Submissions from 2023
Mating behaviour, mate choice and female resistance in the bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti), Annika Salzberg, Tim Luttermoser, André Kessler, Charles A.O. Midega, Zeyaur Khan, and Katja Poveda
Mating behaviour of females of Glossina pallidipes Austen (Diptera: Glossinidae), Emily Kimathi, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Catherine Lukhoba, Asaah Ndambi, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Saliou Niassy, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, and Tobias Landmann
Metatranscriptomic analysis of the gut microbiome of black soldier fly larvae reared on lignocellulose-rich fiber diets unveils key lignocellulolytic enzymes, Eric G. Kariuki, Caleb Kibet, Juan C. Paredes, Gerald Mboowa, Oscar Mwaura, John Njogu, Daniel Masiga, Timothy D.H. Bugg, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Microsporidia MB in the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is avirulent and undergoes maternal and horizontal transmission, Godfrey Nattoh, Brenda Onyango, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Diana Omoke, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Luna Kamau, Maxwell Machani Gesuge, Eric Ochomo, and Jeremy Keith Herren
Modelling and projections of the COVID-19 epidemic and the potential impact of social distancing in Cameroon, Birhanu Sisay, Subramanian Sevgan, Christopher W. Weldon, Kerstin Krüger, Baldwyn Torto, and Amanuel Tamiru
Modulation of the NO-cGMP pathway has no effect on olfactory responses in the Drosophila antenna, Sinisa Prelic, Merid N. Getahun, Sabine Kaltofen, Bill S. Hansson, and Dieter Wicher
Molecular markers reveal narrow genetic base and culturing-associated genetic drift in Teretrius nigrescens Lewis populations released for the biological control of the larger grain borer in Africa, Thomas Dubois, Susan K. Onsongo, Joseph A. Odhiambo, Evanson R. Omuse, Komivi S. Akutse, and Samira A. Mohamed
Multi-source Earth Observation Derived Data for Delineating the 2011 High Flood Line in the Okavango Delta (Botswana) for Flood Risk Mitigation and Management, Kelebogile Botseo Mfundisi, Stella Gachoki, Elfatih Abdel-Rahman, Tobias Landmann, and Alex M. Mudabeti
National prevalence and risk factors for tungiasis in Kenya, Lynne Elson, Christopher Kamau, Sammy Koech, Christopher Muthama, George Gachomba, Erastus Sinoti, Elwyn Chondo, Eliud Mburu, Miriam Wakio, Jimmy Lore, Marta Maia, Ifedayo Adetifa, Benedict Orindi, Phillip Bejon, and Ulrike Fillinger
Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda, Berrick Otieno, Lynne Elson, Abneel K. Matharu, Naomi Riithi, Esther Chongwo, Khamis Katana, Carophine Nasambu, Francis Mutebi, Herman Feldmeier, Jürgen Krücken, Ulrike Fillinger, and Amina Abubakar
Nitrogen use efficiency trends for sustainable crop productivity in Lake Victoria basin: Smallholder farmers' perspectives on nitrogen cycling, Emine Duman Erbaş, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Hülya Altuntaş, and Bilal Kutrup
Non-host plant odors influence the tritrophic interaction between tomato, its foliar herbivore Tuta absoluta and mirid predator Nesidiocoris tenuis, Bashiru Adams, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Baldwyn Torto, and Fathiya Mbarak Khamis
Nutritional characteristics, microbial loads and consumer acceptability of cookies enriched with insect (Ruspolia differens) meal, Brian O. Ochieng, Joseph O. Anyango, Fathiya M. Khamis, Sunday Ekesi, James Peter Egonyu, Sevgan Subramanian, John M. Nduko, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Xavier Cheseto, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Nutritional profile of a novel artificial diet and the effect of photoperiod on the fitness parameters of reared Ruspolia differens, F. Fombong, C. Tanga, J. Ng'Ang'A, J. Kinyuru, and J. Vanden Broeck
Nutritional quality of meat from hen fed diet with full-fat black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal as a substitute to fish meal, Marcasy P. Makokha, Patrick S. Muliro, Peninah N. Ngoda, Changeh J. Ghemoh, Cheseto Xavier, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Occurrence and management of two emerging soil-dwelling pests ravaging cabbage and onions in Kenya, Lawrence O. Ouma, James W. Muthomi, John W. Kimenju, Dennis Beesigamukama, Sevgan Subramanian, Fathiya M. Khamis, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Olfactory associative learning in two African stingless bee species (Meliponula ferruginea and M. bocandei, Meliponini), Luis Carlos Ramos Aguila, Xu Li, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Bamisope Steve Bamisile, Jessica Paola Sánchez Moreano, Zhiyang Lie, and Juxiu Liu
Olfactory responses of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) to the monitor lizard Varanus niloticus niloticus, Winnie Ntinyari, Rüdiger Reichel, Joseph P. Gweyi-Onyango, Mekonnen Giweta, Holger Wissel, Cargele Masso, Roland Bol, and Nicolas Brüggemann
One stone for two birds: Endophytic fungi promote maize seedlings growth and negatively impact the life history parameters of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, Sharon W. Kinyungu, Ayaovi Agbessenou, Sevgan Subramanian, Fathiya M. Khamis, and Komivi S. Akutse
Ontogenetic responses of physiological fitness in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in response to repeated cold exposure, Abongile Mbande, Reyard Mutamiswa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Oral acute, sub-acute toxicity and phytochemical profile of Brassica carinata A. Braun microgreens ethanolic extract in Wistar rats, Lilian Nakakaawa, Ifeoluwa D. Gbala, Xavier Cheseto, Joel L. Bargul, and John M. Wesonga
Organic and conventional farming systems shape soil bacterial community composition in tropical arable farming, Hans Martin Krause, Joe G. Ono-Raphel, Edward Karanja, Felix Matheri, Martina Lori, Yina Cifuentes, Stefanie P. Glaeser, Andreas Gattinger, Amritbir Riar, Noah Adamtey, and Paul Mäder
Parasitisation of Weaver Ants by a Species of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Smicromorphinae) and Unequivocal Evidence of Its Presence in the Afrotropical Region, Fredrick Ajwang, Saurabh Arora, Joanes Atela, Joel Onyango, and Mohammad Kyari
Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Serratia marcescens to the Banana Weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, Marian Adan, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Klaus Greve, Christian Borgemeister, and Georg Goergen
Patterns of Aedes aegypti abundance, survival, human-blood feeding and relationship with dengue risk, Kenya, Winnie W. Kamau, Rosemary Sang, Gilbert Rotich, Sheila B. Agha, Nelson Menza, Baldwyn Torto, and David P. Tchouassi
Pesticide contamination and their botanical sources in pollen loads collected by honeybees in Kenya: A spatio-temporal context, Sheila J. Koech, Rebecca H.N. Karanja, Justus K. Kurgat, Hosea O. Mokaya, Thomas Dubois, and H. Michael G. Lattorff
Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya, Edwin O. Ogola, Anne Kopp, Armanda D.S. Bastos, Inga Slothouwer, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, Josephine Osalla, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and David P. Tchouassi
Phylogeny and systematics of the Acrapex apicestriata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) species complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina) with the description of eight new species from the Afrotropics, Chrysantus M. Tanga and Margaret O. Kababu
Pollinator-dependent crops significantly contribute to diets and reduce household nutrient deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa, Kelvin Mulungu, Hailemariam Tekelewold, Zewdu Abro, Subramanian Sevgan, Beatrice Muriithi, Julius Ecuru, Dennis Beesigamukama, and Menale Kassie
Population dynamics and insecticide resistance in Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), an invasive pest on tomato in Kenya, Maureen Adhiambo Ong'onge, Inusa Jacob Ajene, Steven Runo, Bonoukpoé Mawuko Sokame, and Fathiya Mbarak Khamis
Potential of cavalcade, Centrosema pascuorum, leaves for controlling Meloidogyne javanica and quantification of active phytochemicals, Natthidech Beesa, Buncha Chinnasri, Anongnuch Sasnarukkit, Tida Dethoup, Kansiree Jindapunnapat, Agnes W. Kiriga, Kanan Saikai, Solveig Haukeland, and Danny Coyne
Potential shortfalls of using entomopathogenic fungi for boosting the sterile insect technique to control the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Christopher W. Weldon, Jeremy Keith Herren, Joseph Gichuhi, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Shepard Ndlela, and Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed
Potential side effects of the interaction between Phthorimaea absoluta parasitoids: the exotic Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris and the native Bracon nigricans, Sahadatou Mama Sambo, Shepard Ndlela, Hannalene du Plessis, Esther Awuor Owino, and Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed
Predicting intercrop competition, facilitation, and productivity from simple functional traits, Chloe MacLaren, Wycliffe Waswa, Kamaluddin Tijjani Aliyu, Lieven Claessens, Andrew Mead, Christian Schöb, Bernard Vanlauwe, and Jonathan Storkey
Predicting the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of the invasive tomato pinworm Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Francis Obala, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Brian N. Hogg, Shepard Ndlela, and Samira A. Mohamed
Production, consumption, and market supply of edible crickets: insights from East Africa, Arnold L. Musungu, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Changeh J. Ghemoh, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Promoting insect farming and household consumption through agricultural training and nutrition education in Africa: A study protocol for a multisite cluster-randomized controlled trial, Mohammed Hussen Alemu, Afton Halloran, Søren Bøye Olsen, Jacob Paarechuga Anankware, Philip Nyeko, Monica Ayieko, Evans Nyakeri, John Kinyuru, Silvenus Konyole, Saliou Niassy, James Peter Egonyu, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Jeremiah Ng'ang'a, Charles Adino Ng'ong'a, Nicky Okeyo, Shadrack Kwaku Debrah, Samuel Kiiru, Amos Acur, and Nanna Roos
Proximity of release points of pheromone components as a factor confusing males of the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus, approaching the trap, Julius Mugonza, James P. Egonyu, and Michael H. Otim
Public engagement by early career researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic: case studies from East Africa, Trizah K. Milugo, Mary V. Mosha, Eddie Wampande, Rune Philemon, Immaculate N. Lwanga, Janet Seeley, and Nelson K. Sewankambo
Push-pull technology enhances resilience to climate change and prevents land degradation: Perceptions of adopters in western Kenya, Pierre Celestin Ndayisaba, Shem Kuyah, Charles Aura Odhiambo Midega, Peter Njoroge Mwangi, and Zeyaur Rahman Khan
Recent advances toward the sustainable management of invasive Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles, Aiki P. Istifanus, Azrag G.A. Abdelmutalab, Christian W.W. Pirk, and Abdullahi A. Yusuf
Response of some mango-infesting fruit flies to aqueous solutions of the basil plant Ocimum tenuiflorum L, Saliou Niassy, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, Xavier Cheseto, Evanson Rigan Omuse, John Bwire Ochola, Fathiya Mbarak Khamis, Boubacar Badji, Sheppard Ndlela, Levi Ombura, Noelah Leah Okun, David Mfuti Kupesa, Thomas Dubois, Yeneneh Taye Belayneh, Sevgan Subramanian, and Sunday Ekesi
Responses of nymphs of desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria to volatiles of plants used as rearing diet, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin O. Ogola, Josephine Osalla, Anne Kopp, Inga Slothouwer, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and Rosemary Sang
Restricting pesticides on a traditional crop: The example of Khat (Catha Edulis) and the Njuri Ncheke of Meru, Kenya, Ahmed M.S. Kheir, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Jane W. Mugo, Abdelrazek Elnashar, Vinay Nangia, Medha Devare, and Ajit Govind
Reviewing entomophagy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: species and host plant diversity, seasonality, patterns of consumption and challenges of the edible insect sector, M. P. Nsevolo, N. Kiatoko, M. B. Kambashi, F. Francis, and R. Caparros Megido
Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes sp.) larvae as a nutrient rich delicacy: a comparison of nutrient profiles from four counties in western Kenya, J. P. Egonyu, R. R. Olubowa, C. M. Tanga, X. Cheseto, and S. Subramanian
Role of multilateral development organizations, public and private investments in aquaculture subsector in Kenya, Jonathan M. Munguti, Kevin O. Obiero, Jacob O. Iteba, James G. Kirimi, Domitila N. Kyule, Paul S. Orina, Cecilia M. Githukia, Nicholas Outa, Erick O. Ogello, Jimmy B. Mboya, Kevin O. Ouko, David Liti, Rodrigue Yossa, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Role of plant volatiles in resistance of selected rice varieties to brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae), Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Bia Carneiro, Frans Schapendonk, Grazia Pacillo, Ma Suza, and Peter Läderach
Seasonal abundance of Maiestas banda (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of phytoplasma, and other leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) associated with Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) in Kenya, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Jeremy Keith Herren, and Özlem Tastan Bishop
Seasonal and environmental dynamics of intra-urban freshwater habitats and their influence on the abundance of Bulinus snail host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Tiko endemic focus, Mount Cameroon region, Godlove Bunda Wepnje, Marcell K. Peters, Adeline Enjema Green, Tingmi Emparo Nkuizin, Daniel Brice Nkontcheu Kenko, Fairo F. Dzekashu, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, and Judith Kuoh Anchang-Kimbi
Short communication: Increased sensitivity to endosulfan of trypanosoma-infected glossina morsitans, Fridah Chepchirchir, Beatrice Wambui Muriithi, Jackson Langat, Shepard Ndlela, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, and Fathiya Khamis
Silkmoth pupae: potential and less exploited alternative source of nutrients and natural antioxidants, H. O. Mokaya, R. M. Ndunda, T. M. Kegode, S. J. Koech, C. M. Tanga, S. Subramanian, and B. Ngoka
Smallholder access to the export market: The case of vegetables in Kenya, Fairo F. Dzekashu, Christian W.W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Alice Classen, Nkoba Kiatoko, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell K. Peters, and H. Michael G. Lattorff
Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya, Afrika Onguko Okelloi, David Jakinda Otieno, Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Michael Mukembo Kidoido, and Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
Small-scale field evaluation of transfluthrin-treated eave ribbons and sandals for the control of malaria vectors in rural Tanzania, Arnold S. Mmbando, Winifrida P. Mponzi, Halfan S. Ngowo, Khamis Kifungo, Robert Kasubiri, Rukiyah M. Njalambaha, Tegemeo Gavana, Alvaro E. Eiras, Elis P.A. Batista, Marceline F. Finda, Onyango P. Sangoro, and Fredros O. Okumu
Socio-cultural practices on the use of beetle grubs as food and feed in western Kenya, Martin N. Wanjala, Mary Orinda, John M. Nyongesah, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Sevgan Subramanian, Menale Kassie, and James P. Egonyu
Socio-economic exploitation of edible caterpillars in the bimodal rainforest zone of Cameroon, J. Ouaba, A. Souaibou, S. Niassy, M. Lontsi-Demano, M. P.A. Mayi, F. Meutchieye, and T. Tchuinkam
Soil legacies in maize-edible legume intercropping alter maize growth and reduce Spodoptera frugiperda larval feeding, Abdul A. Jalloh, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Fathiya Khamis, Sevgan Subramanian, and Daniel Munyao Mutyambai
Spatial acuity-sensitivity trade-off in the principal eyes of a jumping spider: possible adaptations to a ‘blended’ lifestyle, Billy L. Amugune, Abneel K. Matharu, Paul Ouma, Francis Mutebi, Lynne Elson, Ulrike Fillinger, and Jürgen Krücken
Spatio-temporal distribution of sugarcane shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and its associated natural enemy Sturmiopsis inferens (Diptera:Tachinidae) in India, Kokila Ranganathan, Meenambigai Krishnan, Alagirisamy Kuppusamy, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Srikanth Jandhyala, and Nareshkumar Arjunan
Spodoptera frugiperda population structure and influence of farmers’ practices on gut biodiversity for sustainable management of the pest in Kenya, Kiarie E. Ndung’u, Fathiya M. Khamis, Inusa J. Ajene, Kevin O. Mbogo, and Komivi S. Akutse
Sub-optimal host plants have developmental and thermal fitness costs to the invasive fall armyworm, Macdonald Mubayiwa, Honest Machekano, Frank Chidawanyika, Brighton M. Mvumi, Bame Segaiso, and Casper Nyamukondiwa
The color matters: Color regulation mechanism of green pepper fruit after harvest, Zhifu Lan, Yongwen Lin, Jing Huang, and K. S. Akutse
The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya, Timothy O. Makori, Joel L. Bargul, Arnold W. Lambisia, Mike J. Mwanga, Nickson Murunga, Zaydah R. de Laurent, Clement S. Lewa, Martin Mutunga, Paul Kellam, Matthew Cotten, D. James Nokes, My Phan, and Charles N. Agoti
The economic impacts of house screening against malaria transmission: Experimental evidence from eastern Zambia, Brian Chisanga, Erwin Bulte, Menale Kassie, Clifford Mutero, Freddie Masaninga, and Onyango Peter Sangoro
The economic performance of mango integrated pest management practices at different scales of production, Kelvin Mulungu, Beatrice Wambui Muriithi, Menale Kassie, and Fathiya Mbarak Khamis
The effect of annual flower strips on pollinator visitation and fruit set of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in Kenya, Nadia K. Toukem, Thomas Dubois, Samira A. Mohamed, H. Michael G. Lattorff, Kurt Jordaens, and Abdullahi A. Yusuf
The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, in Africa and Asia: responding to the food security challenge, with priorities for integrated pest management research, Esayas Mendesil, Tadele Tefera, Carlos A. Blanco, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes, Fangneng Huang, Diego M. Viteri, and W. D. Hutchison
The Paradox of ‘Water Is Life’ in a Water Rationed City During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tavengwa Chitata, Tirivashe Philip Masere, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Blessing Mirika Ndau, Solomon Farai Zirebwa, Batanai Lovemore Sammie, Rangarirayi Lucia Mhindu, Ngonidzashe Lewis Mufute, Kudakwashe Makwena, Dzikamai Chipunza, Joy Mufaro Sibanda, Augustine Mureri, Elvis Tawanda Mupfiga, Neil Mandinyenya Zhou, and Raymond Mugandani
The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta, Nelson L. Mwando, Steve B.S. Baleba, Shepard Ndlela, and Samira A. Mohamed
The potential contribution and challenges of edible grasshopper (Ruspolia differens) to food and nutrition security in Uganda- a literature review, D. Nabikolo, L. Njue, G. Abong, and M. C. Tanga
Thermal adaptation in Lepidoptera under shifting environments: mechanisms, patterns, and consequences, Reyard Mutamiswa, Abongile Mbande, Casper Nyamukondiwa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Thermal tolerance in Spodoptera frugiperda: Influence of age, sex, and mating status, Abongile Mbande, Reyard Mutamiswa, and Frank Chidawanyika
The soil microbiomes of forest ecosystems in Kenya: their diversity and environmental drivers, Lorine Akinyi Onyango, Florence Atieno Ngonga, Edward Nderitu Karanja, Josiah Ochieng Kuja, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Don A. Cowan, Kennedy Wanjau Mwangi, Marianne Wughanga Maghenda, Pedro Bixirao Neto Marinho Lebre, and Anne Kelly Kambura
The use of odour attractants for sampling Glossina pallidipes Austen(Diptera: Glossinidae) at Nguruman, Kenya, Noémie M.C. Hévin, Gael J. Kergoat, Anne Laure Clamens, Bruno Le Ru, Mervyn W. Mansell, and Bruno Michel
Towards early response to desert locust swarming in eastern Africa by estimating timing of hatching, Tobias Landmann, Komi M. Agboka, Igor Klein, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Emily Kimathi, Bester T. Mudereri, Benard Malenge, Mahgoub M. Mohamed, and Henri E.Z. Tonnang
Traditional ecological knowledge and non-food uses of stingless bee honey in Kenya’s last pocket of tropical rainforest, Madeleine Héger, Pierre Noiset, Kiatoko Nkoba, and Nicolas J. Vereecken
Transferability of tsetse habitat models between different regions in Kenya and Rwanda, Stella Gachoki, Anton Vrieling, Thomas A. Groen, Andrew Skidmore, and Daniel Masiga
Transforming imaginations? Multiple dimensionalities and temporalities as vital complexities in transformations to sustainability, Andy Stirling, Rose Cairns, Phil Johnstone, and Joel Onyango
Trypanosomes infection, endosymbionts, and host preferences in tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) collected from Akagera park region, Rwanda: A correlational xenomonitoring study, Richard S. Gashururu, Ndichu Maingi, Samuel M. Githigia, Dennis O. Getange, Jean B. Ntivuguruzwa, Richard Habimana, Giuliano Cecchi, James Gashumba, Joel L. Bargul, and Daniel K. Masiga
Uncertainties in the effectiveness of biological control of stem borers under different climate change scenarios in Eastern Africa, Ines Jendritzki, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Paul André Calatayud, Christian Borgemeister, Tino Johansson, and Lisa Biber-Freudenberger
Understanding climate change effects on the potential distribution of an important pollinator species, Ceratina moerenhouti (Apidae: Ceratinini), in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, Kenya, Mukundi Mukundamago, Timothy Dube, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Regis Babin, H. Michael G. Lattorff, and Henri E.Z. Tonnang
Universal research index: An inclusive metric to quantify scientific research output, Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Niloufar Yazdanpanah, Sajad Kolahchi, Heliya Ziaei, Gary L. Darmstadt, Tommaso Dorigo, Filip Dochy, Lisa Levin, Visith Thongboonkerd, Shuji Ogino, Wei Hsin Chen, Matjaz Perc, Mark S. Tremblay, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Idupulapati M. Rao, Nikos Hatziargyriou, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Federico Bella, Laszlo Rosivall, Amir H. Gandomi, Armin Sorooshian, Manoj Gupta, Ciprian Gal, Andres M. Lozano, Connie Weaver, Michael Tanzer, Alessandro Poggi, and Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Unraveling the physicochemical attributes of three cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus)-enriched biscuit products and implications on consumers’ preference and willingness to pay, Divina Arama, John Kinyuru, Jeremiah Ng'ang'a, Beatrice Kiage-Mokua, Brian O. Ochieng, and Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
Unravelling the nutritional and health benefits of marketable winged termites (Macrotermes spp.) as sustainable food sources in Africa, Solomon Balew, Erwin Bulte, Zewdu Abro, and Menale Kassie
Unravelling the nutritional and health benefits of wheat bread enriched with meat powder from laying hen fed diet with insect (Hermetia illucens) meal, Marcasy P. Makokha, Patrick S. Muliro, Peninah N. Ngoda, Changeh J. Ghemoh, Sevgan Subramanian, Cheseto Xavier, Brian O. Ochieng, Sunday Ekesi, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Viral diversity and blood-feeding patterns of Afrotropical Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Edwin O. Ogola, Armanda D.S. Bastos, Inga Slothouwer, Caroline Getugi, Josephine Osalla, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, Dickens O. Ondifu, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and David P. Tchouassi
Vitellogenin titres in normal and accelerated maturation of Gragarious-phase Schistocerca gregaria, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin O. Ogola, Solomon Langat, Caroline Getugi, Georg Eibner, Anne Kopp, Inga Slothouwer, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and Rosemary Sang
Volatile infochemicals used in host and host habitat location by cotesia flavipes cameron and cotesia sesamiae (cameron) (hymenoptera: braconidae), larval parasitoids of stemborers on graminae, Rhonest Siroya Mpoke, Johnson Kinyua, Josephine Wambaire Kimani, Inusa Jacob Ajene, Paddy Likhayo, and Fathiya Mbarak Khamis
Waste to value: Global perspective on the impact of entomocomposting on environmental health, greenhouse gas mitigation and soil bioremediation, Dennis Beesigamukama, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Subramanian Sevgan, Sunday Ekesi, and Segenet Kelemu
Weed biological control in Zimbabwe: Challenges and future prospects, Gerald Chikowore, Grant D. Martin, Frank Chidawanyika, Martin Hill, Stefan Neser, Michael Day, Tony Grice, Godfrey Chikwenhere, Eunice Mangosho, and Andy Sheppard
Submissions from 2022
A benefit-cost analysis approach for determining the optimal processing of micronutrient-enriched cowpea leaf soup mixes, Joshua Ombaka Owade, George Ooko Abong’, Michael Wandayi Okoth, and Agnes Wakesho Mwang’ombe
Achieving a Climate-Change Resilient Farming System through Push–Pull Technology: Evidence from Maize Farming Systems in Ethiopia, Desalegn A. Gugissa, Zewdu Abro, and Tadele Tefera
A Comparative Investigation of Volatile Organic Compounds of Cattle Rumen Metabolites using HS-SPME and PoraPak-Q Odor Trapping Methods, Victor O. Omondi, Geoffrey O. Bosire, John M. Onyari, and Merid N. Getahun
Adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies for vegetable production in rural Tanzania: trade-offs, complementarities and diffusion, Justus Ochieng, Victor Afari-Sefa, Francis Muthoni, Monica Kansiime, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Mateete Bekunda, and Dubois Thomas
Advances in data-collection tools and analytics for crop pest and disease management, Henri EZ Tonnang, Daisy Salifu, Bester T. Mudereri, Joel Tanui, Andrew Espira, Thomas Dubois, and Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman
A fungal-based pesticide does not harm pollination service provided by the African stingless bee Meliponula ferruginea on cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Evanson R. Omuse, Saliou Niassy, Nkoba Kiatoko, H. Michael G. Lattorff, John M. Wagacha, and Thomas Dubois
A Fuzzy-Based Model to Predict the Spatio-Temporal Performance of the Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Natural Enemy against Tuta absoluta under Climate Change, Komi Mensah Agboka, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, and Samira A. Mohamed
Agrochemical contaminants in six species of edible insects from Uganda and Kenya, Simon Labu, Sevgan Subramanian, Xavier Cheseto, Perpetra Akite, Patrice Kasangaki, Moses Chemurot, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Daisy Salifu, and James P. Egonyu
Agro-Dealers’ Knowledge, Perception, and Willingness to Stock a Fungal-Based Biopesticide (ICIPE 20) for Management of Tuta absoluta in Kenya, Francis Ogutu, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Patience M. Mshenga, Fathiya M. Khamis, Samira A. Mohamed, and Shepard Ndlela