Journal Articles

Cheruiyot D., Midega C.A., Pittchar J. O., Pickett J. A. and Khan Z. R. (2020) Farmers’ perception and evaluation of brachiaria grass (Brachiaria spp.) genotypes for smallholder cereal–livestock production in East Africa. Agriculture 10, 268. https://doi.org/210.3390/agriculture10070268.  

Cheruiyot S.K., Kahuthia-Gathu R., Mbugi J.P., Muli E. and Lattorff H.M.G. (2020) Population abundance of Varroa destructor and its effects on Apis mellifera scutellata colonies in Kenya. Experimental and Applied Acarology 82, 171–184.  https://doi.org/110.1007/s10493-10020-00548-10495.   

Cheseto X., Baleba S.B.S., Tanga C., Kelemu S. and Torto B. (2020) Chemistry and sensory characterization of a bakery product prepared with oils from African edible insects. Foods 9(6), 800; https://doi.org/810.3390/foods9060800.  

Chia S. Y., Macharia J., Diiro G.M., Kassie M., Ekesi S., van Loon J. J. A., Dicke M. and Tanga C. M.(2020) Smallholder farmers’ knowledge and willingness to pay for insect-based feeds in Kenya. PLOS One15, e0230552. https://doi.org/0230510.0231371/journal.pone.0230552

Chiuya T., Masiga D., Falzon L., Bastos A, Fevre E. and V. J. (2020) Tick-borne pathogens, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13911.

Cross F.R., Carvell G.E., Jackson R.R. and Grace R.C. (2020) Arthropod intelligence? The case for Portia. Frontiers in Psychology 11, 568049. doi: 568010.563389/fpsyg.562020.568049.

Cross F.R., Jackson R.R. and Taylor L.A. (2020) Influence of seeing a red face during the male– male encounters of mosquito-specialist spiders. Learning & Behavior, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-13020-00411-y

De Groote H., Kimenju S.C., Munyua B., Palmas S. and Kassie M. (2020) Spread and impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in maize production areas of Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 292, 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106804

Deyi Y.,Peng H., Yongwen L., Jinai Y., Yanyang L., Komivi S.A.and Xiangyu H. (2020) Immunocompetence of Gynaikothrips uzeli(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) populations from different latitudes against Beauveria bassiana(Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 171, 107343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107343

Diallo S., Shahbaaz M., Torto B., Christoffels A., Masiga D. and Getahun M. (2020) Cellular and molecular targets of waterbuck repellent blend odors in antennae of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, Newstead, 1910. Frontiers in Celluar Neuroscience 14, 137. doi: 110.3389/fncel.2020.00137.  

Diiro G., Kassie M., Muriithi B. W., Gathogo N., Kidoido M., Marubu R., Bwire J. O. and Mutero C. M. (2020) Are individuals willing to pay for community-based eco-friendly malaria vector control strategies? A case of mosquito larviciding using plant-based biopesticides in Kenya. Sustainability 12, 8552.  https://doi.org/8510.3390/su12208552.  

Egonyu J.P., Miti M.M., Tanga C.M., Leonard A. and Subramanian S. (2020) Cannibalism, oviposition and egg development in the edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) under laboratory conditions. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 7, 89–97.  https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2020.0018.

Essoung Ehawa F.R., Mba’ning B. M., Toho A.T., Chhabra S., Mohamed S.A., Lenta B. N., Ngouela S. A., Tsamo E., Hassanali  A. and Cox R.J. (2020) Antifeedant and ovicidal activities of a new cassane and other compounds from Caesalpinia welwitschiana Oliv. and Caesalpinia bonduc L. against Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Natural Products Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.14782020.11825424.   

Essoung F. R. E., Tadjong A. T., Chhabra S. C., Mohamed S. A. and Hassanali A. (2020) Repellence and fumigant toxicity of essential oils of Ocimum gratissimum and Ocimum kilimandscharicum on Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, 37963–37976.  https://doi.org/37910.31007/s11356-37020-09773-37962.   

Faye P.D., Bal A.B., Ndiaye N.M., Diop F., Sangaré Y. K., Haddad C., Coly E. V., Dieng E.O. and Niassy S. (2020) Field efficacy of Metarhizium acridum (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) in the control of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus orchards in Senegal. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-42020-00306-42695.