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Table 3 Effects of banana and maize on life table parameters of S. frugiperda

From: Fitness of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda to a new host plant, banana (Musa nana Lour.)

Host plant

Net reproductive rate

R0

Mean generation time

T (d)

Intrinsic rate of increase

r (d−1)

Finite rate of increase

λ (d−1)

Banana

39.22

78.48

0.05

1.05

Maize

253.98

33.03

0.17

1.18