Submissions from 2010
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
Use of sleeve nets to improve survival of the Boisduval silkworm, Anaphe panda, in the Kakamega Forest of western Kenya, N. Mbahin, S. K. Raina, E. N. Kioko, and J. M. Mueke
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
Collective Batesian mimicry of ant groups by aggregating spiders, Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
Cross-modality priming of visual and olfactory selective attention by a spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
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
Development of an improved laboratory production technique for the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei, using fresh coffee berries, Juliana Jaramillo, Adenirin Chabi-Olaye, Hans Michael Poehling, Charles Kamonjo, and Christian Borgemeister
Diel and lifetime patterns of feeding and reproductive activities of three African fruit flies, Ceratitis cosyra, C. fasciventris and C. capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), in semi-field cages of different spatial scales, A. Manrakhan and S. A. Lux
Diversity Cascades and malaria vectors, John C. Carlson, Lee A. Dyer, Francois X. Omlin, and John C. Beier
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
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
Egg parasitoids of noctuid stemborers on maize in Kenya, Yaovi Anani Bruce, Fritz Schulthess, Jones Mueke, and Linnet Gohole
EU food safety standards, pesticide use and farm-level productivity: The case of high-value crops in Kenya, Solomon Asfaw, Dagmar Mithöfer, and Hermann Waibel
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
Evidence for competitive displacement of ceratitis cosyra by the invasive fruit fly bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) on mango and mechanisms contributing to the displacement, Sunday Ekesi, Maxwell K. Billah, Peterson W. Nderitu, Slawomir A. Lux, and Ivan Rwomushana
Field release of a non-toxigenic Aspergillus flavus L strain in central Benin, A. M. Klueken, C. Borgemeister, and B. Hau
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
Host acceptance, suitability, and effects of host deprivation on the west african egg parasitoid telenomus isis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reared on east african stemborers under varying temperature and relative humidity regimens, Anani Yaovi Bruce, Fritz Schulthess, and Jones Mueke
Host plants and species diversity of Mussidia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Kenya, Benjamin Kimwele Muli, Fritz Schulthess, and Johnnie Van Den Berg
Host plant toxicity affects developmental rates in a polyphagous fruit fly: Experimental evidence, Nathalie Erbout, Marc De Meyer, Carl Vangestel, and Luc Lens
How blood-derived odor influences mate-choice decisions by a mosquito-eating predator, Fiona R. Cross, Robert R. Jackson, and Simon D. Pollard
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
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
Intrinsic competition between two oligophagous parasitoids, Sturmiopsis parasitica and Cotesia sesamiae, attacking the same life stages of lepidopteran cereal stemborers, O. M. Mucheru, N. Jiang, J. Kongoro, A. Y. Bruce, and F. Schulthess
Investment in compliance with GlobalGAP standards: Does it pay off for small-scale producers in Kenya?, Solomon Asfaw, Dagmar Mithöfer, and Hermann Waibel
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from Teretrius nigrescens Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae), predator of the storage pest Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), A. B. Omondi, L. C. Orantes, J. Van Den Berg, D. Masiga, and F. Schulthess
Laboratory Evaluation of the Aqueous Extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) Wood Chippings on Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes, Annabel F.V. Howard, Elizabeth A. Adongo, Ahmed Hassanali, Francois X. Omlin, Anthony Wanjoya, Guofa Zhou, and John Vulule
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
Long-term seasonal fluctuations of lepidopteran cereal stemborers and their natural enemies on maize and wild host plants in southern Benin, Saka Gounou, Nanqing Jiang, and Fritz Schulthess
Manipulation of ultraviolet light affects immigration behavior of ceratothripoides claratris (thysanoptera: Thripidae), T. H.N. Nguyen, C. Borgemeister, J. Max, and H. M. Poehling
Mate-odour identification by both sexes of Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
Mechanisms contributing to the competitive success of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens over the indigenous mango fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra: The role of temperature and resource pre-emption, Ivan Rwomushana, Sunday Ekesi, Callistus K.P.O. Ogol, and Ian Gordon
Monitoring the small hive beetle aethina tumida (coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with baited flight traps: Effect of distance from bee hives and shade on the numbers of beetles captured, Richard T. Arbogast, Baldwyn Torto, and Peter E.A. Teal
New genetic opportunities from legume intercrops for controlling Striga spp. parasitic weeds, Antony M. Hooper, Ahmed Hassanali, Keith Chamberlain, Zeyaur Khan, and John A. Pickett
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
Odour-mediated response to plants by evarcha culicivora, a blood-feeding jumping spider from east Africa, Fiona R. Cross and Robert R. Jackson
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
Parasitoids of the African wild silkmoth, Gonometa postica (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in the Mwingi forests, Kenya, K. O. Fening, E. N. Kioko, S. K. Raina, and J. M. Mueke
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
Prey classification by an araneophagic ant-like jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae), X. J. Nelson and R. R. Jackson
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
Record of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lep, Pyralidae) in inland South Africa and its genetic relationship with the coastal population, Y. Assefa, J. Van Den Berg, A. Mitchell, B. P. Le Rü, and D. E. Conlong
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
Resistance to tetranychus evansi in lycopersicon esculentum × L. hirsutum var. glabratum hybrids, E. N. Wosula, M. Knapp, and S. G. Agong
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 diversity of lepidopteran stem borer parasitoids in cultivated and natural habitats in Kenya, D. M. Mailafiya, B. P. Le Ru, E. W. Kairu, P. A. Calatayud, and S. Dupas
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 influence of ants on the mating strategy of a myrmecophilic jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae), Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson
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 true identity of copeland's aquatic scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Indiana and recognition of a sibling species from Texas, R. Henry L. Disney, Robert S. Copeland, and Ebony Murrell
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
Trophic habits of aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): Their adaptive significance and relevance to dispersal, Richard T. Arbogast, Baldwyn Torto, Steve Willms, and Peter E.A. Teal
Uncovering the tracks of a recent and rapid invasion: The case of the fruit fly pest Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Africa, 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
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
Blood-feeding patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus and other culicines and implications for disease transmission in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya, Ephantus J. Muturi, Simon Muriu, Josephat Shililu, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Benjamin G. Jacob, Charles Mbogo, John Githure, and Robert J. Novak
Can low release numbers lead to establishment and spread of an exotic parasitoid: The case of the diamondback moth parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum (Hellén), in East Africa, G. Gichini, B. Löhr, A. Rossbach, B. Nyambo, and R. Gathu
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control, Zeyaur R. Khan, David G. James, Charles A.O. Midega, and John A. Pickett
Comparison of five allopatric fruit fly parasitoid populations (Psyttalia species) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from coffee fields using morphometric and molecular methods, M. K. Billah, S. W. Kimani-Njogu, R. A. Wharton, J. B. Woolley, and D. Masiga
Complex display behaviour of Evarcha culicivora, an East African mosquito‐eating jumping spider, Fiona R. Cross, Robert R. Jackson, and Simon D. Pollard
Concentration-dependent parsimonious releaser roles of gregarious male pheromone of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Edwin Rono, Peter G.N. Njagi, Magzoub O. Bashir, and Ahmed Hassanali
Contribution of different aquatic habitats to adult Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) production in a rice agroecosystem in Mwea, Kenya, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Ephantus J. Muturi, Josephat Shililu, Simon M. Muriu, Benjamin Jacob, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Charles M. Mbogo, John Githure, and Robert Novak
Contribution of different constituents to the toxicity of the essential oil constituents of Vernonia amygdalina (Compositae) and Xylopia aetiopica (Annonaceae) on maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), E. F. Asawalam, S. O. Emosairue, and A. Hassanali
Cross mating studies among five fruit fly parasitoid populations: Potential biological control implications for tephritid pests, Maxwell K. Billah, Susan W. Kimani-Njogu, Robert A. Wharton, William A. Overholt, David D. Wilson, and Millicent A. Cobblah
Desmodium species and associated biochemical traits for controlling Striga species: Present and future prospects, Z. R. Khan, J. A. Pickett, A. Hassanali, A. M. Hooper, and C. A.O. Midega
Detection and characterization of kodamaea ohmeri associated with small hive beetle aethina tumida infesting honey bee hives, Nicole D. Benda, Drion Boucias, Baldwyn Torto, and Peter Teal
Development and reproductive potential of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on cultivated and wild crucifer species in Kenya, R. Kahuthia-Gathu, B. Löhr, and H. M. Poehling
Differences in mate acceptance and host plant recognition between wild and laboratory-reared Busseola fusca (Fuller), P. A. Calatayud, G. Juma, P. G.N. Njagi, N. Faure, S. Calatayud, S. Dupas, B. Le Rü, G. Magoma, J. F. Silvain, and B. Frérot
Distribution of chemo- and mechanoreceptors on the antennae and maxillae of Busseola fusca larvae, Gerald Juma, Mathayo Chimtawi, Peter O. Ahuya, Peter G.N. Njagi, Bruno Le Rü, Gabriel Magoma, Jean François Silvain, and Paul André Calatayud
Distribution of mosquito larvae within the paddy and its implication in larvicidal application in mwea rice irrigation scheme, Central Kenya, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Ephantus J. Muturi, Josephat I. Shililu, Benjamin Jacob, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Charles M. Mbogo, John I. Githure, and Robert J. Novak