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Welcome, to the Fall 2018 IPM Innovation LabNewsletter! Autumn has been a busy time for the IPM Innovation Lab: Nepal,Niger, and Switzerland are just a few of the places we'vejourneyed to within the last few months. From tackling thedevastating fall armyworm invasion in Africa, to monitoring thetomato pest, Tuta absoluta, to celebrating the numerous awardswon by many IPM IL collaborators, we are again headed into aseason of progress, success, and continued momentum. Happyreading!

Project Updates andAccomplishments:

Biological control of the invasive weed Partheniumhysterophorus in East Africa: Two Parthenium biocontrolagents, Zygogramma and Listronatus, have been approved bythe Ethiopian Government and are being reared at three sitesin Ethiopia. The mass-rearing has improved immensely thisseason; staff are more trained and skilled in rearingtechniques. In FY 2018, a total of 7,900 Listronatus adults and

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25,200 Zygogramma adults were released throughoutEthiopia. Vegetable crops IPM in East Africa: Several farmer field dayshave been conducted this season, including one in Msufinivillage, attended by a total of 180 farmers. Training workshopson vegetable viral diseases and insect vectors wereconducted at Morogoro, Mvomero, Iring, Ilula, and Kilolo.Additionally, WhatsApp IPM diagnosis groups have beenformed in Morogoro and Iringa. In Kenya, entomopathogenicnematodes are being tested against Tuta absoluta.Trichoderma treatment has reduced the incidence of bacterialwilt in tomato plots.

Rice, maize, and chickpea IPM for East Africa: Over 700farmers have demonstrated push-pull technology in theHawassa area. Farmers have benefited from reduction in stemborer and fall armyworm damage, increased milk yield, andimproved soil fertility. Further, the egg parasitoids,Trichogramma sp. and Telenomus sp. and larval parasitoids,Cotesia icipe, Palexorist zonata, Coccygidium luteum, andCharops ater were collected from eggs and larvae of fallarmyworm in maize fields in Kenya. The biocontrol of the fallarmyworm in East Africa is in its beginning stages.

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Vegetable crops and mango IPM in Asia: At the RoyalUniversity of Agriculture, trials on the bio-efficacy ofTrichoderma have been conducted. In Bangladesh, mangobagging is reducing fruit fly damage by 100 percent. Fieldtrials were conducted on the performance of Bt and non-Bteggplants, mango leafhopper, and fruit fly management, andmanagement of white mold of country bean. Bt eggplantrecorded 90.3% reduction in fruit damage. In Nepal, activitiesinclude testing lures for control of fruit fly on cucumber andbitter gourd, IPM packages for chili, onion and French bean,and management of Tuta absoluta. Lures have been sent toCambodia and Vietnam for early monitoring of the pest.

IPM for exportable fruit crops in Vietnam: The causativeorganism for witches’ broom syndrome of longan has beenidentified as an eriophyid mite. A knitted nylon bag wasdeveloped for bagging longan clusters, a waxed paper bagwas developed to cover mango fruits, and a plastic sleeve wasdeveloped to cover dragon fruit flowers to prevent pest anddisease damage. A collaborator on the project, Hanh Tran,was recognized for her blog on farmer trust by the AgrilinksYoung Scholars Blog Contest and also spent a semester atVirginia Tech learning English and attending courses ingender, entomology, and statistics. She returns to Vietnam inDecember. Ecologically-based Participatory IPM packages for rice inCambodia (EPIC): Application of Beauveria bassiana reduceddamage caused by grasshoppers and leaf feeders. Both

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community trap barrier system and linear trap barrier systemwere effective in controlling rat damage in the fields. Rodentand disease management trials were set up at the CE SAINtechnological park in Battambang.

Modeling for biodiversity and climate change: Field trips weremade to identify patches of plant species of interest atChitwan, Tanahu, and Kaski districts. Satellite images andAster images of these sites have been procured since 1988.Five MS and five PhD students have been trained in GIS andremote sensing in order to work on the project. Invasive Species Modeling for South American TomatoLeafminer and Groundnut Leafminer: A network-based modelto study the spread of invasive species has beendeveloped. The model predicts a faster southward spread ofTuta absoluta from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand,Malaysia, and Singapore than eastward, due to higher tradeactivity. Country specific analysis shows that onceintroduced to a major production area, the pest will spread allover Nepal within 2-3 years.

Recent IPM Innovation Lab

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Activities:

July 24-26, IPM IL Director Muni Muniappan attended theFarmer Field Day and Annual Review Workshop in Kenya,hosted by ICIPE. July 29-August 3, the IPM IL team traveled to Boston toparticipate in a symposium at the International Congress ofPlant Pathology 2018: Plant Health in a Global Economy.In October 2018, Muniappan was invited, along with over 200other leading experts from international organizations, to theInternational Conference on Fall Armyworm in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.With an invitation from TAC member Lawrence Datnoff, IPM IL

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Associate Director Amer Fayad presented on IPM activities atLouisiana State University in October. From August 27-29, Muniappan traveled to Bengaluru, Indiafor the First International Conference on BiologicalControl. IPM IL represented five continents with nearly 50participants presenting on Tuta absoluta or Parthenium.Muniappan was invited to present as a keynote speaker at theInternational Biological Control of Weeds Conference inSwitzerland, joined by IPM IL collaborators Wondi Mersi andLidya Alemayehu. The IPM IL team hosted a booth at Hokie BugFest in Octoberexhibiting live aphids, crop pests collected from around theworld, and bug origami. Nearly 9,000 people visited BugFestthis year. November 30, Muniappan traveled to Nepal to attend astakeholders workshop on preparedness and rapid responseto threats of the Fall Armyworm in Nepal. In September, the IPM IL team traveled to Niger to assessprogress on the biological control of the millet head miner (asub-award from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab forCollaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet). Techniciansin Niger trained a technician from Kenya on the mass-production of natural enemies, a regional technology transfer,and natural enemies of the fall armyworm were found, jump-starting the biological control of the pest in Africa.Women and Gender in International Development presentedat the Sustainability and Development Conference November9-11 at the University of Michigan. The team presented onGendered knowledge, roles, and spaces: IPM vegetablecultivation and social change in the Nepali mid-hills. The Women and Gender in International Development teamtraveled to Cambodia and Vietnam to conduct evaluations,collecting stories from men and women on how IPM ILresearch has impacted their farming livelihoods and everydaylives.

Recent Publications:

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VIDEO: Virginia Tech Proposes IPM with an Emphasis on Biocontrol toManage the Fall Armyworm

Male Out-Migration: A Change in Households, a Change in Public Spaces:Agrilinks

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How Science and Extension Services Benefit from InternationalCollaboration: Agrilinks

Fighting Nature with Nature: Scientists Mobilize Biological Control AgainstDevastating Fall Armyworm: Entomology Today

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Not Just Maize: Africa's Fall Armyworm Crisis Threatens Sorghum, OtherCrops, Too: Entomology Today

Value-Added Food and Processes: Biocontrol Opens New Prospects inthe Sahel: Agrilinks

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Virginia Tech to host gender and international development conference:VT News

Publications Continued...

Virginia Tech teams up with researchers in Niger to improvelivelihoods: VT NewsVirginia Tech researchers make small discovery that couldkeep millions from going hungry: VT NewsTraining on Trichoderma and Plant Growth PromotingRhizobacteria: IAPPS Newsletter

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Professor awarded for research contributions and fourdecades of service: VT NewsCenter for International Research, Education, andDevelopment names communications director: VT NewsAgrilinks Young Scholars Blog Contest: We Have a Winner!:AgrilinksEntomologist from Vietnam gains global perspective atVirginia Tech: VT News

Success Stories:

Push-Pull: One Simple Farming Technique SuccessfullyBattles Africa's Key Agricultural Constraints

Looking Ahead:

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The Women and Gender in International Development teamwill be hosting a gender conference in February at VirginiaTech, inviting multiple renowned speakers from across thecountry and world to present. ICIPE will host a training workshop on Fall Armyworm inKenya in January. IPM IL has come out with a 2019 Calendar (make a request toany IPM IL team member to receive one!).

Buzz-worthy News:

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The Fall Armyworm, a pest that is resilient to mostmanagement methods and moves quickly from country tocountry, enters Asia. Crop-protecting insects could be turned into bioweapons,critics warn.Earth Island makes a special edition celebrating women andthe way they've contributed to, nourished, and interacted withthe environment over the decades.

Some of our Favorite Photos ofthe Year:

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Niger

Vietnam

Kenya

Cambodia

Nepal

(Top Left) The Sustainability and Development Conference. (Top Right)Fall Armyworm Workshop in Nepal. (Bottom Left) Parthenium and Tutaabsoluta Symposia in India. (Bottom Right) IPM IL, ICRISAT, and ICIPE

team members in Niger.

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