Journal Articles

Bichang'a G., Da Lage J.-L., Sambai K., Mule S., Le Ru B., Kaiser L., Juma G., Maina E. and Calatayud P.-A. (2018) Salivary α-amylase of stem borer hosts determines host recognition and acceptance for oviposition by Cotesia spp. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, 228. doi: 210.3389/fevo.2018.00228.

Srinivasan R., Subramanian S., Ekesi S. and Tamò M. (2019) Biopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa. Pest Management Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5480.

Birhanu A., Asale A. and Yewhalaw D. (2019) Bio-efficacy and physical integrity of piperonylbutoxide coated combination net (PermaNet® 3.0) against pyrethroid resistant population of Anopheles gambiae sl and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Ethiopia. Malaria Journal 18, 224. https://doi.org/210.1186/s12936-12019-12641-12931.

Bobadoye B.O., Torto B., Fombong A., Zou Y., Adlbauer K., Hanks L.M. and Millar J.G. (2018) Evidence of aggregation–sex pheromone use by longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) species native to Africa. Environmental Entomology, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy1164.

Boff S.V., Friedel A., Miertsch A., Quezada-Euán J.J.G., Paxton R.J. and Lattorff H.M.G. (2018) A scientific note of housekeeping genes for the primitively eusocial bee Euglossa viridissima Friese (Apidae: Euglossini). Sociobiology 65, 766–769.

Branca A., Le Ru B.P., Calatayud P.-A., Obonyo J.O., Musyoka B., Capdevielle-Dulac C., KaiserArnauld L., Silvain J.-F., Gauthier J., Paillusson C., Gayral P., Herniou E. and Dupas S. (2019) Relative influence of host, Wolbachia, geography and climate on the genetic structure of the subSaharan parasitic wasp Cotesia sesamiae. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 309. https://doi.org/310.3389/fevo.2019.00309.

Buffington M.L., Copeland R.S. and Van Noort S. (2018) Revision of Afroserphus Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120, 687–707.

Sokame B., Rebaudo F., Musyoka B., Obonyo J., Mailafiya D.M., Le Ru B.P., Kilalo D.C., Juma G. and Calatayud P.-A. (2019) Carry-over niches for lepidopteran maize stemborers and associated parasitoids during non-cropping season. Insects 10(7), 191.  https://doi.org/110.3390/insects10070191.

Sokame B.M., Ntiri E.S., Ahuya P., Torto B., Le Ru B.P., Kilalo D.C., Juma G. and Calatayud P.-A. (2019) Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract conspecific and heterospecific adults for oviposition within a community of lepidopteran stemborers on maize plant. Chemoecology 29, 89-101. https://doi.org/110.1007/s00049-00019-00279-z

Chang-Jun K., Copeland R.S. and Notton D.G. (2018) The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): First record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species. African Invertebrates 59, 127–163.

Channumsin M., Ciosi M., Masiga D., Turner C.M.R. and Mable B.K. (2018) Sodalis glossinidius presence in wild tsetse is only associated with presence of trypanosomes in complex interactions with other tsetse-specific factors. BMC Microbiology 18 (Suppl 1), 163.

Chia S. Y., Tanga C. M., Khamis F. M., Mohamed S.A., Salifu D., Subramanian S., Fiaboe K. K. M., Niassy S., van Loon J. J. A., Dicke M. and Ekesi S. (2018) Threshold temperatures and thermal requirements of black soldier fly Hermetia illucens: Implications for mass production. PLoS One 13(11), e0206097. https://doi.org/0206010.0201371/journal.pone.0206097.

Chia S. Y., Tanga C. M., Osuga I.M., Mohamed S.A., Khamis F. M., Salifu D., Subramanian S., Fiaboe K. K. M., Niassy S., van Loon J. J. A., Dicke M. and Ekesi S. (2018) Effects of waste stream combinations from brewing industry on performance of black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) PeerJ 6, e5885. doi: 5810.7717/peerj.5885.

Chia S. Y., Tanga C.M., Osuga I.M., Alaru A.O., Mwangi D.M., Githinji M., Subramanian S., Fiaboe K.K.M., Ekesi S., van Loon J.J.A. and Dicke M. (2019) Effect of dietary replacement of fishmeal by insect meal on growth performance, blood profiles and economics of growing pigs in Kenya. Animals 9, 705. https://doi.org/710.3390/ani9100705.

Ng'ang'a PN, Mutunga J, Oliech O, Mutero CM (2019). Community knowledge and perceptions on malaria prevention and house screening in Nyabondo, Western Kenya. BMC Public Health 19: 423.