paola Cuartas et al.   Viruses-Basel

The Cryptophlebia Leucotreta Granulovirus—10 Years of Commercial Field Use

(2015) Sean Moore et al.   Viruses-Basel

In Search of Pathogens: Transcriptome-Based Identification of Viral Sequences from the Pine Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa)

(2015) Agata Jakubowska et al.   Viruses-Basel

Baculovirus Insecticides in Latin America: Historical Overview, Current Status and Future Perspectives

(2015) Santiago Haase et al.   Viruses-Basel

Parasitic Manipulation of Host Behaviour: Baculovirus SeMNPV EGT Facilitates Tree-Top Disease in Spodoptera exigua Larvae by Extending the Time to Death

(2015) Yue Han et al.   Insects

A Metagenomic Survey of Viral Abundance and Diversity in Mosquitoes from Hubei Province

(2015) Chenyan Shi et al.   PLoS One

Characterisation of a Colombian granulovirus (Baculoviridae:Betabaculovirus) isolated fromSpodoptera frugiperda(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae

(2014) Paola Cuartas et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Field-evolved resistance to Cry1F maize by Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Brazil

(2014) Juliano Ricardo Farias et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Review of Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Genetic Complexity and Migration

(2014)   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Natural populations of Spodoptera exigua are infected by multiple viruses that are transmitted to their offspring

(2014) Cristina Virto et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Identification of a Novel Rhabdovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda Cell Lines

(2014) H. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Baculovirus resistance in codling moth is virus isolate-dependent and the consequence of a mutation in viral gene pe38

(2014) M. M. Gebhardt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MicroencapsulatedSpodoptera frugiperdanucleopolyhedrovirus: insecticidal activity and effect on arthropod populations in maize

(2013) Juliana Gómez et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Deletion Genotypes Reduce Occlusion Body Potency but Increase Occlusion Body Production in a Colombian Spodoptera frugiperda Nucleopolyhedrovirus Population

(2013) Gloria Barrera et al.   PLoS One

Analagous Population Structures for Two Alphabaculoviruses Highlight a Functional Role for Deletion Mutants

(2012) Amaya Serrano et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Complete genome sequence of a novel picorna-like virus isolated from Spodoptera exigua

(2012) Jae Young Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

Characterization of a Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate that does not liquefy the integument of infected larvae

(2012) Corina M. Vieira et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Deletion of egt is responsible for the fast-killing phenotype of natural deletion genotypes in a Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus population

(2012) Oihane Simón et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Susceptibility ofSpodoptera frugiperda(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Strains from Central Colombia to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac Entotoxins ofBacillus thuringiensis

(2012) J. D. Ríos-Díez et al.   SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST

Biology and Management of Palm Dynastid Beetles: Recent Advances

(2011) Geoffrey O. Bedford   Annual Review of Entomology

Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus as a potential biological insecticide: Genetic and phenotypic comparison of field isolates from Colombia

(2011) Gloria Barrera et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Comparative analysis of a highly variable region within the genomes of Spodoptera frugiperda ascovirus 1d (SfAV-1d) and SfAV-1a

(2011) J.-L. Xue et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Sequence comparison between three geographically distinct Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates: Detecting positively selected genes

(2011) Oihane Simón et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Laboratory and field evaluations of the efficacy of a fast-killing baculovirus isolate from Spodoptera frugiperda

(2011) Robert W. Behle et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Genome sequence of SeIV-1, a novel virus from the Iflaviridae family infective to Spodoptera exigua

(2011) Anabel Millán-Leiva et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Analysis of a naturally-occurring deletion mutant of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus reveals sf58 as a new per os infectivity factor of lepidopteran-infecting baculoviruses

(2011) Oihane Simón et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Paleozoic origin of insect large dsDNA viruses

(2011) J. Theze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kinetic analysis of in vitro production of wild-type Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2010) Andréa Farias de Almeida et al.   BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Discovery and Characterization of Field Resistance to Bt Maize: Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Puerto Rico

(2010) Nicholas P. Storer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Pathogenesis of Junonia coenia densovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda: A route of infection that leads to hypoxia

(2010) Doriane Mutuel et al.   VIROLOGY

Genetic and biological variation among nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

(2010) Daniel L. Rowley et al.   VIRUS GENES

The rhabdoviruses: Biodiversity, phylogenetics, and evolution☆

(2009) I.V. Kuzmin et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Host-range expansion of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus to Agrotis segetum larvae when the midgut is bypassed

(2009) A. K. Jakubowska et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Supplemental Control of Lepidopterous Pests on Bt Transgenic Sweet Corn with Biologically-Based Spray Treatments

(2009) Robert R. Farrar et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Eudragit S100 microparticles containingSpodoptera frugiperdanucleopolyehedrovirus: Physicochemical characterization, photostability andin vitrovirus release

(2009) Laura Villamizar et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROENCAPSULATION

Sigma viruses from three species of Drosophila form a major new clade in the rhabdovirus phylogeny

(2009) B. Longdon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Analysis of the genome of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV-19) and of the high genomic heterogeneity in group II nucleopolyhedroviruses

(2008) J. L. C. Wolff et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Genomic sequence analysis of a fast-killing isolate of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2008) R. L. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Microbial Control of Insect Pests in Temperate Orchard Systems: Potential for Incorporation into IPM

(2007) Lawrence A. Lacey et al.   Annual Review of Entomology