Texas A&M AgriLife Research looks to guide future control methods
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have declared war on the fall armyworm.
Greg Sword, Ph.D., Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Entomology professor, has received $499,000 to determine fall armyworm behaviors and genomic traits that could aid in controlling the agricultural pests.
The three-year project funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture will be a cooperative effort with the U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists around the country.
The project is titled “An integrative approach to determining fall armyworm population genomics and dispersal.”