Journal Articles: 2017

2017

Omer G., Mutanga O., Abdel-Rahman E.M., Peerbhay K. and Adam E. (2017) Mapping leaf nitrogen and carbon concentrations of intact and fragmented indigenous forest ecosystems using empirical modeling techniques and WorldView-2 data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 131, 26–39.

Omondi D., Masiga D.K., Fielding B.C., Kariuki E., Ajamma Y.U., Mwamuye M.M., Ouso D.O. and Villinger J. (2017) Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogen diversities in ticks from livestock and reptiles along the shores and adjacent islands of Lake Victoria and Lake Baringo, Kenya. Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Veterinary Infectious Diseases 4, 73. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00073.

Orindi B.O., Lesaffre E., Sermeus W. and Bruyneel L. (2017) Impact of cross-level measurement noninvariance on hospital rankings based on patient experiences with care in 7 European countries. Medical Care 55(12), e150–e157. doi: 110.1097/MLR.0000000000000580.

Othim S.T.O., Agbodzavu K.M., Kahuthia-Gathu R., Akutse K.S., Muchemi S., Ekesi S. and Fiaboe K.K.M. (2017) Performance of Apanteles hemara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on two amaranth leaf-webbers: Spoladea recurvalis and Udea ferrugalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Environmental Entomology nvx156, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx1156.

Owuor M.J., Midega C.A.O., Obonyo M. and Khan  Z. R. (2017) Distribution of Aspergillus and Fusarium ear rot causative fungi in soils under push–pull and maize monocropping system in Western Kenya. African Journal of Microbiology Research 11, 1411–1421.

Pedro S.A., Abelman S. and Tonnang H.E.Z. (2017) The role of Hyalomma truncatum on the dynamics of Rift Valley fever: Insights from a mathematical epidemic model. Acta Biotheoretica 65, 1–36. doi:10.1007/s10441-10016-19285-10440.

Petit C., Dupas S., Thiéry D., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Le Ru B., Harry M. and Calatayud P.-A. (2017) Do the mechanisms modulating host preference in holometabolous phytophagous insects depend on their host plant specialization? A quantitative literature analysis. Journal of Pest Science, doi: 10.1007/s10340-10017-10833-10344.

Pincebourde S., Van Baaren J., Rasmann S., Rasmont P., Rodet G., Martinet B. and Calatayud P.-A. (2017) Plant–insect interactions in a changing world. . Advances in Botanical Research 81, 289–332.

Půža V., Nermut J., Mráček Z., Gengler S. and Haukeland S. (2017) Steinernema pwaniensis n. sp., a new entomopathogenic nematode (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) from Tanzania. Journal of Helminthology 91, 20–34. doi:10.1017/S0022149X15001157.

Rakha M., Zekeya N., Sevgan S., Musembi M., Srinivasan R. and Hanson P. (2017) Screening recently identified whitefly/spider mite‐resistant wild tomato accessions for resistance to Tuta absoluta. Plant Breeding 136, 562–568.

Roberts R., Cook G., Grout T.G., Khamis F., Rwomushana I., Nderitu P.W., Seguni Z., Materu C.L., Steyn C., Pietersen G., Ekesi S. and Le Roux H.F. (2017) Resolution of the identity of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species from huanglongbing affected citrus in East Africa. Plant Disease 101, 1481–1488. https://doi.org/1410.1094/PDIS-1411-1416-1655-RE.

Rodenburg J., Cissoko M., Kayongo N., Dieng I., Bisikwa J., Irakiza R., Masoka I., Midega C.A.O. and Scholes J.D. (2017) Genetic variation and host–parasite specificity of striga resistance and tolerance in rice: The need for predictive breeding. New Phytologist, doi:10.1111/nph.14451

Roth J. M., de Bes L., Sawa P., Omweri G., Osoti V., Oberheitmann B., Schallig H. D.F.H. and Mens P. F. (2017) Plasmodium detection and differentiation by direct-on-blood PCR Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Immunoassay (db-PCR-NALFIA): Development, validation, and evaluation. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2017.1009.1004.

Rwomushana I., Khamis F.M., Grout T.G., Mohamed S.A., Sétamou M., Borgemeister C., Heya M.H., Tanga C.M., Nderitu P.W., Seguni Z., Materu C.L. and Ekesi S. (2017) Detection of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Kenya and potential implication for the spread of huanglongbing disease in East Africa. Biological Invasions, doi: 10.1007/s10530-10017-11502-10535.

Saini R.K., Orindi B.O., Mbahin N., Andoke J.A., Muasa P.N., Mbuvi D.M., Muya C.M., Pickett J.A. and Borgemeister C.W. (2017) Protecting cows in small holder farms in East Africa from tsetse flies by mimicking the odor profile of a non-host bovid. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11(10), e0005977. https://doi.org/0005910.0001371/journal.pntd.0005977.