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Manuscript Number:  032120051

Manuscript Title: Review of Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) invasion and lessons learned for sustainable food production in Nigeria

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Title:

The title is not complete. Please, include place of armyworm invasion.

You have not presented how this pest has constituted a major threat to the food security situation in Africa especially in Nigeria. You may need to x-ray the hunger and food security situation in Africa and especially Nigeria to really find the place of crop pests in this discourse. you may find some important information about these issues in these links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.08.001

https://premierpublishers.org/ajaerd/19120820382

Abstract:

You may need to rewrite this section in a summarized manner incorporating the ingredients of a typical abstract (brief intro/objective of the study, methodology, your major findings, very brief conclusion and a recommendation enamating from the findings in your study). You may not need to give historical background of the subject but present a brief background information about it.

Introduction:

Author(s) needs to present more robust background information  in this section. Please, can you provide historical background of armyworm before becoming a major pest of cereals in Africa? You need to give robust background information about armyworm and sustantiate the need to link it to the major crops. You may need to include the names of some crops belonging to these families (please, check the edited manuscript).

Methodology:

Results:

Discussion/Conclusion:

You may need to modify this section by incorporating some recommendations enamating from the findings in this study and present a more concise conclusion. You may check the edited manuscript for other comments.

References:

Some other recent, relevant and highly retrievable references may be added in the introduction and results and discussion sections of this study.

Tables, Figures,  Graphs and additional files:

Others:

Is the title of the manuscript befitting for the manuscript? If no, please suggest in section II.

Yes

Have the experiments been properly performed and are they adequate?

Do you think a wrong study method has been applied?

Have you observed manipulation and forging of data to suit the result and conclusion of the study?

No

Does the provided data adequately support the result and conclusion?

Yes

Should more data be provided to support the conclusion?

Has the author cited relevant works by other scholars?

Yes

Do you consider the citations irrelevant to the study or inadequate?

No

Are there ethical issues or issues of competing interests you would like to raise? If yes, please give details in section VII.

No

Does the manuscript need further proofreading (English and grammatical corrections)?

Yes

What is the type of manuscript (Research, review, short comm., technical note etc)?

Review

What subject area does the manuscript fit?

Crop Production

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Article Assessment

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