Submissions from 2027
A systems-oriented framework for wise, equitable, and sustainable digital agricultural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical review, Kibrom T. Sibhatu, Maurice Tschopp, and Nicole Harari
Constitutive metabolic signatures associated with partial resistance to fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in tropical maize inbred lines, Nuambote Yobila Ovide, Anani Y. Bruce, Clément Gilles, Stéphanie Boutet, Lan Laijiao, Nègre Nicolas, Sokame Bonoukpoé, Mwangangi Enock, Makumbi Dan, Togola Abou, Prasanna Boddupalli, and Calatayud Paul-André
Push-pull farming system helps insure smallholder maize production under climate change, Yann Clough, Wilhelm May, Timothy Luttermoser, Dickens Nyagol, Nikolaos Alexandridis, Frank Chidawanyika, Mattias Jonsson, Charles A.O. Midega, Katja Poveda, and Zeyaur R. Khan
Submissions from 2026
Adapting lessons from the Indian subcontinent to accelerate elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem in East Africa, Eva Iniguez, Daniel Masiga, Caryn Bern, and Sridhar Srikantiah
Adoption and dis-adoption of push-pull technology in East Africa: Evidence from survival analysis and machine learning, Denis Waiswa, Beatrice Wambui Muriithi, Alice Warukira Murage, Dave Mwangi Ireri, Fredah Maina, and Fahri Yavuz
Adoption, determinants, and economic efficiency of insect-based technologies for organic waste recycling into fertilizer in Kenya, Perpetual G. Mugendi, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Raphael Gitau, Dennis Beesigamukama, Shaphan Y. Chia, Teresia G. Wamwondwe, Kassie Menale, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Advances and Prospects in Odour-based Management of Filth Flies, Steve B.S. Baleba
A Framework for Multidimensional Management of Invasive Alien Insect Pests in Sub-Saharan Africa, Klaus Birkhofer, Frank Wätzold, Ruben Remelgado, Pia Addison, Pascal Aigbedion-Atalor, Anna F. Cord, Sunday Ekesi, Reyard Mutamiswa, Ivan Rwomushana, Martin Paul Tabe-Ojong, and Casper Nyamukondiwa
African stingless bees' diversity, ecology, and behavior, Nelly Ndungu and Nkoba Kiatoko
Agronomic practices for climate-resilient okra production in agroecological systems: a review, Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Lokeshwar Kesamreddy, Mathieu A.T. Ayenan, Stephen Othim, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Yu Hsiang Liu, Amha Besufkad, Wubetu Bihon Legesse, Eric C. Legba, Judith Honfoga, and Lukas Pawera
A haplotype reference panel and genotype imputation framework for the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), Peter Muchina, Johnson Kinyua, Fathiya Khamis, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Maria Altaf Satti, Grum Gebreyesus, Goutam Sahana, and Zexi Cai
Antimicrobial Activity and Metabolomic Profiling of Secondary Metabolites From Endophytic Bacteria Associated With Prunus africana, Elias Kihara Mwangi, Edward Nderitu Karanja, Ian Mwangi Nderitu, Huxley Mae Makonde, John M. Maingi, and Mathew Piero Ngugi
Apiculture and Meliponiculture Development in Africa, Moses Chemurot, Nelly Ndungu, Felix Meutchieye, Fiona Nelima Mumoki, Patrice Kasangaki, and Donald Rugira Kugonza
A regional atlas of phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa (1845–2025): Harmonized historical records and an interactive surveillance dashboard, Komi Mensah Agboka, Souleymane Diallo, Khalid Ahmed, Steve B.S. Baleba, Tobias Landmann, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Jovana Sádlová, Vít Dvořák, Petr Volf, Dia Eldin Elnaiem, and Iman Brema Hassaballa
A scientific note on Aethina sp. in wild stingless bee nests, Michael N.K. Muturi, Seunghyun Lee, Seunghwan Lee, Rebecca Denes, H. Michael G. Lattorff, Kiatoko Nkoba, Peter Neumann, and Alexis Beaurepaire
A systematic review and meta-analysis of mosquito arboviral infections detected through xenosurveillance in Africa: A focus on West Nile, Rift Valley fever, and chikungunya virus infections, Mxolisi Mgongoma, Armanda Bastos, Abel Ramoelo, and David P. Tchouassi
A trait-based thermal risk-index framework integrating stage-structured insect demography, host resources and the Next-Generation Matrix, Komi Mensah Agboka, Luca Rossini, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Quinto Juma Meltus, Juliet Onditi, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, and Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman
Bees at work: the impact of beekeeping on household agricultural income and the economy in Ethiopia, Kelvin Mulungu, Zewdu Ayalew Abro, Hailemariam Teklewold, Subramanian Sevgan, and Menale Kassie
Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of fall armyworm larval parasitoid Coccygidium luteum to maize and companion plant volatiles, Emmanuel Peter, Sevgan Subramanian, Abdullahi Yusuf, Samira A. Mohamed, Baldwyn Torto, Emily A. Martin, and Amanuel Tamiru
Behaviour of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis infected with the endosymbiont Microsporidia MB: host seeking and cuticular hydrocarbons associated with mating, Lydia Chepkemoi, Xavier Cheseto, Steven G. Nyanjom, Jeremy K. Herren, and David P. Tchouassi
Beyond nutrients: Frass fertilizer legacy effects for sustainable nematode management in potato–African nightshade rotation systems, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Dennis Beesigamukama, Benson Mochoge, Nicholas K. Korir, Solveig Haukeland, Xavier Cheseto, Moses Nyongesa, Patrick PwaiPwai, Sevgan Subramanian, Abdou Tenkouano, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Beyond poverty, tungiasis is associated with family characteristics and parenting behavior: a case control study in Kenya, Lynne Elson, Abneel K. Matharu, Berrick Otieno, Naomi Riithi, Paul Ouma, Francis Mutebi, Charles Waiswa, Hermann Feldmeier, Amina Abubakar, Jürgen Krücken, and Ulrike Fillinger
Bodyguard Interactions: A Beneficial Endophyte Triggers Emission of Methyl Salicylate in Infested Tomato Plant Mediating Attraction of a Parasitoid Wasp, Komivi S. Akutse, Ayaovi Agbessenou, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, and Fathiya M. Khamis
Bridging behaviour and genomics for tsetse fly control, Daniel Masiga
Changes in the Anopheles arabiensis transcriptome and gut microbiota profiles associated with the endosymbiotic Microsporidia MB, Jacqueline Wahura Waweru, Nicola Mulder, Cynthia Nyambura King’ori, Irene Muiruri, Mwatum Maloba Alakonya, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Joseph Gichuhi, Daniel Masiga, and Jeremy Keith Herren
Changing the narrative: Resilience of women in STEM in sub-Saharan Africa and institutional innovations to advance equity, Monica Fisher, Violet Nyabaro, Ruth Mendum, Sujata Ganguly, and Moses Osiru
Chemically mediated multitrophic interactions and their role in crop protection, Baldwyn Torto, Ruth Kihika-Opanda, and Fathiya Khamis
Climate change reduces pollination services and sunflower yields across Europe and Northern Africa, Stella Gachoki, Clémence Riva, Danilo Bevk, Yamina Haider, Noureddine Adjlane, Ioannis Manthos, Bojan Stipešević, Zlatko Puškadija, Marin Kovačić, Leonidas Charistos, Fani Hatjina, and Fabrice Requier
Climate-Driven Stochastic Modelling of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Transmission in Uganda, P. G. Kpatchana, J. Aduda, and K. M. Agboka
Climate impacts apple pollination, yield and economic outcomes of farmers, Clémence Riva, Stella Gachoki, Noureddine Adjlane, Danilo Bevk, Yamina Haider, Fani Hatjina, Šimun Kolega, Marin Kovačić, Ioannis Manthos, Zlatko Puškadija, Thomas Sotiropoulos, Bojan Stipešević, and Fabrice Requier
Clove-derived eugenol induces strong avoidance behaviour in the invasive fruit fly, Drosophila suzukii, Steve B.S. Baleba, Victor O. Omondi, Samira A. Mohamed, Merid N. Getahun, Nan Ji Jiang, and Souleymane Diallo
Collecting holistic evidence on agroecology performance to accelerate sustainable food system transitions, Sarah K. Jones, Andrea Cecilia Sánchez, Chris Dickens, Matthias S. Geck, Chaturangi Wickramaratne, Veronique Alary, Peter Bolo, Dennis Junior Choruma, Somphasith Douangsavanh, Modou Gueye Fall, Gatien Falconnier, Shweta Gupta, Chris Kettle, Smitha Krishnan, Sylvia Nyawira, Guillermo Orjuela-Ramirez, Boko Michel Orounladji, Piedad Pareja, Telma Sibanda, and Christine Lamanna
Comparative field efficacy of synthetic insecticides and plant extracts against Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Lubumbashi, DR Congo, Sylvain Ntambo Mbuya, Onesime M. Kankonda, Nyumah Fallah, Komivi S. Akutse, and Marcellin C. Cokola
Comparative tissue-specific microbiome analyses identify keystone endosymbionts shaping pathogen interactions in dromedary camel ticks, Rua Khogali, Armanda Bastos, Fathiya M. Khamis, Dennis Getange, James Kabii, Epaphrus Yuko, Daniel Masiga, and Jandouwe Villinger
Comparing allometric models to machine learning models for aboveground biomass estimation in agroforestry systems in Kenya, Samuel Irungu Kigotho, Kennedy Senagi, John Olukuru, David Masereti Makori, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, and Evans Omondi
Comparing autodissemination, soil inoculation and their combination as modes of application of Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 69 on the melon fly infesting courgette in Kenya under semi-field conditions, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Thomas Dubois, Susan K. Onsongo, Joseph A. Odhiambo, Komivi Senyo Akutse, and Samira A. Mohamed
Conned by the enemy: the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae lures and kills Drosophila suzukii, Ibrahim M. Farid, Shepard Ndlela, Paul G. Becher, Christopher W. Weldon, Abdelmutalab Ga Azrag, Helgi B. Schiöth, Samira A. Mohamed, and Sunday Ekesi
Contemporary Tools and Techniques for Biosystematics and Population Dynamics in Entomology, Inusa J. Ajene, Fidelis L. Ombura, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Perpetra Akite, and Fathiya M. Khamis
Contrasting egg-laying, adult abundance and genetics of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in two ecologically distinct regions in Kenya, Josephine Osalla, Elizabeth Kokwaro, Anthony K. Nyamache, Gilbert Rotich, Inga Slothouwer, Rosemary Sang, Sandra Junglen, and David P. Tchouassi
Coupling intensified push–pull technology with insect frass biofertilization improves land productivity, protein yield and carbon stocks, Evanson R. Omuse, Honest Machekano, Daniel M. Mutyambai, Samwel O. Ogaji, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Thomas Dubois, Johnson O. Nyasani, Patrick Mudavadi, Sevgan Subramanian, and Frank Chidawanyika
Cross-domain antimicrobial resistance in poultry farming: A One Health assessment of antimicrobial use and multidrug resistance in Kiambu County, Kenya, Ann Kangai Munene, Peter Muiruri Mwangi, Lilly Caroline Bebora, Christine Minoo Mbindyo, and John Muthini Maingi
Determinants of agroecological practices adoption in mango-based farming systems: Evidence from southern Ethiopia, Fasikaw Belay Mihretu, Melkamu Alemayehu, Mengistie Mossie, Yayeh Bitew, and Tadele Tefera
Dietary diversity, food security, and development projects in low- and middle-income contexts: Findings from 24 countries, Kibrom T. Sibhatu, Tisorn Songsermsawas, and Jyotsna Puri
Diurnal fluctuating temperature and larval resource level interact to influence the life history and behaviour of disease-transmitting mosquitoes, Juliah Wanjiru Jacob, Laura Grenville-Briggs, and Merid Negash Getahun
Diversity and Species Richness of Lepidopteran Stemborers and Their Host Plants Across Major Vegetation Mosaics of East Africa, Elie Ntirenganya, Muluken Goftishu, Yoseph Assefa, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Simon Boniface Boni, Janvier Uwayezu, Hategekimana Athanase, and Venuste Nsengimana
Diversity of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with taro (Colocasia esculenta) under different agro-ecologies, soil-physico-chemical properties and agronomic practices in smallholder production in Central Kenya, Wangu L L. Muchiri, Waceke J J. Wanjohi, Nchore S S. Bonuke, and Solveig Haukeland
Does Temporal Mismatch Between Species Occurrence Records and Climate Data Affect the Reliability of Ecological Niche Models for Cereal Stemborers in Kenya?, Quinto Juma Meltus, Komi Mensah Agboka, John Odindi, Paul André Calatayud, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, and Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame
Ecological intensification of maize-kale systems in Kenya by biofertilization and push-pull management shifts nematode communities, Agnes Kiriga, Johnnie van den Berg, Frank Chidawanyika, Solveig Haukeland, Bianca Greyvenstein, Dennis Beesigamukama, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Sevgan Subramanian, and Daniel M. Mutyambai
Editorial: Sustainable management of Tuta absoluta, Ahmad A. Omar, Inusa Jacob Ajene, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, and Fathiya Mbarak Khamis
Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Thrips tabaci Development and Population Dynamics, Ngoc Anh Vu, Sevgan Subramanian, and Rainer Meyhöfer
Effects of temperature on the life-history traits of Myzus persicae and its efficiency in transmitting potato virus Y (PVY) in potato crops, Bonoukpoè M. Sokame, Henri E. Tonnang, Heidy Gamarra, Pablo Carhuapoma, Jan Kreuze, Leah R. Johnson, Ali Arab, Peter A. Armbruster, and Oswaldo C. Villena
Efficacy of homemade botanical insecticides against diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and cabbage aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae) on Brassica crops, Nancy Munyoki, Edward N. Karanja, Komivi S. Akutse, Noah Adamtey, Martha Musyoka, Komi K. Fiaboe, David Bautze, Edwin Nderitu, Felix Matheri, Dubois Thomas, Milka Kiboi, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Ehrlichia ruminantium infection is associated with tissue-specific microbial community shifts in Amblyomma gemma ticks from cattle in Kenya, Dennis Getange, Samson Mukaratirwa, Dorcas Chebet, James Kabii, Rua Khogali, and Jandouwe Villinger
Entomopathogenic fungi: beyond biocontrol-unravelling mechanisms of enhanced plant abiotic stress tolerance, Ya-Qiang Zheng, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Song Mei, Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, and Bin Chen
Environmental and socioeconomic effects of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Kibrom T. Sibhatu and Matin Qaim
Environmental determinants of tree productivity and biomass carbon stock in semi-arid Ethiopia, Haftu Abrha, Victor Ongoma, Soro Dodiomon, Berihu Tesfamariam, Girmay Gebresamuel, Haftom Hagos, Mamadou Cherif, and Emiru Birhane
Evaluation of cabbage aphid preference for Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata): implications for trap cropping in kale systems, Bretor Katuku Mutua, Isack H. Adan, Edward Nderitu Karanja, Thomas Dubois, and Daniel Munyao Mutyambai
Exploring post-graduation outcomes, employment trends, and career trajectories of PhD graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda, Tom Peter Migun Ogada, Kevin Okoth Ouko, Agnes Lutomiah, Nicholas Odongo, Eric Magale, Caroline Mbaya, Eunice Omwoyo, Clarisse Mideva, Joel Onyango, Samwel Oyugi, Cynthia K. Orang'o, Boniface Nyagah, and Everlyn Nguku
Exploring slow-release plasma nitrogen nano-fertilizer for improved maize production and nutrient use efficiency, Stewart Kyebogola, Richard Onwonga, Stella Kabiri, Onesimus Semalulu, Swidiq Mugerwa, Russell Shelley Yost, Samuel Ikendi, Dennis Beesigamukama, Julius Opio, and Godfrey Sseruwu
Exploring the Determinants of Polydnavirus Chromosomal Integration Across Host-Parasitoid Wasp Systems, Inès Matrougui, Rosina Savisaar, Cathy Dias, Paul-André Calatayud, Peter Malusi, Héloïse Muller, Enock Mwangangi, Julius Obonyo, Sara Oukkal, Sylvain Charlat, and Clément Gilbert
Exploring the pathogenicity and infection processes of Akanthomyces lecanii against Diaphorina citri for biocontrol applications, Qin Feng, Muhammad Adeel Ghafar, Fangfei Wang, Mubasher Hussain, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Liande Wang, and Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail
Exploring the significance of Kenya's indigenous and emerging blue foods for sustainable aquaculture development. A review, Jonathan Munguti, Mavindu Muthoka, Domitila Kyule, Esther Magondu, Kevin Obiero, Jimmy Mboya, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Tanga M. Chrysantus, Gerald Kwikiriza, and Francis K. Njonge
Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) Management and Baby Corn Yield Under Organic, Conventional, and Integrated Farming Systems in Sub-humid Tropics, Martin Muriuki, Felix Matheri, David Bautze, Edward Karanja, Anne Kelly Kambura, Edwin Mwangi, Nancy Munyoki, Chrysantus Tanga, and Milka Kiboi
First Record of Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) Parasitizing White Mango Scale in Kenya: Its Potential Distribution and Prospects in Biocontrol, Francis Obala, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Shepard Ndlela, Ingo Grass, Georg Petschenka, Sunday Ekesi, and Samira A. Mohamed
First Report of Potato Cyst Nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Tanzania, Yasinta Beda Nzogela, Joseph Maosa, Marjolein Couvreur, Mdili Katemani, Charles Gervas, Beartha Nguku, Nessie Luambano, Beatrice Kashando, Danny Coyne, John T. Jones, Solveig Haukeland, James Price, and Wim Bert
Forecasting climate-driven biogeographic shifts of Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885) in Kenya using ensemble ecological modelling, Quinto Juma Meltus, Komi Mensah Agboka, John Odindi, Paul André Calatayud, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, and Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame
From field to formal report: sample and data stewardship practices to enhance the utility of publications on pests and pathogens of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), James D. Ellis, Mohamed Alburaki, Maria Bouga, Neloy Kumar Chakroborty, Samir M. Kadri, Irfan Kandemir, Ashley N. Mortensen, Beatrice T. Nganso, Victoria Soroker, and Guntima Suwannapong
From islands to landscapes: Integrating genomic and advanced eco-geographic tools in area-wide tsetse control, Norah Saarman, Chantel Janet De Beer, Philippe Solano, Antoine Barreaux, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Sophie Ravel, Robert Opiro, Giuseppe Amatulli, Giuliano Cecchi, Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss, Kostas Bourtzis, and Adly M.M. Abd-Alla
From Soil Degradation to Restoration: Integrated Soil Fertility Management Pathways for Sustainable Sugarcane Production in Kenya’s Diverse Agroecological Zones, Miriam Githumbi, Erick Okola, Harun Gitari, Dennis Beesigamukama, Jacob Omollo, Sumit Sow, Shivani Ranjan, Patricia Njeru, and Chrysantus Tanga
From Suitability to Invasion Risk: Integrating Correlative and Mechanistic Models for Predicting the Potential Distribution of the Red Palm Weevil, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Komi Mensah Agboka, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Seid A. Kemal, Hamadttu A.F. El-Shafie, Mohamed A. Bob, Samira A. Mohamed, Sunday Ekesi, and Abdou Tenkouano
Fumigant Toxicity of Essential Oils From Chemotypes of Curry Tree (Murraya koenigii) Against Adult African Malaria Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto), Clarence M. Mang’era, Fathiya M. Khamis, Ahmed Hassanali, and Paul O. Mireji
Fungal contamination, mycotoxins, histamine, and allergen-related immunoreactivity in edible insects and insect-fortified complementary foods, Maryam Imbumi, Sheila Okoth, Kris Audenaert, Hans De Steur, Xavier Gellynck, Chrysantus Mbi Tanga, Sarah De Saeger, Judith Kimiywe, and Katleen Raes
GC-MS-Based Comparative Analysis of Compounds in Host Plants and Insect Gut Extracts, Rita Dill, Kimberly Smith, Shelia Okoth, Xavier Cheseto, and Anne Osano
Gendered analysis of fish feed ingredients and sourcing practices in Western Kenya’s aquaculture, Kristie Drucza, Sujata Ganguly, Rodrigue Yossa, and Chrysantus Tanga
Global patterns in plant–pollinator specialization, Sailee P. Sakhalkar, Nico Blüthgen, Laura A. Burkle, Paul CaraDonna, Bo Dalsgaard, Carsten F. Dormann, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury, Tiffany M. Knight, Jeff Ollerton, Julian Resasco, Matthias Schleuning, Diego P. Vázquez, Rita N. Afagwu, Ruben Alarcón, Felipe W. Amorim, Marsal D. Amorim, Dominik Anýž, Blanca Arroyo-Correa, Maddi Artamendi, Zeynep Atalay, Justin A. Bain, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Gavin Ballantyne, Caio S. Ballarin, Behnaz Balmaki, Michael Bartoš, Vasuki Belavadi, Paolo Biella, and Anne D. Bjorkman
Global threats of bean fly [Ophiomyia spp.] on common bean: Perspectives and limitations of management practices, Lawrence O. Onyango, Dennis Beesigamukama, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Birachi Eliud Abucheli, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Shaphan Yong Chia, Arinaitwe Warren, Maria Isabel Gomez, Sunday Ekesi, Samira Mohamed, Ayuka T. Fombong, Sevgan Subramanian, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Harnessing digital twin (DT) technology for food security and climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Francis Chianu, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Francis Muthoni, John Michael Humphries Choptiany, Franck B.N. Tonle, Bonoukpoe M. Sokame, and Mercy Lung’aho
Harnessing insect-derived oils for enhanced efficacy of plant-based repellents against disease-transmitting mosquitoes, John Bwire Ochola, Cynthia M. Mudalungu, Hosea O. Mokaya, Xavier Cheseto, Gilvian N. Onsomu, Subramanian Sevgan, Segenet Kelemu, Baldwyn Torto, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Harnessing Kenyan Aquaculture Through Social Media: Impacts, Challenges and Strategic Directions, Domitila Kyule, Jonathan Munguti, Mavindu Muthoka, Esther Magondu, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Kevin Obiero, and Cecilia Githukia
High-resolution monitoring of intra-seasonal agricultural drought using sentinel-2 and machine learning across bimodal growing seasons in Kenya, S. Mohammad Mirmazloumi, Harison Kipkulei, Rose Waswa, Tobias Landmann, Tom Dienya, Maximilian Schwarz, Fabrizio Ramoino, Clément Albergel, and Gohar Ghazaryan
Historical climate change reshapes the thermal niche of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. (Acari: Ixodidae) under uncertainty, Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman Brema Hassaballa, Steve B.S. Baleba, Tobias Landmann, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, and Souleymane Diallo
Holistic and systems thinking modelling for strategic agriculture production planning in sub-Saharan Africa, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Ghislain T. Tepa-Yotto, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Sabra Lewis, Christopher Suh, Rachel Zozo, Jeannette K. Winsou, Alpha Kamara, Joel Cornelius Runyu, Elfatih Abdel-Rhaman, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, and Tahirou Abdoulaye
Honey bee colony loss rates, management practices and risk factors for losses in Cameroon, Kenya, and Ethiopia: insights from the 2023/2024 active beekeeping season, Freweini Assefa, Lulseged Belayhun, Workneh Ayalew, Teshome Kumela, Jemal Gidey, Meklit Asefa, Asasahegne Getu, Lisanu Abakaru, Goshu Weleabzgi, Z. Ngalo Otieno-Ayayo, Yudah O. Oyieyo, Mbatha B. Wambua, Sidonie Fameni Topé, Tchouzeube Massing, Esaïe Faibawa, James Ng’ang’a Kimani, Robert Brodschneider, Victoria Soroker, Alison Gray, Sevgan Subramanian, and Beatrice T. Nganso
Honey Plant Diversity of the Stingless Bee, Plebeina armata (Magrett) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in South-Central Burkina Faso, Souleymane Koussoubé, Josefa Somé, Adama Kaboré, Apolline Sanou, Karim Ouédraogo, Farûk Koira, Issouf Ouédraogo, Gérald Nana, Frédéric Soubandé, Kiatoko Nkoba, Mamoudou Traoré, Mamounata Bélem, and Souleymane Nacro
Host availability modifies climate-based predictions of Hyalomma rufipes distribution with geographically variable effects of livestock mobility, Komi Mensah Agboka, Simon Mumo, Quinto Juma Meltus, Steve B.S. Baleba, Iman Brema Hassaballa, Tobias Landmann, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Antoine Barreaux, and Souleymane Diallo
Host range of Microsporidia MB in aquatic macrofauna inhabiting Anopheles breeding sites, Cynthia Nyambura King'ori, Collins Odongo Okoth, Joel Ltilitan Bargul, Sevgan Subramanian, Jeremy Keith Herren, and Thomas Ogao Onchuru
Human-mediated dispersal and breeding reshape global genomic patterns in black soldier flies, Peter Muchina, Johnson Kinyua, Fathiya Khamis, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Rawlynce Bett, Geoffrey Ssepuuya, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Grum Gebreyesus, Goutam Sahana, and Zexi Cai
Human versus machine: Can generative AI anticipate insect biological control outcomes?, Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Komivi S. Akutse, Divina M. Amalin, Salah Eddin Araj, Marie Joy B. Beltran, Ibtissem Ben Fekih, Paul André Calatayud, Lizette Cicero, Marcellin C. Cokola, Yelitza C. Colmenarez, Kenza Dessauvages, Thomas Dubois, Léna Durocher-Granger, José L. Fernández-Triana, Frederic Francis, Khalid Haddi, Rhett D. Harrison, Muhammad Haseeb, and Natasha S.A. Iwanicki
Hybrid deep learning for anti-money laundering: Unsupervised detection of emerging schemes via feature fusion and explainable artificial intelligence, Cosmas Ochieng Kungu, Kennedy Senagi, and Evans Omondi
Identification and full genome sequencing of previously unknown sandfly-borne phleboviruses using a newly established capture-based next-generation sequencing approach, Edwin O. Ogola, Inga Slothouwer, Gilbert Rotich, Anne Kopp, Armanda D. Bastos, Caroline Getugi, Julia Melchert, Terence C. Jones, Dorcus C. Omoga, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, David P. Tchouassi, and Sandra Junglen
Immune suppression and metabolic reprogramming in Bactrocera dorsalis parasitized by Fopius arisanus, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Jeremy Herren, Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Sahadatou Mama Sambo, Cassandra Purity Ronnie, Ndlela Shepard, Sunday Ekesi, and Samira A. Mohamed
Immunological responses and gut microbial shift of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda challenged with entomopathogens, Martha W. Nderitu, Fathiya M. Khamis, Inusa J. Ajene, Steven G. Nyanjom, and Komivi S. Akutse
Impact of Environmental Microparticles on Insect Olfaction, Steve B.S. Baleba, Danube K.N. Wandji, Yves H. Tchiechoua, Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman B. Hassaballa, Victor O. Omondi, Beatrice T. Nganso, Saliou Niassy, Souleymane Diallo, and Merid N. Getahun
Impacts of multitrophic interactions in diversified cropping systems for sustainable management of Spodoptera frugiperda, Abdul A. Jalloh, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Fathiya M. Khamis, Subramanian Sevgan, and Daniel Munyao Mutyambai
Importance of elephants for dung beetle biodiversity and ecosystem functions, Finote Gijsman, Ciara M. Nutter, Fathiya M. Khamis, Fidelis L. Ombura, Matthew C. Hutchinson, Todd M. Palmer, Jacob R. Goheen, Scott E. Miller, and Robert M. Pringle
Improving Lassa fever risk mapping using self-organizing maps and spatial determinants, Komi Mensah Agboka, Moses Mwaura, Bonoukpoè M. Sokame, Quinto Juma Meltus, Tobias Landmann, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Souleymane Diallo, and Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman
Indigenous knowledge-based production practices and utilization of stingless bee honey in humid Afromontane Forest zones of the Southwest and Semi-Arid Forest zone of Ethiopia, Belay Gezahegn Gebreyes, Zewdu Ayalew Abro, Menale Kassie, Yetenayet Bekele Tola, and Nkoba Kiatoko
Individual and household factors associated with tungiasis in a marginalized population in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda, Lynne Elson, Abneel K. Matharu, Berrick Otieno, Hermann Feldmeier, Charles Waiswa, Amina Abubakar, Jürgen Krücken, Ulrike Fillinger, and Francis Mutebi
Influence of Farming Systems (Organic vs. Conventional) With Crop Rotation and Intercropping on Weed Seedbank in Central Kenya, Obadiah Mwangi, Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Edward Karanja, Michael Kinyua, Peter Bolo, Dominic Mutambu, Martha Musyoka, Edwin Mwangi, Felix Matheri, Nancy Mwende, Tanga Chrysanthus, Noah Adamtey, David Bautze, Unternährer Anouk, Milka Kiboi, Anne Muriuki, Hottensiah Wambui, and Job Kihara
Insect Farming Innovations: A Pathway to Self-Reliance in Agrifood Systems in Africa, Zewdu Abro, Menale Kassie, Dennis Beesigamukama, Shaphan Yong Chia, Ermias Engida Legesse, Subramanian Sevgan, Julius Ecuru, and Chrysantus M. Tanga