Submissions from 2023
Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Discern Optimal Rearing Conditions for Improved Black Soldier Fly Farming, John Muinde, Chrysantus M. Tanga, John Olukuru, Clifford Odhiambo, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, and Kennedy Senagi
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
The impact of neonatal intensive care unit antibiotics on gut bacterial microbiota of preterm infants: a systematic review, Martin M. Mulinge, Sylviah S. Mwanza, Hellen M. Kabahweza, Dalton C. Wamalwa, and Ruth W. Nduati
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
Entomophagy in western Kenya: consumption patterns and the role of psychological and socio-cultural factors, K. Mulungu, I. Macharia, Z. Abro, M. Kassie, and C. Tanga
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
Temporal Changes in Minimum and Maximum Temperatures at Selected Locations of Southern Africa, Walter Mupangwa, Lovemore Chipindu, Bongani Ncube, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Nascimento Nhantumbo, Esther Masvaya, Amos Ngwira, Mokhele Moeletsi, Isaiah Nyagumbo, and Feyera Liben
Correction to: Effect of use of tsetse repellant collar technology on the farm performance and household welfare of small‑scale livestock farmers in Kenya (Food Security, (2023), 15, 3, (751-770), 10.1007/s12571-022-01342-4), Beatrice W. Muriithi, Kassie Menale, Gracious M. Diiro, Michael N. Okal, and Daniel K. Masiga
Effect of use of tsetse repellant collar technology on the farm performance and household welfare of small-scale livestock farmers in Kenya, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Kassie Menale, Gracious M. Diiro, Michael N. Okal, and Daniel K. Masiga
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
Maize grain yield and grain zinc concentration response to zinc fertilization: A meta-analysis, Dominic Mutambu, Job Kihara, Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Peter Bolo, and Michael Kinyua
Thermal adaptation in Lepidoptera under shifting environments: mechanisms, patterns, and consequences, Reyard Mutamiswa, Abongile Mbande, Casper Nyamukondiwa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Thermal stress exposure of pupal oriental fruit fly has strong and trait-specific consequences in adult flies, Reyard Mutamiswa, Vimbai Lisa Tarusikirwa, Casper Nyamukondiwa, Ross N. Cuthbert, and Frank Chidawanyika
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
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
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
Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species? (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): Wing geometric morphometrics: a tool for african stingless bee taxonomy, Nelly Ndungu, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Maxence Gerard, Sophia Kariuki, Lape Kati Kati, Annie Youbissi, Sabine Nassong, Baerbel Hundt, Juliana Jaramillo, and Kiatoko Nkoba
Biogeography of the theileriosis vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus under current and future climate scenarios of Zimbabwe, Tinotenda M. Nemaungwe, Ellie M.S.P. van Dalen, Emily O. Waniwa, Pious V. Makaya, Gerald Chikowore, and Frank Chidawanyika
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
Do thermal requirements of Dichrorampha odorata, a shoot-boring moth for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata, explain its failure to establish in South Africa?, Slindile B. Nqayi, Costas Zachariades, Julie Coetzee, Martin Hill, Frank Chidawanyika, Osariyekemwen O. Uyi, and Andrew J. McConnachie
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
Nitrogen fertilization and liming increased CO2 and N2O emissions from tropical ferralsols, but not from a vertisol, Winnie Ntinyari, Rüdiger Reichel, Joseph P. Gweyi-Onyango, Mekonnen Giweta, Holger Wissel, Cargele Masso, Roland Bol, and Nicolas Brüggemann
Assessment of Resistance Mechanisms to Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines, Ovide Nuambote-Yobila, Anani Y. Bruce, Gerphas Ogola Okuku, Charles Marangu, Dan Makumbi, Yoseph Beyene, Nzola Meso Mahungu, Boddupalli Maruthi Prasanna, Frédéric Marion-Poll, and Paul André Calatayud
Biodiversity and efficacy of fungal isolates associated with Kenyan populations of potato cyst nematode (Globodera spp.), Margaret Nyaboke Nyang'au, Komivi S. Akutse, Khamis Fathiya, Miriam Karwitha Charimbu, and Solveig Haukeland
Old and new association of Cotesia icipe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with alien invasive and native Spodoptera species and key stemborer species: implication for their management, Francis Obala, Samira A. Mohamed, Titus Obidi Magomere, and Sevgan Subramanian
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
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
Closing the yield gap of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril) in Southern Africa: a case of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique, John Okoth Omondi, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Jane Mugo, Amaral Machaculeha Chibeba, Mazvita Sheila Chiduwa, Godfree Chigeza, Stephen Kyei-Boahen, Patricia Masikati, and Isaiah Nyagumbo
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
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
Mapping, intensities and future prediction of land use/land cover dynamics using google earth engine and CA- artificial neural network model, Maysoon A.A. Osman, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Joshua Orungo Onono, Lydia A. Olaka, Muna M. Elhag, Marian Adan, and Henri E.Z. Tonnang
Determinants of Adoption and Dis-Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices in the Suppression of Mango Fruit Fly Infestation: Evidence from Embu County, Kenya, Samuel Jeff Otieno, Cecilia Nyawira Ritho, Jonathan Makau Nzuma, and Beatrice Wambui Muriithi
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
Determinants of agro-pastoralists’ willingness to pay for improved contagious caprine pleuropneumonia vaccine in Kenya, Fredrick Ochieng Ouya, Eric Bett, Purity Nguhiu, Stella Makokha, Harrison Lutta, Willis Adero Abwao, and Martin Mwirigi
Impacts of climate-resilient push–pull technology on farmers’ income in selected counties in Kenya and Tanzania: propensity score matching approach, Fredrick O. Ouya, Alice W. Murage, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Frank Chidawanyika, John A. Pickett, and Zeyaur R. Khan
Companion crops alter olfactory responses of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and its larval endoparasitoid (Cotesia icipe), Emmanuel Peter, Amanuel Tamiru, Subramanian Sevgan, Thomas Dubois, Segenet Kelemu, Kerstin Kruger, Baldwyn Torto, and Abdullahi Yusuf
Host–Parasitoid Phenology, Distribution, and Biological Control under Climate Change, Luis Carlos Ramos Aguila, Xu Li, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Bamisope Steve Bamisile, Jessica Paola Sánchez Moreano, Zhiyang Lie, and Juxiu Liu
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
A low-cost IoT network to monitor microclimate variables in ecosystems, François Rebaudo, Titouan Soulard, Bruno Condori, Reinaldo Quispe-Tarqui, Paul André Calatayud, Soledad Chavez Vino, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, and Lucas Bessière
Insect pollination and pollinator supplementation enhances fruit weight, quality, and marketability of avocado (Persea americana), Rose Nyakemiso Sagwe, Marcell K. Peters, Thomas Dubois, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, and H. Michael G. Lattorff
Biocontrol-based strategies for improving soil health and managing plant-parasitic nematodes in coffee production, Kanan K. Saikai, Celestine Oduori, Evans Situma, Simon Njoroge, Ruth Murunde, John W. Kimenju, Douglas W. Miano, Solveig Haukeland, and Danny Coyne
Anopheles rufipes implicated in malaria transmission both indoors and outdoors alongside Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis in rural south-east Zambia, Kochelani Saili, Christiaan de Jager, Onyango P. Sangoro, Theresia E. Nkya, Freddie Masaninga, Mwansa Mwenya, Andy Sinyolo, Busiku Hamainza, Emmanuel Chanda, Ulrike Fillinger, and Clifford M. Mutero
The effects of landscape complexity and local management on a generalist predator in Kenyan maize push-pull systems, Annika Salzberg, Tim Luttermoser, André Kessler, Charles A.O. Midega, Zeyaur Khan, and Katja Poveda
Gut microbiota assemblages of generalist predators are driven by local- and landscape-scale factors, Hafiz Sohaib Ahmed Saqib, Linyang Sun, Gabor Pozsgai, Pingping Liang, Mohsan Ullah Goraya, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Minsheng You, Geoff M. Gurr, and Shijun You
Climate change, mobility and violent conflict: a typology of interlinked pathways, Adam Savelli, Frans Schapendonk, Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Grazia Pacillo, and Peter Läderach
Responses of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) to different host plants: Implications for its management strategy, Birhanu Sisay, Subramanian Sevgan, Christopher W. Weldon, Kerstin Krüger, Baldwyn Torto, and Amanuel Tamiru
Cannibalism and intraguild predation involved in the intra- and inter-specific interactions of the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and lepidopteran maize stemborers, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Boaz Musyoka, Samira A. Mohammed, Amanuel Tamiru, Anani Bruce, Peter Anderson, Kristina Karlsson Green, and Paul André Calatayud
Cassava yield gap—A model-based assessment in Nigeria, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Frank Ewert, Akinola Shola Akinwumiju, Wenzhi Zeng, Andrej Ceglar, Kodjovi Senam Ezui, Adedeji Adelodun, Abass Adebayo, Jumoke Sobamowo, Manmeet Singh, Jaber Rahimi, and Thomas Gaiser
New insights into the emerging edible insect industry in Africa, Chrysantus M. Tanga and Margaret O. Kababu
Host-derived attractants for surveillance and control of mosquitoes, D. P. Tchouassi, C. Wanjiku, and B. Torto
Pesticide Utilization, Practices, and Their Effect on Honeybees in North Gonder, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Zewdie Abay Teshome, Amssalu Bezabeh Argaw, and Walellign Wotro Wanore
Chemical ecology of sand fly plant-feeding behaviour, B. Torto, I. B. Hassaballa, and D. P. Tchouassi
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
Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator supplementation, and normalized difference vegetation index in pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), production, Nduta A. Waithaka, Muo Kasina, Namikoye E. Samita, Mary M. Guantai, Evanson R. Omuse, Nadia K. Toukem, Michael G.H. Lattorff, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Marian Adan, Samira A. Mohamed, and Thomas Dubois
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
Impact of acute oral exposure to paraquat and glyphosate on food consumption and survival rates of the African honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zamira M. Wesonga, Joel L. Bargul, Juan C. Paredes, Thomas Dubois, and H. Michael G. Lattorff
African Platyplectrus Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Kenya, with description of nine new species, Zoya A. Yefremova and Robert S. Copeland
Effect of drying methods on the nutrient content, protein and lipid quality of edible insects from East Africa, N. K. Yisa, I. M. Osuga, S. Subramanian, S. Ekesi, M. N. Emmambux, and K. G. Duodu
Editorial: Insect physiological changes during insect-plant interaction, Wenwu Zhou, Xiaofeng Xia, Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Waqas Wakil, Komivi Senyo Akutse, and Xiaoli Bing
Submissions from 2022
Agronomic Performance of Kale (Brassica oleracea) and Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris) Grown on Soil Amended with Black Soldier Fly Frass Fertilizer under Wonder Multistorey Gardening System, Andrew Agrey Abiya, David Mfuti Kupesa, Dennis Beesigamukama, Menale Kassie, Dennis Mureithi, Daniel Thairu, John Wesonga, Chrysantus M. Tanga, and Saliou Niassy
Establishment and spread of Cotesia flavipes Cameron: Implication on the local population of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) across three agro-ecological zones in Kenya, Esther Adhiambo Abonyo, George Otieno Ongámo, Catherine Wanjiru Lukhoba, Gideon Nzioka Nyamasyo, and Bruno Le Ru Pierre
The impact of beekeeping on household income: evidence from north-western Ethiopia, Zewdu Abro, Menale Kassie, Haymanot Alebel Tiku, Bedaso Taye, Zemen Ayalew Ayele, and Workneh Ayalew
The potential economic benefits of insect-based feed in Uganda, Zewdu Abro, Ibrahim Macharia, Kelvin Mulungu, Sevgan Subramanian, Chrysantus Mbi Tanga, and Menale Kassie
The Endophyte Trichoderma asperellum M2RT4 Induces the Systemic Release of Methyl Salicylate and (Z)-jasmone in Tomato Plant Affecting Host Location and Herbivory of Tuta absoluta, Ayaovi Agbessenou, Komivi S. Akutse, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, and Fathiya M. Khamis
A systematic methodological approach to estimate the impacts of a classical biological control agent's dispersal at landscape: Application to fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis and its endoparasitoid Fopius arisanus, Komi Mensah Agboka, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Emily Kimathi, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Saliou Niassy, Samira A. Mohamed, and Sunday Ekesi
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
Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms for Modelling Potential Maize Yield under Maize–Legume Farming Systems in East Africa, Komi Mensah Agboka, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, and Saliou Niassy
Predicting the potential global distribution of an invasive alien pest Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Philipe Guilherme Corcino Souza, Ricardo Siqueira da Silva, Paulo Antonio Santana Júnior, Marcelo Coutinho Picanço, Rosina Kyerematen, Mamoudou Sétamou, Sunday Ekesi, and Christian Borgemeister
A machine learning algorithm-based approach (MaxEnt) for predicting invasive potential of Trioza erytreae on a global scale, Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Philipe Guilherme Corcino Souza, Ricardo Siqueira da Silva, Paulo Antonio Santana Júnior, Marcelo Coutinho Picanço, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Mamoudou Sétamou, Sunday Ekesi, and Christian Borgemeister
Climate-induced range shifts of invasive species (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama), Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Philipe Guilherme Corcino Souza, Ricardo Siqueira da Silva, Paulo Antonio Santana, Marcelo Coutinho Picanço, Rosina Kyerematen, Mamoudou Sètamou, Sunday Ekesi, and Christian Borgemeister
Disentangling thermal effects using life cycle simulation modelling on the biology and demographic parameters of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a parasitoid of Tuta absoluta, Pascal O. Aigbedion-Atalor, Martin P. Hill, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Myron P. Zalucki, and Samira A. Mohamed
Genetic diversity of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) unravels phylogeographic structure and invasion history of eastern African populations, Inusa Jacob Ajene, Fathiya Mbarak Khamis, Barbara van Asch, Gerhard Pietersen, Nurhussen Seid, Anne Wambui Wairimu, Fidelis Levi Ombura, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Mamoudou Sétamou, Sevgan Subramanian, Samira Mohammed, and Sunday Ekesi
Comparative microbiome analysis of Diaphorina citri and its associated parasitoids Tamarixia radiata and Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis reveals Wolbachia as a dominant endosymbiont, Hafiza Javaria Ashraf, Luis Carlos Ramos Aguila, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Muhammad Ilyas, Asim Abbasi, Xiaofang Li, and Liande Wang
Organic maize and bean farming enhances free-living nematode dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa, Janet G. Atandi, Noah Adamtey, Agnes W. Kiriga, Edward N. Karanja, Martha W. Musyoka, Felix M. Matheri, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Danny L. Coyne, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, David Bautze, and Solveig Haukeland
Soil carbon accumulation in crop-livestock systems in acid soil savannas of South America: A review, Miguel Ayarza, Idupulapati Rao, Lourival Vilela, Carlos Lascano, and Raul Vera-Infanzón
Chemical Cues From Honeydew and Cuticular Extracts of Trialeurodes Vaporariorum Serve as Kairomones for The Parasitoid Encarsia Formosa, Pascal Mahukpe Ayelo, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Anaïs Chailleux, Samira A. Mohamed, Christian W.W. Pirk, and Emilie Deletre
The parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris eavesdrops on semiochemicals from its host Tuta absoluta and tomato, Pascal M. Ayelo, Samira A. Mohamed, Anaïs Chailleux, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Christian W.W. Pirk, and Emilie Deletre
Predicting the habitat suitability of the invasive white mango scale, Aulacaspis tubercularis; Newstead, 1906 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) using bioclimatic variables, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Samira A. Mohamed, Shepard Ndlela, and Sunday Ekesi
Potential of entomocomposting toward soil pathogen suppression, Dennis Beesigamukama, María Gómez-Brandón, and Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects, Dennis Beesigamukama, Sevgan Subramanian, and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Economic and ecological values of frass fertiliser from black soldier fly agro-industrial waste processing, D. Beesigamukama, B. Mochoge, N. Korir, K. Menale, B. Muriithi, M. Kidoido, H. Kirscht, G. Diiro, C. J. Ghemoh, S. Sevgan, D. Nakimbugwe, M. W. Musyoka, S. Ekesi, and C. M. Tanga
Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae, Silas Bossert, Thomas J. Wood, Sébastien Patiny, Denis Michez, Eduardo A.B. Almeida, Robert L. Minckley, Laurence Packer, John L. Neff, Robert S. Copeland, Jakub Straka, Alain Pauly, Terry Griswold, Seán G. Brady, Bryan N. Danforth, and Elizabeth A. Murray
Genetics and immunity of Anopheles response to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae overlap with immunity to Plasmodium, Tullu Bukhari, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Emmanuel Bischoff, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Karin Eiglmeier, Michelle M. Riehle, Kenneth D. Vernick, and Christian Mitri
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: A systematic review, Tony W. Carr, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Alcade C. Segnon, Zakari Ali, Robert Zougmoré, Alan D. Dangour, Rosemary Green, and Pauline Scheelbeek
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator, Ana M. Cerveira and Robert R. Jackson
Impact of net houses on the natural regulation of the populations of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), two major tomato pests in Kenya, Anaïs Chailleux, Junitor Chepkemoi, Julien M. Haran, Laure Benoit, Robert Copeland, and Emilie Deletre
Approaches to conservation of Nesidiocoris tenuis for biological control of pests in field-grown tomato in Senegal, Anaïs Chailleux, Saliou Ndjiliw, Massamba Diakhaté, Grace Falone Akodjetin, Philippe Correa, Emilie Deletre, and Thierry Brévault
Contributions of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) to livelihoods of peri-urban dwellers in the Free State Province of South Africa, Gerald Chikowore, Frank Chidawanyika, and Grant D. Martin
Potential effects of changes in climate, population density and land use land cover on spatial distribution of Adansonia digitata suitable habitats in Africa, Batsirai Chitungo, Tawanda Manyangadze, and Shepard Ndlela
Progress in research on site-specific nutrient management for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, P. Chivenge, S. Zingore, K. S. Ezui, S. Njoroge, M. A. Bunquin, A. Dobermann, and K. Saito
Parasitisation of Weaver Ants by a Species of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Smicromorphinae) and Unequivocal Evidence of Its Presence in the Afrotropical Region, Robert S. Copeland, Bethelihem Mekonnen, and Gerard Delvare
Integrated pest management of Tuta absoluta: practical implementations across different world regions, Nicolas Desneux, Peng Han, Ramzi Mansour, Judit Arnó, Thierry Brévault, Mateus R. Campos, Anais Chailleux, Raul N.C. Guedes, Javad Karimi, Kouassi Arthur J. Konan, Anne violette Lavoir, María G. Luna, Meritxell Perez-Hedo, Alberto Urbaneja, François J. Verheggen, Lucia Zappalà, Khaled Abbes, Abid Ali, Yunus Bayram, Fernando Cantor, Andrew G.S. Cuthbertson, Raf De Vis, Fedai Erler, Dnyaneshwar M. Firake, Khalid Haddi, M. Jamal Hajjar, Khasan Ismoilov, and Coline C. Jaworski
Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient, Fairo F. Dzekashu, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Christian W.W. Pirk, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, H. Michael G. Lattorff, and Marcell K. Peters
Global Advances on Insect Pest Management Research in Oil Palm, James P. Egonyu, John Baguma, Luis C. Martínez, Hari Priwiratama, Sevgan Subramanian, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Jacob P. Anankware, Nanna Roos, and Saliou Niassy
Effects of expanding cassava planting and harvesting windows on root yield, starch content and revenue in southwestern Nigeria, Rebecca Oiza Enesi, Pieter Pypers, Christine Kreye, Meklit Tariku, Johan Six, and Stefan Hauser
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and One Health — a call for action to integrate, Timo Falkenberg, Sunday Ekesi, and Christian Borgemeister
Larval Exposure to Parasitic Varroa destructor Mites Triggers Specific Immune Responses in Different Honey Bee Castes and Species, Yu Fang, Abebe Jenberie Wubie, Mao Feng, Chuan Ma, Boris Baer, and Jianke Li
Genetic diversity and demographic history of the Old World Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Ethiopia inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences, Tarekegn Fite, Tadele Tefera, Muluken Goftishu, and Tebekew Damte
Impact of invasive insects on native insect communities, Taiadjana M. Fortuna, Philippe Le Gall, Samir Mezdour, and Paul André Calatayud
Identifying the geographic origins of invasive Megathyrsus maximus in the United States using molecular data, John F. Gaskin, John A. Goolsby, Marie Claude Bon, Massimo Cristofaro, and Paul André Calatayud