Combining temperature-dependent life table data into Insect Life Cycle Model to forecast fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) distribution in maize agro-ecological zones in Africa

Marian Adan; Henri E. Z. Tonnang; Cojdo E. F. Kassa; Klaus Greve; Christian Borgemeister; Georg Goergen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299154

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Combining temperature-dependent life table data into Insect Life Cycle Model to forecast fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) distribution in maize agro-ecological zones in Africa

Marian Adan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adanmarian@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-9920

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Henri E. Z. Tonnang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Cojdo E. F. Kassa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Republic of Benin
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Klaus Greve,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-6161

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Christian Borgemeister,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Georg Goergen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Republic of Benin
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Combining temperature-dependent life table data into Insect Life Cycle Model to forecast fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) distribution in maize agro-ecological zones in Africa

Marian Adan,
Henri E. Z. Tonnang,
Cojdo E. F. Kassa,
Klaus Greve,
Christian Borgemeister,
Georg Goergen

Published: May 6, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299154

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