Journal Articles: 2020

2020

Calatayud P.A., Rebaudo F., Ahuya P. and Le Ru  B.P. (2020) Light and dark rhythms of pupal eclosion and egg hatching in tropical stem borers’ moths. Phytoparasitica 48, 415–425.  https://doi.org/410.1007/s12600-12020-00805-12608.   

Carr J.P., Tungadi T., Donnelly R., Bravo-Cazar A., Rhee S.J., Watt L.G., Mutuku J.M., Wamonje F.O., Murphy M., Arinaitwe W., Pate A.E, Cunniffe N.J., Gilligan C.A. (2020) Modelling and manipulation of aphid-mediated spread of non-persistently transmitted viruses. Virus Research.277: 197845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197845

Chen J., Akutse K.S., Saqib H.S.A., Wu X., Yang F., Xia X., Wang L., Goettel M.S., You M. and Gurr G.M. (2020) Fungal endophyte communities of crucifer crops are seasonally dynamic and structured by plant identity plant tissue and environmental factors. Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 1519. https://doi.org/1510.3389/fmicb.2020.01519.

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.