Journal Articles: 2023

2023

Elson, L., Matharu, A. K., Riithi, N., Ouma, P., Mutebi, F., Feldmeier, H., Krücken, J., & Fillinger, U. (2023). Characterization of tungiasis infection and morbidity using thermography in Kenya revealed higher disease burden during COVID-19 school closures. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 12(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01080-5

Torto, B., & Tchouassi, D. P. (2024). Chemical ecology and management of dengue vectors. Annual Review of Entomology, 69(1). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020123-015755

Khamis, F. M. (2023). Combating the unseen enemy of yam. In Nature Food (Vol. 4, Issue 2, p. 141). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00709-w

Matheri, F., Kambura, A. K., Mwangi, M., Ongeso, N., Karanja, E., Adamtey, N., Mwangi, E. K., Mwangi, E., Tanga, C., Musyoka, M. W., & Runo, S. (2023). Composition, structure, and functional shifts of prokaryotic communities in response to co-composting of various nitrogenous green feedstocks. BMC Microbiology, 23(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02798-w

Abdel-Rahman, E. M., Kimathi, E., Mudereri, B. T., Tonnang, H. E. Z., Mongare, R., Niassy, S., & Subramanian,S. (2023). Computational biogeographic distribution of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JESmith) moth in eastern Africa. Heliyon, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16144

Mbande, A., Mutamiswa, R., Nyamukondiwa, C., & Chidawanyika, F. (2023). Contrasting effects of acute heat shock on physiological and ecological performance of the fall armyworm. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13310

Mulungu, K. (2023). Contribution of non-timber forest products to national employment following weather shocks: evidence from 24 countries. Applied Economics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2174495

Mwelwa, S., Chungu, D., Tailoka, F., Beesigamukama, D., & Tanga, C. M. (2023). Data to understand the biotransfer of heavy metals along the soil-plant-edible insect-human food chain in Africa. Data in Brief,49, 109434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109434

Otieno, S. J., Ritho, C. N., Nzuma, J. M., & Muriithi, B. W. (2023). Determinants of adoption and dis-adoption of integrated pest management practices in the suppression of mango fruit fly infestation: Evidence from Embu county, Kenya. Sustainability, 15(3), 1891. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15031891

Elson, L., Nyawa, S. M., Matharu, A., & Fillinger, U. (2023). Developing low-cost house floors to control tungiasis in Kenya – a feasibility study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2483. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17427-4  

Kegode, T. M., Mokaya, H. O., Chogo, S. I., Noiset, P., Vereecken, N. J., Tamiru, A., Subramanian, S., & Kiatoko, N. (2023). Differences in the biochemical content and radical scavenging activity of propolis from different parts of a Meliponula ferruginea hive. Royal Society Open Science, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230241

Omoga, D. C. A., Tchouassi, D. P., Venter, M., Ogola, E. O., Rotich, G., Muthoni, J. N., Ondifu, D. O., Torto, B., Junglen, S., & Sang, R. (2023). Divergent Hantavirus in Somali shrews (Crocidura somalica) in the semi-arid North Rift, Kenya. Pathogens, 12(5), 685. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050685

Mulungu, K., Kimani, M. E., & Sarr, M. (2023). Do farmers’ risk preferences remain stable in the face of climatic shocks? evidence from smallholder farmers in Zambia. Applied Economics, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2177599

Blockeel, J., Schader, C., Heidenreich, A., Grovermann, C., Kadzere, I., Egyir, I. S., Muriuki, A., Bandanaa, J., Tanga, C. M., Clottey, J., Ndungu, J., & Stolze, M. (2023). Do organic farming initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa improve the sustainability of smallholder farmers? Evidence from five case studies in Ghana and Kenya. Journal of Rural Studies, 98, 34–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.01.010

Nqayi, S. B., Zachariades, C., Coetzee, J., Hill, M., Chidawanyika, F., Uyi, O. O., & McConnachie, A. J. (2023). Do thermal requirements of Dichrorampha odorata, a shoot-boring moth for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata, explain its failure to establish in South Africa? African Entomology, 31. https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13597