Submissions from 2010
Seroepidemiology of selected arboviruses in febrile patients visiting selected health facilities in the lake/river basin areas of lake baringo, lake naivasha, and tana river, Kenya, Benjamin George Jacob, James Gunter, Xavier Caamano Erick, Alexander Gathings David, John Githure, Larry Regens James, and John Novak Robert
Small mesh nets protect tomato plants from insect pests and increase yields in eastern Africa, Samira A. Mohamed, Sunday Ekesi, and Rachid Hanna
Sugar-fermenting yeast as an organic source of carbon dioxide to attract the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae, Renate C. Smallegange, Wolfgang H. Schmied, Karel J. Van Roey, Niels O. Verhulst, Jeroen Spitzen, Wolfgang R. Mukabana, and Willem Takken
Systematics and molecular phylogeny of two African stem borer genera, Sciomesa Tams & Bowden and Carelis Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), P. Moyal, B. Le Ru, D. Conlong, D. Cugala, B. Defabachew, T. Matama-Kauma, B. Pallangyo, and J. Van Den Berg
The 7,7″-β-diglucoside of (2S,3R)-chamaejasmin from Ormocarpum kirkii, Ephantus J. Muturi, Chang Hyun Kim, Frederick N. Baliraine, Solomon Musani, Benjamin Jacob, John Githure, and Robert J. Novak
The availability of potential hosts as a determinant of feeding behaviours and malaria transmission by African mosquito populations, John A. Pickett, Mary L. Hamilton, Antony M. Hooper, Zeyaur R. Khan, and Charles A.O. Midega
The current state of pesticide management in Sub-Saharan Africa, Juliana Jaramillo, Adenirin Chabi-Olaye, and Christian Borgemeister
The effects of crude propolis, its volatiles and ethanolic extracts on the ecto-parasitic mite, Varroa destructor and health of the African savannah honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Hugo De Groote, Bernard Vanlauwe, Esther Rutto, George D. Odhiambo, Fred Kanampiu, and Zeyaur R. Khan
The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, in Africa and Asia: responding to the food security challenge, with priorities for integrated pest management research, Wilson Roberto Maluf, Gabriel Mascarenhas Maciel, Luiz Antonio Augusto Gomes, Maria das Graças Cardoso, Luciano Donizete Gonçalves, Ernani Clarete da Silva, and Markus Knapp
The nutritive value of black soldier fly larvae reared on common organic waste streams in Kenya, Ian J. Gordon, Malcolm Edmunds, John A. EDgar, James Lawrence, and David A.S. Smith
The potential of the extracts of Tagetes minuta Linnaeus (Asteraceae), Acalypha fruticosa Forssk (Euphorbiaceae) and Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. (Compositae) against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae), the vector for Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor, Laban N. Ireri, Jedida Kongoro, Peter Ngure, Charles Mutai, Bernard Langat, Willy Tonui, Albert Kimutai, and Obadiah Mucheru
The role for osmotic agents in children with acute encephalopathies: A systematic review, Samson Gwer, Hellen Gatakaa, Leah Mwai, Richard Idro, and Charles R. Newton
Τhe complete mitochondrial genomes of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii, members of the Ceratitis FAR species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae), Erick K. Cheruiyot, Louis M. Mumera, Wilson K. Ng'etich, Ahmed Hassanali, and Francis N. Wachira
Submissions from 2009
Abundance and distribution of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Late Valencia citrus orchards in Ghana, E. F. Appiah, K. Afreh-Nuamah, and D. Obeng-Ofori
Aggressive use of Batesian mimicry by an ant-like jumping spider, Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
A heteroskedastic error covariance matrix estimator using a first-order conditional autoregressive Markov simulation for deriving asympotical efficient estimates from ecological sampled Anopheles arabiensis aquatic habitat covariates, Benjamin G. Jacob, Daniel A. Griffith, Ephantus J. Muturi, Erick X. Caamano, John I. Githure, and Robert J. Novak
A new species of Munromyia Bezzi (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared from Chionanthus battiscombei (Oleaceae) in Northern Kenya, Robert S. Copeland
Anti-mosquito and antimicrobial nor-halimanoids, isocoumarins and an anilinoid from Tessmannia densiflora, Charles Kihampa, Mayunga H.H. Nkunya, Cosam C. Joseph, Stephen M. Magesa, Ahmed Hassanali, Matthias Heydenreich, and Erich Kleinpeter
Aphanogmus sp. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae): A hyperparasitoid of the coffee berry borer parasitoid Prorops nasuta (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in Kenya, Juliana Jaramillo and Fernando E. Vega
Assessing the impact of biological control of Plutella xylostella through the application of Lotka-Volterra model, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Lev V. Nedorezov, Horace Ochanda, John Owino, and Bernhard Löhr
Assessment of technical efficiency of farmer teachers in the uptake and dissemination of push-pull technology in Western Kenya, D. M. Amudavi, Z. R. Khan, J. M. Wanyama, C. A.O. Midega, J. Pittchar, I. M. Nyangau, A. Hassanali, and J. A. Pickett
Association of maize streak virus disease and its vectors (Homoptera: Cicadelidae) with soil macronutrients and altitudes in Kenya, O. E.V. Magenya, J. Mueke, and C. Omwega
Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya, Peter N. Ng'ang'a, Gayathri Jayasinghe, Violet Kimani, Josephat Shililu, Charity Kabutha, Lucy Kabuage, John Githure, and Clifford Mutero
Cereal stemborer species complex and establishment of cotesia flavipes cameron in eastern uganda, Juliana Jaramillo, Adenirin Chabi-Olaye, Hans Michael Poehling, Charles Kamonjo, and Christian Borgemeister
Collective Batesian mimicry of ant groups by aggregating spiders, Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
Comparative studies on the infectivity of Theileria parva in ticks fed in vitro and those fed on cattle, F. M. Khamis, N. Karam, S. Ekesi, M. De Meyer, A. Bonomi, L. M. Gomulski, F. Scolari, P. Gabrieli, P. Siciliano, D. Masiga, E. U. Kenya, G. Gasperi, A. R. Malacrida, and C. R. Guglielmino
Describing Anopheles arabiensis aquatic habitats in two riceland agro-ecosystems in Mwea, Kenya using a negative binomial regression model with a non-homogenous mean, Benjamin G. Jacob, Daniel Griffith, Ephantus Muturi, Erick X. Caamano, Josephat Shililu, John I. Githure, and Robert J. Novak
Detection of trypanosome infections in the saliva of tsetse flies and buffy-coat samples from antigenaemic but aparasitaemic cattle, Saka Gounou, Nanqing Jiang, and Fritz Schulthess
Development of physogastry in the queen of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae), Richard T. Arbogast, Baldwyn Torto, and Peter E.A. Teal
Diversity, distribution and role of wild crucifers in major cabbage and kale growing areas of Kenya, R. Kahuthia-Gathu, B. Löhr, H. M. Poehling, and P. K. Mbugua
Dynamics of cocoa pollination: Tools and applications for surveying and monitoring cocoa pollinators, E. A. Frimpong, I. Gordon, P. K. Kwapong, and B. Gemmill-Herren
Editorial, Olivier Gascuel, Alia BenKahla, Winston Hidde, Dan Masiga, and Trushar Shah
Effect of cowpea/maize mixed cropping on the incident light at the cowpea canopy and flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) population density, Anani Yaovi Bruce, Fritz Schulthess, and Jones Mueke
Effect of Metarhizium anisopliae inoculation on the mating behavior of three species of African Tephritid fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata, Ceratitis cosyra and Ceratitis fasciventris, Susan Dimbi, Nguya K. Maniania, and Sunday Ekesi
Effect of temperature on virulence of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates to Tetranychus evansi, David M. Bugeme, Nguya K. Maniania, Markus Knapp, and Hamadi I. Boga
Effects of Fly Abundance on Catch Index of Traps for Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae), Fiona R. Cross, Robert R. Jackson, and Simon D. Pollard
Efficacy of soil application of metarhizium anisopliae and the use of gf-120 spinosad bait spray for suppression of bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in mango orchards, E. N. Wosula, M. Knapp, and S. G. Agong
Endemic grasshopper species distribution in an agro-natural landscape of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
Evaluation of coloured traps with kairomone attractant for monitoring thrips population dynamics on tomato crop in East Africa, K. O. Fening, E. N. Kioko, S. K. Raina, and J. M. Mueke
Evaluation of farmers' field days as a dissemination tool for push-pull technology in Western Kenya, David M. Amudavi, Zeyaur R. Khan, Japhether M. Wanyama, Charles A.O. Midega, Jimmy Pittchar, Ahmed Hassanali, and John A. Pickett
Farmers’ knowledge and practices on chickpea production and disease management in major chickpea growing areas of Ethiopia, Benjamin Kimwele Muli, Fritz Schulthess, and Johnnie Van Den Berg
Field release of a non-toxigenic Aspergillus flavus L strain in central Benin, A. M. Klueken, C. Borgemeister, and B. Hau
Fitting procedure for host-parasite systems, Henri E.Z. Tonnanga and Jean M. Tchuenche
Functional characterization and protein-protein interactions of trypanosome splicing factors U2AF35, U2AF65 and SF1, Martin P. Vazquez, David Mualem, Natalia Bercovich, Michael Zeev Stern, Benson Nyambega, Omer Barda, Dan Masiga, Sachin Kumar Gupta, Shulamit Michaeli, and Mariano J. Levin
Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology, Fernando E. Vega, Mark S. Goettel, Meredith Blackwell, David Chandler, Mark A. Jackson, Siegfried Keller, Masanori Koike, Nguya K. Maniania, Arnulfo Monzón, Bonnie H. Ownley, Judith K. Pell, Drauzio E.N. Rangel, and Helen E. Roy
Heavy metals in mosquito larval habitats in urban Kisumu and Malindi, Kenya, and their impact, Robert R. Jackson and Duane P. Harland
How cross-modality effects during intraspecific interactions of jumping spiders differ depending on whether a female-choice or mutual-choice mating system is adopted, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
Importance of wild host plants for stem borer parasitoid diversity and control of parasitism in cereal cropping ecosystems in Kenya, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
Influence of temperature on virulence of fungal isolates of metarhizium anisopliae and beauveria bassiana to the two-spotted spider mite tetranychus urticae, David Mugisho Bugeme, Markus Knapp, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Anthony Kibira Wanjoya, and Nguya Kalemba Maniania
Integration of edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) into the push-pull technology developed for stemborer and Striga control in maize-based cropping systems, Zeyaur R. Khan, Charles A.O. Midega, Japhether M. Wanyama, David M. Amudavi, Ahmed Hassanali, Jimmy Pittchar, and John A. Pickett
Investment in compliance with GlobalGAP standards: Does it pay off for small-scale producers in Kenya?, Solomon Asfaw, Dagmar Mithöfer, and Hermann Waibel
Larvicidal activity of extracts from three Plumbago spp against Anopheles gambiae, Barasa M. Maniafu, Lwande Wilber, Isaiah O. Ndiege, Cornelius C. Wanjala, and Teresa Ayuko Akenga
Larvicidal and IGR activity of extract of Tanzanian plants against malaria vector mosquitoes, Charles Kihampa, Cosam C. Joseph, Mayunga H.H. Nkunya, Stephen M. Magesa, Ahmed Hassanali, Matthias Heydenreich, and Erich Kleinpeter
Malaria prevalence and associated risk factors in Eritrea, Antony M. Hooper, Ahmed Hassanali, Keith Chamberlain, Zeyaur Khan, and John A. Pickett
Managing Agricultural Nitrogen Losses in Crop Production and Mitigation of Climate Change Effects, A. Manrakhan and S. A. Lux
Mate-odour identification by both sexes of Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
Modelling agricultural production of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study in western Kenya, Sunday Ekesi, Maxwell K. Billah, Peterson W. Nderitu, Slawomir A. Lux, and Ivan Rwomushana
Monitoring secondary outbreaks of the African armyworm in Kenya using pheromone traps for timing of Bacillus thuringiensis application, Richard T. Arbogast, Baldwyn Torto, Steve Willms, and Peter E.A. Teal
Non-target effects of the 'push-pull' habitat management strategy: Parasitoid activity and soil fauna abundance, Charles A.O. Midega, Zeyaur R. Khan, Johnnie Van den Berg, Callistus K.P.O. Ogol, Toby J. Bruce, and John A. Pickett
Odorants that induce hygienic behavior in honeybees: Identification of volatile compounds in chalkbrood-infected honeybee larvae, Jodi A.I. Swanson, Baldwyn Torto, Stephen A. Kells, Karen A. Mesce, James H. Tumlinson, and Marla Spivak
Olfactory attraction of egg parasitoids to virgin females of noctuid stemborers, Anani Yaovi Bruce, Fritz Schulthess, Jones Mueke, and Paul André Calatayud
Parasitoids associated with Mussidia spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Kenya, Benjamin Kimwele Muli, Fritz Schulthess, and Johnnie Van Den Berg
Pesticide resistance in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations from Togo and Benin, D. M. Mailafiya, B. P. Le Ru, E. W. Kairu, P. A. Calatayud, and S. Dupas
Population genetics of trypanosoma brucei and the epidemiology of human sleeping sickness in the lambwe valley, Kenya, A. B. Omondi, L. C. Orantes, J. Van Den Berg, D. Masiga, and F. Schulthess
Predation and reproductive output of the ladybird beetle Stethorus tridens preying on tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi, Erika P.J. Britto, Manoel G.C. Gondim, Jorge B. Torres, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Gilberto J. Moraes, and Markus Knapp
Prospects for developing odour baits to control Glossina fuscipes spp., the major vector of human African trypanosomiasis, Maurice O. Omolo, Ahmed Hassanali, Serge Mpiana, Johan Esterhuizen, Jenny Lindh, Mike J. Lehane, Philippe Solano, Jean Baptiste Rayaisse, Glyn A. Vale, Steve J. Torr, and Inaki Tirados
Proximity to a forest leads to higher honey yield: Another reason to conserve, Susan O. Sande, Robin M. Crewe, Suresh K. Raina, Susan W. Nicolson, and Ian Gordon
Recilia banda kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya, Evans Obura, Charles A.O. Midega, Daniel Masiga, John A. Pickett, Mohamed Hassan, Shinsaku Koji, and Zeyaur R. Khan
Recombinant DNA probes reveal simultaneous infection of tsetse flies with different trypanosome species, Annabel F.V. Howard, Elizabeth A. Adongo, Ahmed Hassanali, Francois X. Omlin, Anthony Wanjoya, Guofa Zhou, and John Vulule
Relationship between virulence and repellency of entomopathogenic isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to the termite Macrotermes michaelseni, D. M. Mburu, L. Ochola, N. K. Maniania, P. G.N. Njagi, L. M. Gitonga, M. W. Ndung'u, A. K. Wanjoya, and A. Hassanali
Release of cotesia flavipes cameron for biological control of cereal stemborers in two ecological zones in mozambique, Ivan Rwomushana, Sunday Ekesi, Callistus K.P.O. Ogol, and Ian Gordon
Resolving the taxonomic status of Frankliniella schultzei (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) colour forms in Kenya - A morphological-, biological-, molecular- and ecological-based approach, Y. Assefa, J. Van Den Berg, A. Mitchell, B. P. Le Rü, and D. E. Conlong
Role of entomopathogenic fungi in the control of Tetranychus evansi and Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), pests of horticultural crops, Nguya K. Maniania, David M. Bugeme, Vitalis W. Wekesa, Italo Delalibera, and Markus Knapp
Side-effects of pesticides on the life cycle of the mite pathogenic fungus Neozygites floridana, V. W. Wekesa, M. Knapp, and I. Delalibera
Spatial distribution, blood feeding pattern, and role of Anopheles funestus complex in malaria transmission in central Kenya, Ephantus J. Muturi, Luna Kamau, Benjamin G. Jacob, Simon Muriu, Charles M. Mbogo, Josephat Shililu, John Githure, and Robert J. Novak
Spatiotemporal dynamics of immature culicines (subfamily Culicinae) and their larval habitats in Mwea Rice Scheme, Kenya, Ephantus J. Muturi, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Benjamin G. Jacob, Josephat I. Shililu, Charles M. Mbogo, John I. Githure, and Robert J. Novak
Species composition of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Citrus Museum at the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Kade, Ghana, Solomon Asfaw, Dagmar Mithöfer, and Hermann Waibel
Species richness and nest dispersion of some tropical meliponine bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) in six habitat types in the Kakamega forest, western Kenya, X. J. Nelson and R. R. Jackson
Species-specific transcriptional profiles of the gut and gut microbiome of Ceratitis quilicii and Ceratitis rosa sensu stricto, Nathalie Erbout, Marc De Meyer, Carl Vangestel, and Luc Lens
Stemborer research in zimbabwe: Prospects for the establishment of cotesia flavipes cameron, O. M. Mucheru, N. Jiang, J. Kongoro, A. Y. Bruce, and F. Schulthess
Submicroscopic gametocytes and the transmission of antifolate-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenya, Mayke J.A.M. Oesterholt, Michael Alifrangis, Colin J. Sutherland, Sabah A. Omar, Patrick Sawa, Christina Howitt, Louis C. Gouagna, Robert W. Sauerwein, and Teun Bousema
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), Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
The humoral defense system in tsetse: Differences in response due to age, sex and antigen types, John C. Carlson, Lee A. Dyer, Francois X. Omlin, and John C. Beier
The profitability of maize-haricot bean intercropping techniques to control maize stem borers under low pest densities in Ethiopia, D. Belay, F. Schulthess, and C. Omwega
Thermal tolerance of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei: Predictions of climate change impact on a tropical insect pest, Juliana Jaramillo, Adenirin Chabi-Olaye, Charles Kamonjo, Alvaro Jaramillo, Fernando E. Vega, Hans Michael Poehling, and Christian Borgemeister
The tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Kenya and a redescription of the species Peltanobia erasmusi Meyer (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on males, Faith J. Toroitich, Edward A. Ueckermann, Pieter D. Theron, and Markus Knapp
The use of a semiochemical bait to enhance exposure of Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) to Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), F. Nchu, N. K. Maniania, A. Touré, A. Hassanali, and J. N. Eloff
Transmission of viruses causing maize lethal necrosis disease through seed in commercial hybrids and effect on growth in the subsequent crop, Yaovi Anani Bruce, Fritz Schulthess, Jones Mueke, and Linnet Gohole
Trypanosome diversity in Lambwe Valley, Kenya-Sex or selection? Reply, T. H.N. Nguyen, C. Borgemeister, J. Max, and H. M. Poehling
Variability in pheromone communication among different haplotype populations of busseola fusca, A. E. Félix, G. Genestier, C. Malosse, P. A. Calatayud, B. Le Rü, J. F. Silvain, and B. Frérot
Where to sample? Ecological implications of sampling strata in determining abundance and impact of natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, Juliana Jaramillo, Adenirin Chabi-Olaye, Christian Borgemeister, Charles Kamonjo, Hans Michael Poehling, and Fernando E. Vega
White lupin leads to increased maize yield through a soil fertility-independent mechanism: A new candidate for fighting Striga hermonthica infestation?, Laure Weisskopf, Pollycarp Akello, Roxane Milleret, Zeyaur R. Khan, Fritz Schulthess, Jean Michel Gobat, and Renée Claire Le Bayon
Submissions from 2008
Abandoning small-scale fish farming in western Kenya leads to higher malaria vector abundance, Annabel F.V. Howard and Francois X. Omlin
Abundance and diversity of lepidopteran stemborers and their parasitoids on selected wild grasses in Uganda, Teddy Matama-Kauma, Fritz Schulthess, Bruno Pierre Le Rü, Jones Mueke, James Apenyo Ogwang, and Charles Omambia Omwega
Antioxidant status of bilirubin and uric acid in patients diagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Douala, Kouam Eric Bertrand, Ndomou Mathieu, Gouado Inocent, and Fotso Kuate Honore
Anti-predator crèches and aggregations of ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
A spatial filtering specification for an auto-negative binomial model of anopheles arabiensis aquatic habitats, Benjamin G. Jacob, Daniel A. Griffith, James T. Gunter, Ephantus J. Muturi, Erick X. Caamano, Josephat I. Shililu, John I. Githure, James L. Regens, and Robert J. Novak
Assessing the importance of self-regulating mechanisms in diamondback moth population dynamics: Application of discrete mathematical models, Lev V. Nedorezov, Bernhard L. Löhr, and Dinara L. Sadykova
Assessing yield and efficiency implications of relying on parasitoids for control of cereal stemborers: The case of small-scale maize farmers in Kenya, Anderson Kipruto Kipkoech, Dagmar Mithöfer, Wilson K. Yabann, Henry K. Maritim, and Fritz Schulthess
Behavioral evidence for the existence of a region-specific oviposition cue in Anopheles gambiae s.s., C. Brandon Ogbunugafor and Leunita Sumba