Journal Articles: 2021

2021

Hailu G., Niassy S., Bässler T., Ochatum N., Christoph S., Salifu D., Agbodzavu M.K., Khan Z. R., Midega C. and Subramanian S. (2021) Could fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. (J. E. Smith) invasion in Africa be displacing cereal stemborers in maize and

Hakizimana J.N., Yona C., Kamana O., Nauwynck H. and Misinzo G. (2021) African swine fever virus circulation between Tanzania and neighboring countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Viruses 13, 306. https://doi.org/310.3390/v13020306. 

Hassaballa I.B., Sole C.L., Cheseto X., Torto B. and Tchouassi D.P. (2021) Afrotropical sand fly–host plant relationships in a leishmaniasis endemic area, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, e0009041. https://doi.org/0009010.0001371/journal.pntd.0009041.

Hassaballa I.B., Torto B., Sole C.L. and Tchouassi D.P. (2021) Exploring the influence of different habitats and their volatile chemistry in modulating sand fly population structure in a leishmaniasis endemic foci, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, e0009062. https://doi.org/0009010.0001371/journal.pntd.0009062.

Huss M., Brander M., Kassie M., Ehlert U. and Bernauer T. (2021) Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Food Security 28, 100468. 

Igiehone N.O., Babalola O.O., Cheseto X. and Torto B. (2021) Effects of rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on yield, size distribution and fatty acid of soybean seeds grown under drought stress. Microbiological Research 242, 126640.  https://doi.org/126610.121016/j.micres.122020.126640.

Kassie M., Fisher M., Muricho G. and Diiro G. (2020) Women’s empowerment boosts the gains in dietary diversity from agricultural technology adoption in rural Kenya. Food Policy 95, 101957. https://doi.org/101910.101016/j.foodpol.102020.101957.

Khamis F.M., Ombura F.L., Ajene I. J., Akutse K.S., Subramanian S., Mohamed S., Dubois T., Tanga C. and Ekesi S. (2021) Mitogenomic analysis of diversity of key whitefly pests in Kenya and its implication to their sustainable management. Scientific Reports 11, 6348. https://doi.org/6310.1038/s41598-41021-85902-41592.

Kidane S.A., Meressa B. H., Haukeland S., Hvoslef-Eide A.K. and Coyne D.L. (2021) The Ethiopian staple food crop enset (Ensete ventricosum) assessed for the first time for resistance against the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus goodeyi. Nematology, https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja15610075. 

Kidane S.A., Meressa B.H., Haukeland S., Hvoslef-Eide A.K., Magnusson C., Couvreur M., Bert W. and Coyne D.L. (2021) Occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes on enset (Ensete ventricosum) in Ethiopia with focus on Pratylenchus goodeyi as a key species of the crop. Nematology, https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja15610058. 

Kiriga A.W., Coyne D., Atandi J.G., Beek N.V. and Haukeland S. (2021) Diversity and population dynamics of plant parasitic nematodes in commercial and smallholder pineapple production in Kenya. Nematology, https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja15610080.

Krueger J.S. and Mutyambai D.M. (2020) Restricting pesticides on a traditional crop: The example of khat (Catha edulis) and the Njuri Ncheke of Meru, Kenya. Ecology and Society 25, 24.  https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11916-250424

Kusia E.S., Borgemeister C., Tanga C.M., Ekesi S. and Subramanian S. (2021) Exploring community knowledge, perception and practices of entomophagy in Kenya. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-42021-00469-42699.

Kwadha C.A., Okwaro L.A., Kleman I., Rehermann G.S.R., Revadi S., N. S., Khamis F.M., Nderitu P., Kasina M., Momanyi G.K., Kithusi G.G., M. S.A.., Lattorff H.M.G. and Becher P.G. (2021) Detection of the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, in continental sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Pest Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-10021-01330-10341.

Kyalo R., Abdel-Rahman E.M., Subramanian S., Nyasani J. O., Thiel M., Jozani H. J., Borgemeister C., Mudereri B.T. and Landmann T. (2021) Estimating maize lethal necrosis (MLN) severity in Kenya using multispectral high-resolution data. Applied Geomatics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-12021-00357-12514