Submissions from 2023
Managing soil organic carbon in tropical agroecosystems: evidence from four long-term experiments in Kenya, Moritz Laub, Marc Corbeels, Antoine Couëdel, Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Monicah Wanjiku Mucheru-Muna, Daniel Mugendi, Magdalena Necpalova, Wycliffe Waswa, Marijn Van De Broek, Bernard Vanlauwe, and Johan Six
Identification and virulence screening of fungal and bacterial entomophathogens of the edible long-horned grasshopper Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Uganda, Alfonce Leonard, James P. Egonyu, Fathiya M. Khamis, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Sunday Ekesi, Samuel Kyamanywa, and Sevgan Subramanian
Are pests adapting to the push-pull system? Ecologically intensified farms in Kenya maintain successful pest control over time, T. Luttermoser, Z. R. Khan, C. A.O. Midega, D. Nyagol, M. Jonsson, and K. Poveda
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
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
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
A Systematic Review on Advancements in Remote Sensing for Assessing and Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Changes Impacts on Surface Water Resources in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments, Makgabo Johanna Mashala, Timothy Dube, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Kingsley Kwabena Ayisi, and Marubini Reuben Ramudzuli
Evolution of fungal and non-fungal eukaryotic communities in response to thermophilic co-composting of various nitrogen-rich green feedstocks, Felix Matheri, Anne Kelly Kambura, Maina Mwangi, Edward Karanja, Noah Adamtey, Kennedy Wanjau, Edwin Mwangi, Chrysantus Mbi Tanga, David Bautze, and Steven Runo
Ontogenetic responses of physiological fitness in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in response to repeated cold exposure, Abongile Mbande, Reyard Mutamiswa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Thermal tolerance in Spodoptera frugiperda: Influence of age, sex, and mating status, Abongile Mbande, Reyard Mutamiswa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Contrasting effects of acute heat shock on physiological and ecological performance of the fall armyworm, Abongile Mbande, Reyard Mutamiswa, Casper Nyamukondiwa, and Frank Chidawanyika
Evaluation of the solar-powered Silver Bullet 2.1 (Lumin 8) light trap for sampling malaria vectors in western Kenya, Oscar Mbare, Margaret Mendi Njoroge, Fedinand Ong’wen, Tullu Bukhari, and Ulrike Fillinger
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
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
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
Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) Invasion Risk and Vegetation Damage in a Key Upsurge Area, Raphael Mongare, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Emily Kimathi, Simon Onywere, and Henri E.Z. Tonnang
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
Beneficial sterols in selected edible insects and their associated antibacterial activities, Cynthia Muhavi Mudalungu, Hosea Oginda Mokaya, and Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
Farmers’ Knowledge, Control Methods, and Challenges of Managing Bean Leaf Beetles (Ootheca spp.) in Uganda, Julius Mugonza, James P. Egonyu, and Michael H. Otim
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
Long-term mammal herbivory on arthropod assemblages at Kruger National Park, South Africa, Ludzula Mukwevho, Tatenda Dalu, and Frank Chidawanyika
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
Does forest access reduce reliance on costly shock-coping strategies? Evidence from Malawi, Kelvin Mulungu and Nicholas Kilimani
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
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
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
African Queens find mates when males are rare, Vincent P. Rutagarama, Piera M. Ireri, Constantin Sibomana, Kennedy S. Omufwoko, Simon H. Martin, Richard H. ffrench-Constant, Winnie Eckardt, Beth K. Kaplin, David A.S. Smith, and Ian Gordon
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
Transforming imaginations? Multiple dimensionalities and temporalities as vital complexities in transformations to sustainability, Andy Stirling, Rose Cairns, Phil Johnstone, and Joel Onyango
New insights into the emerging edible insect industry in Africa, Chrysantus M. Tanga and Margaret O. Kababu
Potential of Insect Life Stages as Functional Ingredients for Improved Nutrition and Health, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Hosea O. Mokaya, Wendie Kasiera, and Sevgan Subramanian
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
A theoretical model for host-controlled regulation of symbiont density, Mathilda Whittle, Michael B. Bonsall, Antoine M.G. Barreaux, Fleur Ponton, and Sinead English
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