Journal Articles: 2018

2018

Bobadoye B.O., Fombong A.T., Kiatoko N., Raina S., Teal P.E.A., Salifu D. and Torto B. (2018) Behavioral responses of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, to odors of three meliponine bee species and honey bees, Apis mellifera scutellata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, doi: 10.1111/eea.12700.

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

Cham D.T., Fombong A., Ndegwa P.N., Irungu L., Nguku E. and Raina S. (2018) Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae), an opportunist parasitoid of honey bees in Cameroon. African Entomology 26, 254– 258. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/210.4001/4003.4026.0254.

Chepchirchir R.T., Macharia I., Murage A.W., Midega C.A.O. and Khan Z. R. (2018) Ex-post economic analysis of push-pull technology in Eastern Uganda. Crop Protection 112, 356–362.

Chepkorir E., Venter M., Lutomiah J., Mulwa F., Arum S., Tchouassi D.P. and Sang R. (2018) The occurrence, diversity and blood feeding patterns of potential vectors of dengue and yellow fever in Kacheliba, West Pokot County, Kenya. Acta Tropica 186, 50–57.

Cheruiyot D., Midega C.A.O., Ueckermann E.A., Van den Berg J., Pickett J.A. and Khan Z.R. (2018) Genotypic response of brachiaria (Urochloa spp.) to spider mite (Oligonychus trichardti) (Acari: Tetranychidae) and adaptability to different environments. Field Crops Research 225, 163–169.

Cheruiyot D., Midega C.A.O., Van den Berg J., Pickett J.A. and Khan Z.R. (2018) Genotypic response of brachiaria grass (Brachiaria spp.) accessions to drought stress. Journal of Agronomy 17, 136–146.

Cheruiyot D., Midega C.A.O., Van den Berg J., Pickett J.A. and Khan Z.R. (2018) Suitability of brachiaria grass (Brachiaria spp.) as a trap crop for management of Chilo partellus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 166, 139–148. doi: 110.1111/eea.12651.

Cheruiyot S.K., Lattorff H.M.G., Kahuthia-Gathu R., Mbugi J.P. and Muli E. (2018) Varroa-specific hygienic behaviour of Apis mellifera scutellata in Kenya. Apidologie, pp. 1–11. doi:10.1007/s13592-13018- 10570-13596.

Cheseto X., Kachigamba D.L., Bendera M., Ekesi S., Ndung’u M., Beck J.J. and Torto B. (2018) Identification of glutamic acid as a host marking pheromone of the African fruit fly species Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1028b04481.

Coyne D., Cortada L., Dalzell J., Claudius-Cole A., Haukeland S., Luambano N. and Talwana H. (2018) Plant parasitic nematodes and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Review of Phytopathology 56, 381–403.

Cross F. R. and Jackson R. R. (2018) When it looks and walks like an ant. Learning & Behavior, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-13017-10311-13420.

De Moraes C.M., Wanjiku C., Stanczyk N.M, Pulido H., Sims J.W., Betz H.S., Read A.F., Torto B. and Mescher M.C. (2018) Volatile biomarkers of symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria infection in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1801512115.

Delvare G. and Copeland R.S. (2018) Four-horned wasps, description of some remarkable Dirhinus (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) from Kenya, with a discussion of their taxonomic placement. Zootaxa 4374, 301–349.

Dhau I., Adam E., Mutanga O., Ayisi K., Abdel-Rahman E.M., Odindi J. and Masocha M. (2018) Testing the capability of spectral resolution of the new multispectral sensors on detecting the severity of grey leaf spot disease in maize crop. Geocarto International, doi:10.1080/10106049.10102017.11343391.