Journal Articles: 2022

2022

Muturi M.N.K, Papach A., Lattorff H.M.G., & Neumann P. (2022) A scientific note on in-hive positioning determines small hive beetle trap efficacy. Journal of Apicultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2021.2018766

Kelemu, S. (2022). Achieving workplace equity. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01418-3

Okello, I., Mafie, E., Eastwood, G., Nzalawahe, J., & Mboera, L. E. G. (2022). African animal trypanosomiasis: a systematic review on prevalence, risk factors and drug resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology (Vol. 59, Issue 4, pp. 1099–1143). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac018

Ibrahim, E. A., Salifu, D., Mwalili, S., Dubois, T., Collins, R., & Tonnang, H. E. Z. (2022). An expert system for insect pest population dynamics prediction. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 198, 107124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.107124

Schwarz, M., Landmann, T., Jusselme, D., Zambrano, E., Danzeglocke, J., Siegert, F., & Franke, J. (2022). Assessing the environmental suitability for transhumance in support of conflict prevention in the Sahel. Remote Sensing 2022, Vol. 14, Page 1109, 14(5), 1109. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051109

Ratto, F., Bruce, T., Chipabika, G., Mwamakamba, S., Mkandawire, R., Khan, Z., Mkindi, A., Pittchar, J., Chidawanyika, F., Sallu, S. M., Whitfield, S., Wilson, K., & Sait, S. M. (2022). Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, 309. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.883975

Mokaya, H. O., Nkoba, K., Ndunda, R. M., & Vereecken, N. J. (2022). Characterization of honeys produced by sympatric species of Afrotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini). Food Chemistry, 366, 130597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130597

Ashraf, H.J., Ramos, Aguila, L.C., Akutse, K.S., Ilyas, M., Abbasi, A., Li X. & Wang L. (2022) Comparative microbiome analysis of Diaphorina citri and its associated parasitoids Tamarixia radiata and Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis reveals Wolbachia as a dominant endosymbiont. Environmental Microbiology 24 (3), 1638 – 1652. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15948 

Tchouassi, D. P., Villinger, J., & Morrison, A. (2022). Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity and prospects for control. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 54, 100989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100989

Urio, N. H., Pinda, P. G., Ngonzi, A. J., Muyaga, L. L., Msugupakulya, B. J., Finda, M., Matanila, G. S., Mponzi, W., Ngowo, H. S., Kahamba, N. F., Nkya, T. E., & Okumu, F. O. (2022). Effects of agricultural pesticides on the susceptibility and fitness of malaria vectors in rural south-eastern Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 15(1), 213. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05318-3

Paradza, V. M., Khamis, F. M., Yusuf, A. A., Subramanian, S., & Akutse, K. S. (2022). Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae and (E)–2–hexenal combination using autodissemination technology for the management of the adult greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Frontiers in Insect Science, 2, 32. https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2022.991336

Miano, R. N., Ayelo, P. M., Musau, R., Hassanali, A., & Mohamed, S. A. (2022). Electroantennogram and machine learning reveal a volatile blend mediating avoidance behavior by Tuta absoluta females to a wild tomato plant. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 8965. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13125-0

Cheruiyot D., Chidawanyika F., Midega C.A.O., Pittchar J.O., Pickett J.A., & Khan Z.R. (2022). Field evaluation of a new third generation push-pull technology for control of striga weed, stemborers, and Fall armyworm in western Kenya. Experimental Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479721000260 

Ochungo P., Veldtman R., Abdel-Rahman E.M., Muli E., Ng'ang'a J., Tonnang H. E. Z., & Landmann T. (2022). Fragmented landscapes affect honey bee colony strength at diverse spatial scales in agroecological landscapes in Kenya. Ecological Applications, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2483

Ajene, I. J., Khamis, F. M., van Asch, B., Pietersen, G., Seid, N., Wairimu, A. W., Ombura, F. L., Akutse, K. S., Sétamou, M., Subramanian, S., Mohammed, S., & Ekesi, S. (2022). Genetic diversity of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) unravels phylogeographic structure and invasion history of eastern African populations. Ecology and Evolution, 12(7), e9090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9090