Journal Articles: 2023

2023

Nanjala, R., Nyasimi, F., Masiga, D., & Kibet, C. K. (2023). A mentorship and incubation program using project-based learning to build a professional bioinformatics pipeline in Kenya. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(3), e1010904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010904

Ndungu, N., Vereecken, N. J., Gerard, M., Kariuki, S., Kati, L. K., Youbissi, A., Nassong, S., Hundt, B., Jaramillo, J., & Nkoba, K. (2023). Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species? (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): Wing geometric morphometrics: a tool for african stingless bee taxonomy. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 43(2), 749–759. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-00980-1

Chepkemoi, J., Fening, K. O., Ambele, F. C., Munywoki, J., & Akutse, K. S. (2023). Direct and indirect infection effects of four potent fungal isolates on the survival and performance of fall armyworm larval parasitoid Cotesia icipe. Sustainability, 15(4), 3250. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043250

Mulungu, K., & Kilimani, N. (2023). Does forest access reduce reliance on costly shock-coping strategies? Evidence from Malawi. Ecological Economics, 209, 107827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107827

Kisaakye, J., Fourie, H., Coyne, D., Cortada, L., Khamis, F. M., Subramanian, S., Masinde, S., & Haukeland, S. (2023). Endophytic fungi improve management of the burrowing nematode in banana (Musa spp.) through enhanced expression of defence-related genes. Nematology, 25(4), 427-442. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10229

Mugonza, J., Egonyu, J. P., & Otim, M. H. (2023). Farmers’ knowledge, control methods, and challenges of managing bean leaf beetles (Ootheca spp.) in Uganda. Sustainability, 15(6), 5229. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065229

Makori, T. O., Bargul, J. L., Lambisia, A. W., Mwanga, M. J., Murunga, N., de Laurent, Z. R., Lewa, C. S., Mutunga, M., Kellam, P., Cotten, M., Nokes, D. J., Phan, M., & Agoti, C. N. (2023). Genomic epidemiology of the rotavirus G2P[4] strains in coastal Kenya pre- and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction, 2012–8. Virus Evolution, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vead025

Li, X., Zhang, B., Zou, J., Li, Q., Liu, J., Cai, S., Akutse, K. S., You, M., & Lin, S. (2023). Immune responses and transcriptomic analysis of Nilaparvata lugens against Metarhizium anisopliae YTTR mediated by rice ragged stunt virus. Plants, 12(2), 345. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020345

Waithaka, N. A., Kasina, M., Samita, N. E., Guantai, M. M., Omuse, E. R., Toukem, N. K., Lattorff, H. M. G., Abdel-Rahman, E. M., Adan, M., Mohamed, S. A., & Dubois, T. (2023). Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator supplementation, and normalized difference vegetation index in pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), production. Environmental Entomology, 52(3), 416–425. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad035

Azrag, A. G. A., Mohamed, S. A., Ndlela, S., & Ekesi, S. (2023). Invasion risk by fruit trees mealybug Rastrococcus invadens (Williams) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) under climate warming. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1182370. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1182370 

Guimapi, R. A., Klingen, I., Tonnang, H. E. Z., & Nana, P. (2023). Linking spatial distribution of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus to climatic variables important for the successful biocontrol by Metarhizium anisopliae in Eastern Africa. Acta Tropica, 238, 106800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106800

Fombong, F., Tanga, C., Ng’ang’a, J., Kinyuru, J., & Vanden Broeck, J. (2023). Nutritional profile of a novel artificial diet and the effect of photoperiod on the fitness parameters of reared Ruspolia differens. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3920/jiff2022.0086

Dzekashu, F. F., Pirk, C. W. W., Yusuf, A. A., Classen, A., Kiatoko, N., Steffan‐Dewenter, I., Peters, M. K., & Lattorff, H. M. G. (2023). Seasonal and elevational changes of plant‐pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), e10060. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10060

Mokaya, H. O., Ndunda, R. M., Kegode, T. M., Koech, S. J., Tanga, C. M., Subramanian, S., & Ngoka, B. (2023). Silkmoth pupae: potential and less exploited alternative source of nutrients and natural antioxidants. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 9(4), 491–501. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.0134

Ang’ang’o, L. M., Herren, J. K., & Tastan Bishop, Ö. (2023). Structural and functional annotation of hypothetical proteins from the microsporidia species Vittaforma corneae ATCC 50505 using in silico approaches. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(4), 3507. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043507