Journal Articles: 2024

Livestock management and malaria prevention in irrigation schemes.

Sokame, B. M., Tonnang, H. E. Z., Calatayud, P. A., & Dubois, T. (2024). Assessing the impact of climate resilient maize varieties and their interaction with the stem borer Chilo partellus (swinhoe) (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) in semi-field conditions. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 44(1), 297–305.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01159-4

Nganso, B. T., Soroker, V., Osabutey, A. F., Pirk, C. W. W., Johansson, T., Elie, N., Otieno-Ayayo, Z.N., Ibrahim, M. M., Ndungu, N. N., Ayalew, W., Wubie, A. J., Taboue, G. C. T., Fameni, S. T., Bobadoye,B. O., Assefa, F., & Subramanian, S. (2024). Best practices for colony management: A neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa. Journal of Apicultural Research, 1–18.https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2024.2308418

Muthee, M. W., Khamis, F. M., Cheseto, X., Tanga, C. M., Subramanian, S., & Egonyu, J. P. (2024). Effect of cooking methods on nutritional value and microbial safety of edible rhinoceros beetle grubs (Oryctes sp.). Heliyon, 10(3), e25331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25331

Ogola, E. O., Bastos, A. D. S., Slothouwer, I., Getugi, C., Osalla, J., Omoga, D. C. A., Ondifu, D. O., Sang, R., Torto, B., Junglen, S., & Tchouassi, D. P. (2024). Viral diversity and blood-feeding patterns of Afrotropical Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1325473. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1325473

Agboka, K. M., Odindi, J., Abdel-Rahman, E. M., Mutanga, O., & Tonnang, H. E. Z. (2024). A visual and spatial tool for tracking, mapping and forecasting the dispersal of biological control agents. Software Impacts, 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa.2023.100609

Caparros Megido, R., Francis, F., Haubruge, E., Le Gall, P., Tomberlin, J. K., Miranda, C. D., Jordan,H. R., Picard, C. J., Pino, M. J. M., Ramos-Elordy, J., Katz, E., Barragán-Fonseca, K. B., Costa-Neto,E. M., Ponce-Reyes, R., Wijffels, G., Ghosh, S., Jung, C., Han, Y. S., Conti, B., Vilcinskas, A., Tanga,C.M., Kababu, M.O., Beesigamukama, D., Morales Ramos, J.A., & van Huis, A. (2024). A worldwide overview of the status and prospects of edible insect production. Entomologia Generalis.https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2023/2279

Bass, E., Mutyambai, D. M., Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., & Kessler, A. (2024). Associational effects of desmodium intercropping on maize resistance and secondary metabolism. Journal of Chemical Ecology,1–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01470-5

Kisaakye, J., Beesigamukama, D., Haukeland, S., Subramanian, S., Thiongo, P. K., Kelemu, S., & TANGA, C.M. (2024). Chitin-enriched insect frass fertilizer as a biorational alternative for root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) management. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1361739.https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls...

Saili, K., de Jager, C., Masaninga, F., Chisanga, B., Sinyolo, A., Chiwaula, J., Chirwa, J., Hamainza, B.,Chanda, E., Bakyaita, N. N., & Mutero, C. M. (2024). Community perceptions, acceptability, and the durability of house screening interventions against exposure to malaria vectors in Nyimba district,Zambia. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 285. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17750-4

Mwando, N. L., Khamis, F. M., Ndlela, S., Meyhöfer, R., Ombura, F. L. O., Wamalwa, M., Subramanian, S.,& Mohamed, S. A. (2024). Comparative transcriptome analysis of false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta in response to high and low-temperature treatments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 50, 101199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2024.101199

Chidawanyika, F., Akutse, K. S., Musvuugwa, T., Yusuf, A. A., & Nyamukondiwa, C. (2024). Editorial:Invasive pathogens and arthropods: biogeography, drivers of invasion success, impacts on indigenous forest trees and emerging management strategies. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 7, 1378214.https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1378214

Tchouassi, D. P., Jacob, J. W., Cheseto, X., Chepkemoi, L. S., Hassaballa, I. B., & Torto, B. (2024). Enzyme-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemic 1-octen-3-ol and field evaluation of its enantiomeric isomers as attractants of sandflies. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 4, 1327349. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1327349

Sisay, B., Subramanian, S., Weldon, C. W., Krüger, K., Khamis, F., Tefera, T., Torto, B., & Tamiru, A. (2024).Evaluation of pheromone lures, trap designs and placement heights for monitoring the fall armyworm,Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize fields of Kenya. Crop Protection, 176, 106523.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106523

Anedo, E. O., Beesigamukama, D., Mochoge, B., Korir, N. K., Haukeland, S., Cheseto, X., Subramanian, S.,Kelemu, S., & Tanga, C. M. (2024). Evolving dynamics of insect frass fertilizer for sustainable nematode management and potato production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1343038.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1343038

Fiaboe, K. R., Agboka, K., Agnamba, A. O., Teyo, K. L., Amegah, A. L., Koffi, D., Kpadonou, G. E., Agboka, K. M., Gwokyalya, R., Fening, K. O., & Fiaboe, K. K. M. (2024). Fertilizer-bioinsecticide synergy improves maize resilience to Spodoptera frugiperda infestation. Crop Protection, 177, 106548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106548