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| Photo Credit: HANDOUTmore-inFall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive pest, has spread to maize fields in Tiruchi district too. Agricultural Department officials inspecting the damage caused by Fall Army worm, an invasive pest, at Sukkalampatti Kombi village in Tiruchi district on Friday. Larvae were observed only in the central whorl and cob of the plant,” an official release issued later said. The damage was observed as leaf perforation, defoliation and damage in central whorl with fresh faecal matter. During the field inspection the technical experts also conducted a field demonstration on Control of Fall Army Worm with ‘metarhizium anisophilae’ spraying in the infested field, the release said..