Plant Health Theme (PHT)

Different Plant Viruses Induce Changes in Feeding Behavior of Specialist and Generalist Aphids on Common Bean That Are Likely to Enhance Virus Transmission, Francis O. Wamonje, Ruairí Donnelly, Trisna D. Tungadi, Alex M. Murphy, Adrienne E. Pate, Christine Woodcock, John Caulfield, J. Musembi Mutuku, Toby J.A. Bruce, Christopher A. Gilligan, John A. Pickett, and John P. Carr

Citronellal perception and transmission by Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) females, Weijian Wu, Shanshan Li, Min Yang, Yongwen Lin, Kaibin Zheng, and Komivi Senyo Akutse

Lineage-Specific Proteomic Signatures in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Reveal Differential Abundance of Proteins Involved in Virulence, DNA Repair, CRISPR-Cas, Bioenergetics and Lipid Metabolism, Solomon Abebe Yimer, Shewit Kalayou, Håvard Homberset, Alemayehu Godana Birhanu, Tahira Riaz, Ephrem Debebe Zegeye, Timo Lutter, Markos Abebe, Carol Holm-Hansen, Abraham Aseffa, and Tone Tønjum

Submissions from 2019 2019

Color calibration of proximal sensing RGB images of oilseed rape canopy via deep learning combined with k-means algorithm, Alwaseela Abdalla, Haiyan Cen, Elfatih Abdel-Rahman, Liang Wan, and Yong He

Size and shape analysis of Trioza erytreae Del Guercio (Hemiptera: Triozidae), vector of citrus huanglongbing disease, Owusu F. Aidoo, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Thomson M. Paris, Sandra A. Allan, Samira A. Mohamed, Fathiya M. Khamis, Mamoudou Sétamou, Christian Borgemeister, and Sunday Ekesi

Termite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn under organic and conventional farming systems in the central highlands of Kenya, John J. Anyango, David Bautze, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Zipporah O. Lagat, Anne W. Muriuki, Sibylle Stöckli, Gladys K. Onyambu, Martha W. Musyoka, Edward N. Karanja, and Noah Adamtey

Distribution and Incidence of the Oil Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus phoenicis (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Selected Agro-Ecological Zones of Uganda, J. Baguma, M. Otema, G. Ddamulira, R. Naluyimba, and J. P. Egonyu

The potential of novel African isolates of Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus for the control of Tuta absoluta, Saoussen Ben Tiba, Andreas Larem, Asma Laarif, Eva Fritsch, Karin Undorf-Spahn, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, Sunday Ekesi, Jörg T. Wennmann, Jürgen Kroschel, Sami Fattouch, and Johannes A. Jehle

Insects for sustainable animal feed: inclusive business models involving smallholder farmers, Shaphan Y. Chia, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Joop JA van Loon, and Marcel Dicke

African nightshade and african spinach decrease root-knot nematode and potato cyst nematode soil infestation in Kenya, Oliver Chitambo, Solveig Haukeland, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, and Florian M.W. Grundler

ABC transporter genes ABC-C6 and ABC-G33 alter plant-microbe-parasite interactions in the rhizosphere, Deborah Elizabeth Cox, Steven Dyer, Ryan Weir, Xavier Cheseto, Matthew Sturrock, Danny Coyne, Baldwyn Torto, Aaron G. Maule, and Johnathan J. Dalzell

Effect of crop diversification and mulching on termite damage to maize in western Ethiopia, Girma Demissie, Esayas Mendesil, Debela Diro, and Tadele Tefera

Behavioural responses of bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti) to vegetative and floral volatiles from different cowpea cultivars, Seydou Diabate, Emilie Deletre, Lucy Kananu Murungi, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Sevgan Subramanian, John Wesonga, and Thibaud Martin

Behavioural response of alate Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae) to volatiles from different cowpea cultivars, Seydou Diabate, Emilie Deletre, Lucy Kananu Murungi, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, John Wesonga, and Thibaud Martin

Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) genes modulate plant root exudate composition and the attraction of plant parasitic nematodes, Steven Dyer, Ryan Weir, Deborah Cox, Xavier Cheseto, Baldwyn Torto, and Johnathan J. Dalzell

Unexpected diversity of Wolbachia associated with bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Africa, Joseph Gichuhi, Fathiya M. Khamis, Johnnie Van den Berg, Sunday Ekesi, and Jeremy K. Herren

Reduction of initial occurrence of rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae) inocula on seeds by microbial and hot water seed treatments, Ibrahim Hashim, Delphine Mamiro, Robert B. Mabagala, and Tadele Tefera

Optimization of extruder cooking conditions for the manufacture of fish feeds using response surface methodology, Francis Gichuho Irungu, Christopher Mutungi, Abdul Faraj, Hippolyte Affognon, Sunday Ekesi, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, and Komi K.M. Fiaboe

Assortments of Digestive Enzymes Induced in First Instar Larvae of Busseola fusca Feeding on Different Plants, Gérald Juma, Bruno Le Ru, and Paul-André Calatayud

Bait attractants based on artificial fruit-essence for trapping and monitoring Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) females in Peshawar-Pakistan, Muhammad Shehzad Khan, Farman Ullah, Hayat Badshah, Bashir Ahmad, Inayat Ali Shahjehan, and Paul André Calatayud

A new mite IPM strategy: predator avoidance behaviour resulting from the synergetic effects of predator release and acaricide-treated nets, Miriam Kungu, Emilie Deletre, Sevgan Subramanian, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Linus Gitonga, Zipporah Osiemo Lagat, and Thibaud Martin

Towards a global DNA barcode reference library for quarantine identifications of lepidopteran stemborers, with an emphasis on sugarcane pests, Timothy R.C. Lee, Stacey J. Anderson, Lucy T.T. Tran-Nguyen, Nader Sallam, Bruno P. Le Ru, Desmond Conlong, Kevin Powell, Andrew Ward, and Andrew Mitchell

Ethylene and Benzaldehyde Emitted from Postharvest Tomatoes Inhibit Botrytis cinerea via Binding to G-Protein Coupled Receptors and Transmitting with cAMP-Signal Pathway of the Fungus, Yongwen Lin, Hongchun Ruan, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Baochun Lai, Yizhang Lin, Youming Hou, and Fenglin Zhong

Developments in the MPI-M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI-ESM1.2) and Its Response to Increasing CO2, Thorsten Mauritsen, Jürgen Bader, Tobias Becker, Jörg Behrens, Matthias Bittner, Renate Brokopf, Victor Brovkin, Martin Claussen, Traute Crueger, Monika Esch, Irina Fast, Stephanie Fiedler, Dagmar Fläschner, Veronika Gayler, Marco Giorgetta, Daniel S. Goll, Helmuth Haak, Stefan Hagemann, Christopher Hedemann, Cathy Hohenegger, Tatiana Ilyina, Thomas Jahns, Diego Jimenéz-de-la-Cuesta, Johann Jungclaus, Thomas Kleinen, Silvia Kloster, Daniela Kracher, and Stefan Kinne

Species composition and community structure of small pest rodents (Muridae) in cultivated and fallow fields in maize-growing areas in Mayuge district, Eastern Uganda, Alex Mayamba, Robert M. Byamungu, Rhodes H. Makundi, Didas N. Kimaro, Moses Isabirye, Apia W. Massawe, David Kifumba, Alice Nakiyemba, Herwig Leirs, Mshaka E. Mdangi, Brian E. Isabirye, and Loth S. Mulungu

Field and laboratory performance of false codling moth, thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Troticidae) on orange and selected vegetables, Abdullah Mohamed Mkiga, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, Hannalene Du Plessis, Fathiya Mbarak Khamis, and Sunday Ekesi

A comparative analysis of planetscope and sentinel sentinel-2 space-borne sensors in mapping striga weed using guided regularised random forest classification ensemble, B. T. Mudereri, T. Dube, E. M. Adel-Rahman, S. Niassy, E. Kimathi, Z. Khan, and T. Landmann

Nitrogen release and synchrony in organic and conventional farming systems of the Central Highlands of Kenya, Martha W. Musyoka, Noah Adamtey, Else K. Bünemann, Anne W. Muriuki, Edward N. Karanja, Monica Mucheru-Muna, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, and Georg Cadisch

Can pay-as-you-go, digitally enabled business models support sustainability transformations in developing countries? Outstanding questions and a theoretical basis for future research, David Ockwell, Joanes Atela, Kennedy Mbeva, Victoria Chengo, Rob Byrne, Rachael Durrant, Victoria Kasprowicz, and Adrian Ely

Horizontal transmission of Metarhizium anisopliae between Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) adults and compatibility of the fungus with the attractant phenylacetaldehyde, Selpha Opisa, Hannalene du Plessis, Komivi S. Akutse, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, and Sunday Ekesi

African Citrus Greening Disease in East Africa: Incidence, Severity, and Distribution Patterns, B. A. Rasowo, F. M. Khamis, S. A. Mohamed, I. J. Ajene, O. F. Aidoo, L. Ombura, M. Sétamou, S. Ekesi, C. Borgemeister, and Cecilia Tamborindeguy

The influence of water and nutrient management on oil palm yield trends on a large-scale plantation in Ghana, Tiemen Rhebergen, Thomas Fairhurst, Ken E. Giller, and Shamie Zingore

Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract conspecific and heterospecific adults for oviposition within a community of lepidopteran stemborers on maize plant, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Eric Siaw Ntiri, Peter Ahuya, Baldwyn Torto, Bruno Pierre Le Ru, Dora Chao Kilalo, Gerald Juma, and Paul André Calatayud

BEYOND AVERAGES: NEW APPROACHES to UNDERSTAND HETEROGENEITY and RISK of TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS or FAILURE in SMALLHOLDER FARMING, Bernard Vanlauwe, R. I.C. Coe, and Ken E. Giller

A Bayesian analysis of longitudinal farm surveys in Central Malawi reveals yield determinants and site-specific management strategies, Han Wang, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Monica Fisher, and Frederi Viens

Estimating returns to fertilizer adoption with unobserved heterogeneity: Evidence from Ethiopia, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Tsegaye T. Gatiso, and Menale Kassie

Submissions from 2018 2018

Farmers’ perception and control practices against the invasive red spider mite (Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard) in Benin, G. Y. Azandémè-Hounmalon, H. D. Affognon, F. Assogba-Komlan, M. Tamò, K. K.M. Fiaboe, S. Kreiter, and T. Martin

Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field observations and temperature-dependent development models for the coffee stink bug, antestiopsis thunbergii (gmelin), Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Christian W.W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Fabrice Pinard, Saliou Niassy, Gladys Mosomtai, and Régis Babin

Bioefficacy of unitary and binary botanical combinations against Mexican bean weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Tegegne Bayih, Amanuel Tamiru, and Meseret Chimdessa Egigu

Interactions among Plants, Insects, and Microbes: Elucidation of Inter-Organismal Chemical Communications in Agricultural Ecology, John J. Beck, Hans T. Alborn, Anna K. Block, Shawn A. Christensen, Charles T. Hunter, Caitlin C. Rering, Irmgard Seidl-Adams, Charles J. Stuhl, Baldwyn Torto, and James H. Tumlinson

Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to nitrogen, phosphorus and rhizobia inoculation across variable soils in Zimbabwe, Vongai Chekanai, Regis Chikowo, and Bernard Vanlauwe

Ex-post economic analysis of push-pull technology in Eastern Uganda, Ruth T. Chepchirchir, Ibrahim Macharia, Alice W. Murage, Charles A.O. Midega, and Zeyaur R. Khan

Genotypic responses of brachiaria grass (Brachiaria spp.) accessions to drought stress, Duncan Cheruiyot, Charles Aura Odhiambo Midega, Johnnie Van den Berg, John Anthony Pickett, and Zeyaur Rahman Khan

Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya, Gracious M. Diiro, Greg Seymour, Menale Kassie, Geoffrey Muricho, and Beatrice Wambui Muriithi

Quantitative and quality losses caused by rodents in on-farm stored maize: a case study in the low land tropical zone of Kenya, Kukom Edoh Ognakossan, Christopher M. Mutungi, Tobias O. Otieno, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Daniel N. Sila, and Willis O. Owino

Larvicidal activities of limonoids from Turraea abyssinica (Meliaceae) on Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), F. R.E. Essoung, S. C. Chhabra, B. M. Mba'ning, S. A. Mohamed, W. Lwande, B. N. Lenta, S. A. Ngouela, E. Tsamo, and A. Hassanali

Genetic footprints of adaptive divergence in the bracovirus of Cotesia sesamiae identified by targeted resequencing, Jérémy Gauthier, Philippe Gayral, Bruno Pierre Le Ru, Séverine Jancek, Stéphane Dupas, Laure Kaiser, Gabor Gyapay, and Elisabeth A. Herniou

Susceptibilities of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus-infected and noninfected Diaphorina citri to entomopathogenic fungi and their detoxification enzyme activities under different temperatures, Mubasher Hussain, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Yongwen Lin, Shiman Chen, Wei Huang, Jinguan Zhang, Atif Idrees, Dongliang Qiu, and Liande Wang

Impact of improved maize adoption on household food security of maize producing smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Moti Jaleta, Menale Kassie, Paswel Marenya, Chilot Yirga, and Olaf Erenstein

Push–pull farming system in Kenya: Implications for economic and social welfare, Menale Kassie, Jesper Stage, Gracious Diiro, Beatrice Muriithi, Geoffrey Muricho, Samuel T. Ledermann, Jimmy Pittchar, Charles Midega, and Kahn Zeyaur

Effect of Trichoderma spp. and Purpureocillium lilacinum on Meloidogyne javanica in commercial pineapple production in Kenya, Agnes W. Kiriga, Solveig Haukeland, George M. Kariuki, Danny L. Coyne, and Nikolai V. Beek

Elicitation of Differential Responses in the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita to Tomato Root Exudate Cytokinin, Flavonoids, and Alkaloids, Hillary K. Kirwa, Lucy K. Murungi, John J. Beck, and Baldwyn Torto

Identification of Key Root Volatiles Signaling Preference of Tomato over Spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Lucy Kananu Murungi, Hillary Kirwa, Danny Coyne, Peter E.A. Teal, John J. Beck, and Baldwyn Torto

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) hosts several widespread bradyrhizobial root nodule symbionts across contrasting agro-ecological production areas in Kenya, Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Monika M. Messmer, Dominik Ziegler, Hannes A. Gamper, Éva Mészáros, Moses Thuita, Bernard Vanlauwe, Emmanuel Frossard, and Cécile Thonar

Cucumber and Tomato Volatiles: Influence on Attraction in the Melon Fly Zeugodacus cucurbitate (Diptera: Tephritidae), Peter K. Njuguna, Lucy K. Murungi, Ayuka Fombong, Peter E.A. Teal, John J. Beck, and Baldwyn Torto

Influence of feeding-damaged plants on the oviposition responses within a community of female moths, Eric Siaw Ntiri, Paul Andre Calatayud, Boaz Musyoka, Johnnie Van den Berg, and Bruno Pierre Le Ru

Determination of optimal rotation period for management of lumbering forests in Kenya, Fridah Nyakundi, Richard Mulwa, and Jane Kabubo-Mariara

Transdisciplinary research: Collaborative leadership and empowerment towards sustainability of push-pull technology, Isaac Mbeche Nyang'au, Girma Kelboro, Anna Katharina Hornidge, Charles A.O. Midega, and Christian Borgemeister

Effects of Entomopathogenic fungi and Bacillus thuringiensis-based biopesticides on Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), S. Opisa, H. du Plessis, K. S. Akutse, K. K.M. Fiaboe, and S. Ekesi

Expression of resistance in amaranthus spp. (caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae): Effects of selected accessions on the behaviour and biology of the amaranth leaf-webber, spoladea recurvalis (lepidoptera: Crambidae), Stephen T.O. Othim, Srinivasan Ramasamy, Ruth Kahuthia-Gathu, Thomas Dubois, Sunday Ekesi, and Komi K.M. Fiaboe

Opportunities and pitfalls for researchers to contribute to the design of evidence-based agricultural policies: lessons from Uganda, P. N. Pali, M. Schut, P. Kibwika, L. Wairegi, M. Yami, P. J.A. van Asten, and V. M. Manyong

Odour and feeding preference of noctuid moth larvae conditioned to vanillin diet and non-vanillin diet, Christophe Petit, Peter Ahuya, Bruno Le Ru, Laure Kaiser-Arnauld, Myriam Harry, and Paul André Calatayud

Influence of prolonged dietary experience during the larval stage on novel odour preferences in adults of noctuid stem borer moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Christophe Petit, Peter Ahuya, Bruno Le Ru, Laure Kaiser-Arnauld, Myriam Harry, and Paul André Calatayud

Endophytic effects of Aspergillus oryzae on radish (Raphanus sativus) and its herbivore, Plutella xylostella, Bo Tong Sun, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Xiao Feng Xia, Jun Hui Chen, Xin Ai, Yang Tang, Qian Wang, Bo Wen Feng, Mark S. Goettel, and Min Sheng You

Synergies between Different Types of Agricultural Technologies in the Kenyan Small Farm Sector, Priscilla Wainaina, Songporne Tongruksawattana, and Matin Qaim

Sustainably improving Kenya's coffee production needs more participation of younger farmers with diversified income, Lydia W.I. Wairegi, Mica Bennett, Generose Nziguheba, Ashiraf Mawanda, Carlos de los Rios, Edidah Ampaire, Laurence Jassogne, Pamela Pali, David Mukasa, and Piet J.A. van Asten

Sweet attraction: Sugarcane pollen-associated volatiles attract gravid Anopheles arabiensis, Betelehem Wondwosen, Göran Birgersson, Habte Tekie, Baldwyn Torto, Rickard Ignell, and Sharon R. Hill

Effects of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on nutritional quality of banana (Zingiberales: Musaceae) buds, Deyi Yu, Peng Huang, Yong Chen, Yongwen Lin, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Yanyang Lan, and Hui Wei

Submissions from 2017 2017

Detecting the early stage of phaeosphaeria leaf spot infestations in maize crop using in situ hyperspectral data and guided regularized random forest algorithm, Elhadi Adam, Houtao Deng, John Odindi, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, and Onisimo Mutanga

Selection of fungal isolates for virulence against three aphid pest species of crucifers and okra, W. Bayissa, S. Ekesi, S. A. Mohamed, G. P. Kaaya, J. M. Wagacha, R. Hanna, and N. K. Maniania

Variation in host preferences of malaria mosquitoes is mediated by skin bacterial volatiles, A. O. Busula, W. Takken, J. G. de Boer, W. R. Mukabana, and N. O. Verhulst

Identification of the ubiquitous antioxidant tripeptide glutathione as a fruit fly semiochemical, Xavier Cheseto, Donald L. Kachigamba, Sunday Ekesi, Mary Ndung'u, Peter E.A. Teal, John J. Beck, and Baldwyn Torto

Non-host status of papaya cultivars to the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), in relation to the degree of fruit ripeness, Domingos Cugala, João Jone Jordane, and Sunday Ekesi

Welwitschianalol A and B, two cyclohexene derivatives and other insecticidal constituents of Caesalpinia welwitschiana (Oliv.) Brenan, Flaure Rosette Ehawa Essoung, Brice Mittérant Mba'ning, Wilber Lwande, Silvère Augustin Ngouela, Etienne Tsamo, Sumesh Chander Chhabra, Ahmed Hassanali, and Russell John Cox

Diversity and seasonal abundance of tephritid fruit flies in three agro-ecosystems in Benin, West Africa, D. Gnanvossou, R. Hanna, G. Goergen, D. Salifu, C. M. Tanga, S. A. Mohamed, and S. Ekesi

Effects of different temperature regimes on survival of Diaphorina citri and its endosymbiotic bacterial communities, Mubasher Hussain, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Keppanan Ravindran, Yongwen Lin, Bamisope Steve Bamisile, Muhammad Qasim, Chandra Kanta Dash, and Liande Wang

A survey of root knot nematodes and resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in sweet potato varieties from Kenyan fields, Hannah W. Karuri, Daniel Olago, Roy Neilson, Enock Mararo, and Jandouwe Villinger

DNA Barcode Reference Library for the African Citrus Triozid, Trioza erytreae (Hemiptera: Triozidae): Vector of African Citrus Greening, F. M. Khamis, I. Rwomushana, L. O. Ombura, G. Cook, S. A. Mohamed, C. M. Tanga, P. W. Nderitu, C. Borgemeister, M. Sétamou, T. G. Grout, and S. Ekesi

Parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita interactions with different Capsicum annum cultivars reveal the chemical constituents modulating root herbivory, Ruth Kihika, Lucy K. Murungi, Danny Coyne, Margaret Ng'ang'a, Ahmed Hassanali, Peter E.A. Teal, and Baldwyn Torto

Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi, Stefan Koppmair, Menale Kassie, and Matin Qaim

Deinbollia mosaic virus: a novel begomovirus infecting the sapindaceous weed Deinbollia borbonica in Kenya and Tanzania, Martina Kyallo, Peter Sseruwagi, Robert A. Skilton, Mildred Ochwo-Ssemakula, Peter Wasswa, and Joseph Ndunguru

Lure and infect strategy for application of entomopathogenic fungus for the control of bean flower thrips in cowpea, David K. Mfuti, Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian, Hannalne du Plessis, Sunday Ekesi, and Nguya K. Maniania

Effect of organic and conventional farming systems on nitrogen use efficiency of potato, maize and vegetables in the Central highlands of Kenya, Martha W. Musyoka, Noah Adamtey, Anne W. Muriuki, and Georg Cadisch

Sustainable recommendation domains for scaling agricultural technologies in Tanzania, Francis K. Muthoni, Zhe Guo, Mateete Bekunda, Haroon Sseguya, Fred Kizito, Frederick Baijukya, and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon

Evaluation of coloured traps with kairomone attractant for monitoring thrips population dynamics on tomato crop in East Africa, Alexander Mutua Muvea, Helen Lydia Kutima, Zipporah Osiemo Lagat, Monicah Waiganjo, and Sevgan Subramanian

An assessment of the magnitudes and factors associated with postharvest losses in off-farm grain stores in Kenya, Joseph K. Mwangi, Christopher M. Mutungi, Soul Kifouly G. Midingoyi, Abdul K. Faraj, and Hippolyte D. Affognon

Evaluation of onion (Allium cepa) germplasm entries for resistance to onion thrips, Thrips tabaci (Lindeman) in Tanzania, Gabriel Michael Njau, Agnes M.S. Nyomora, Fekadu Fufa Dinssa, Jian Cheng Chang, P. Malini, S. Subramanian, and R. Srinivasan

Quality of charcoal produced using micro gasification and how the new cook stove works in rural Kenya, Mary Njenga, Yahia Mahmoud, Ruth Mendum, Miyuki Iiyama, Ramni Jamnadass, Kristina Roing De Nowina, and Cecilia Sundberg

Identification of kairomones of second instar nymphs of the variegated coffee bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Teresiah N. Njihia, Baldwyn Torto, Lucy K. Murungi, Janet Irungu, Dickson M. Mwenda, and Régis Babin

Short range dispersal of western flower thrips in field-grown French beans in Kenya, Johnson O. Nyasani, Sevgan Subramanian, Benedict Orindi, Hans Michael Poehling, and Rainer Meyhöfer

Datasets on abundance of common blossom thrips and weather variables in small-scale avocado orchards at Taita Hills and Mount Kilimanjaro, James J. Odanga, Samira Mohamed, Florence Olubayo, Richard Nyankanga, Sizah Mwalusepo, Sevgan Subramanian, Tino Johansson, and Sunday Ekesi

Impact of push-pull technology on the nutritional status of farmers' children in Western Kenya, Nicholas O. Ogot, J. O. Pittchar, C. A.O. Midega, and Z. R. Khan

Resolution of the identity of ‘candidatus liberibacter’ species from huanglongbing-affected citrus in East Africa, Ronel Roberts, Glynnis Cook, Tim G. Grout, Fathiya Khamis, Ivan Rwomushana, Peterson W. Nderitu, Zuberi Seguni, Christopher L. Materu, Chanel Steyn, Gerhard Pietersen, Sunday Ekesi, and Hendrick F. le Roux

Genetic variation and host–parasite specificity of Striga resistance and tolerance in rice: the need for predictive breeding, Jonne Rodenburg, Mamadou Cissoko, Nicholas Kayongo, Ibnou Dieng, Jenipher Bisikwa, Runyambo Irakiza, Isaac Masoka, Charles A.O. Midega, and Julie D. Scholes

A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene, Amanuel Tamiru, Toby J.A. Bruce, Annett Richter, Christine M. Woodcock, Charles A.O. Midega, Jörg Degenhardt, Segenet Kelemu, John A. Pickett, and Zeyaur R. Khan