Journal Articles: 2019

2019

Omondi W.P., Owino E.A., Odongo D., Mwangangi J.M., Torto B. and Tchouassi D.P. (2019) Differential response to plant- and human-derived odorants in field surveillance of the dengue February 2020 12 vector, Aedes aegypti. Acta Tropica 200, 105163. https://doi.org/105110.101016/j.actatropica.102019.105163

Omore A., Kidoido M., Twine E., Kurwijila L., O’Flynn M. and Githinji j. (2019) Using “theory of change” to improve agricultural research: recent experience from Tanzania. Development in Practice 29, 898–911, https://doi.org/810.1080/09614524.09612019.01641182.

Onsongo S.K., Gichimu B.M., Akutse K. S., Dubois T. and Mohamed S.A. (2019) Performance of three isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and their virulence against Zeugodacus cucurbitae under different temperature regimes, with global extrapolation of their efficiency. Insects 10 (9), 270. https://doi.org/210.3390/insects10090270.

Opisa S., Akutse K. S., du Plessis H., Fiaboe K.K.M. and Ekesi S. (2019) Chemical additives enhance the activity of a Bt‐based biopesticide targeting the beet webworm larvae. Journal of Applied Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12706.

Othim S.T.O., Ramasamy S., Kahuthia-Gathu R., Dubois T., Ekesi S. and Fiaboe K.K.M. (2019) The effects of pest-resistant Amaranth accessions on the performance of the solitary endoparasitoid Apanteles hemara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) against the amaranth leaf-webber Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Environmental Entomology 48, 163–172. doi: 110.1093/ee/nvy1183.

Othim S.T.O., Srinivasan R., Kahuthia-Gathu R., Dubois T., Dinssa F.F., Ekesi S. and Fiaboe K.K.M. (2018) Screening for resistance against major lepidopteran and stem weevil pests of

amaranth in Tanzania. Euphytica 214, 182.

Akutse KS, Kimemia JW, Ekesi S, Khamis FM, Ombura OL, Subramanian S. Ovicidal effects of entomopathogenic fungal isolates on the invasive Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 2019: 00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12634

Akutse KS, Kimemia JW, Ekesi S, Khamis FM, Ombura OL, Subramanian S. Ovicidal effects of entomopathogenic fungal isolates on the invasive Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 2019: 00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12634

Owino B.O., Matoke-Muhia D, Alraey Y, Mwangi J.M., M. Ingonga J. M., Ngumbi P. M., Casas-Sanchez A, Acosta-Serrano A, Masiga D.K. (2019). Association of Phlebotomus guggisbergi with L. major and L. tropica in a complex transmission setting for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Gilgil, Nakuru county, Kenya. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13:10.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007712

Owuor M.J., Midega C.A.O., Obonyo M. and Khan Z. R. (2018) Impact of companion cropping on incidence and severity of maize ear rots and mycotoxins in Western Kenya. African Journal of

Agricultural Research 13, 2224–2231. doi: 2210.5897/AJAR2018.13396.

Parsche S. and Lattorff H.M.G. (2018) The relative contributions of host density and genetic diversity on prevalence of a multi-host parasite in bumblebees. Biological Journal of the Linnean

Society, bly151, https://doi.org/110.1093/biolinnean/bly1151.

Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya II: Results from a school-based observational study. 

Fisher M. and lwein P.A. (2019) Profitable entrepreneurship or marginal self‐employment? The bimodality of Latina self‐employment in the United States. Journal of Small Business Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12532.

Rasowo B. A., Khamis S.A., Mohamed S.A., Ajene I.J., Aidoo O. F., Ombura L., Sétamou M., Ekesi S. and Borgemeister C. (2019) African citrus greening disease in East Africa: Incidence, severity, and distribution patterns. Journal of Economic Entomology 112, 2389–2397. https://doi.org/2310.1093/jee/toz2167.

Reduction of initial occurrence of rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae) inocula on seeds by microbial and hot water seed treatments.