Submissions from 2019
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
Ecological niche modeling as a tool for prediction of the potential geographic distribution of Bacillus anthracis spores in Tanzania, Elibariki R. Mwakapeje, Sood A. Ndimuligo, Gladys Mosomtai, Samuel Ayebare, Luke Nyakarahuka, Hezron E. Nonga, Robinson H. Mdegela, and Eystein Skjerve
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
Ant assemblage structure on cocoa trees in smallholder farms in the Centre Region of Cameroon, Tadu Zéphirin, Babin Régis, Aléné Desirée Chantal, Yede, Messop Youbi Edith Blandine, Wouter Dekoninck, and Djiéto Lordon Champlain
Submissions from 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
Analysis of genetic difference within and between of wild relatives of sorghum in sudan, using SSRs, Yasir Ahmed Gamar, Elfadil Ma Bashir, Wilson Kimani, Ibrahim A. Alaraidh, Hassan O. Shaikhaldein, Martina Kyallo, Inosters Nzuki, and Robert Skilton
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
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
Clarifying the source of Conicofrontia sesamoides Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) population in South African sugarcane using morphological identification and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Y. Assefa, M. Goftishu, C. Capdevielle-Dulac, and B. Le Ru
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
Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: A multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics, Chalmers Mulwa, Paswel Marenya, Dil Bahadur Rahut, and Menale Kassie
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
Bioacoustics of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) on Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae), Anastasia Wanjiru Njoroge, Hippolyte Affognon, Christopher Mutungi, Uwe Richter, Oliver Hensel, Barukh Rohde, and Richard W. Mankin
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
Do the mechanisms modulating host preference in holometabolous phytophagous insects depend on their host plant specialization? A quantitative literature analysis, Christophe Petit, Stéphane Dupas, Denis Thiéry, Claire Capdevielle-Dulac, Bruno Le Ru, Myriam Harry, and Paul André Calatayud
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
Screening Napier grass accessions for resistance to Napier grass stunt disease using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA (LAMP), N. I.E. Wamalwa, C. A.O. Midega, S. Ajanga, N. E. Omukunda, F. N. Muyekho, G. O. Asudi, M. Mulaa, and R. K. Zeyaur
Submissions from 2016
Bioassay of three solanaceous weeds as alternative hosts for the invasive tomato Leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and insights on their carryover potential, K. Abbes, A. Harbi, M. Elimem, A. Hafsi, and B. Chermiti
Storage of pigeonpea grain (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in hermetic triple-layer bags prevents losses caused by Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), H. D. Affognon, A. W. Njoroge, C. M. Mutungi, J. Manono, D. Baributsa, and L. L. Murdock
Developmental biology and demographic parameters of antestia bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), on Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) at different constant temperatures, Abdelmutalab Gesmalla Ahmed, Lucy Kananu Murungi, and Regis Babin
Facultative nitrogen fixation by legumes in the central Congo basin is downregulated during late successional stages, Marijn Bauters, Neville Mapenzi, Elizabeth Kearsley, Bernard Vanlauwe, and Pascal Boeckx
Chemical composition of Cupressus lusitanica and Eucalyptus saligna leaf essential oils and bioactivity against major insect pests of stored food grains, Philip K. Bett, Arop L. Deng, Joshua O. Ogendo, Samuel T. Kariuki, Maud Kamatenesi-Mugisha, Joel M. Mihale, and Baldwyn Torto
Is genome size of Lepidoptera linked to host plant range?, P. A. Calatayud, C. Petit, N. Burlet, S. Dupas, N. Glaser, C. Capdevielle-Dulac, B. Le Ru, E. Jacquin-Joly, L. Kaiser-Arnauld, M. Harry, and C. Vieira
Relationships of Reproductive Traits With the Phylogeny of the African Noctuid Stem Borers, Paul-André Calatayud, Stéphane Dupas, Brigitte Frérot, Gilles Genestier, Peter Ahuya, Claire Capdevielle-Dulac, and Bruno Le Ru
First report of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii parasitizing African nightshades in Kenya, O. Chitambo, S. Haukeland, K. K.M. Fiaboe, G. M. Kariuki, and F. M.W. Grundler
Naturally occurring bioactive compounds from four repellent essential oils against Bemisia tabaci whiteflies, Emilie Deletre, Fabrice Chandre, Barbara Barkman, Chantal Menut, and Thibaud Martin
On-farm maize storage systems and rodent postharvest losses in six maize growing agro-ecological zones of Kenya, Kukom Edoh Ognakossan, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Christopher M. Mutungi, Daniel N. Sila, Soul Kifouly G. Midingoyi, and Willis O. Owino
Waste brewer’s yeast as an alternative source of protein for use as a bait in the management of tephritid fruit flies, Sunday Ekesi and Chrysantus M. Tanga
Draft genome sequence of "Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae" strain Mbita1, the causative agent of Napier grass stunt disease in Kenya, Anne Fischer, Ivette Santana-Cruz, Lillian Wambua, Cassandra Olds, Charles Midega, Matthew Dickinson, Praphat Kawicha, Zeyaur Khan, Daniel Masiga, Joerg Jores, and Bernd Schneider
Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms, Romain Frelat, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Ken E. Giller, Mario Herrero, Sabine Douxchamps, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Olaf Erenstein, Ben Henderson, Menale Kassie, Birthe K. Paul, Cyrille Rigolot, Randall S. Ritzema, Daniel Rodriguez, Piet J.A. Van Asten, and Mark T. Van Wijk
Phylogeography of Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Muluken Goftishu, Yoseph Assefa, Chemeda Fininsa, Augustine Niba, Claire Capdevielle-Dulac, and Bruno Pierre Le Ru
Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Host Status and Relative Infestation of Selected Mango Cultivars in Three Agro Ecological Zones in Uganda, B. E. Isabirye, A. M. Akol, H. Muyinza, C. Masembe, I. Rwomushana, and C. K. Nankinga
Resource saving and productivity enhancing impacts of crop management innovation packages in Ethiopia, Moti Jaleta, Menale Kassie, Kindie Tesfaye, Tilaye Teklewold, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Paswel Marenya, and Olaf Erenstein
Mitochondrial coding genome analysis of tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne) supports haplotype based diagnostics and reveals evidence of recent reticulate evolution, Toon Janssen, Gerrit Karssen, Myrtle Verhaeven, Danny Coyne, and Wim Bert
Steroidal glycoalkaloids: Chemical defence of edible African nightshades against the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae), Juma J. Jared, Lucy K. Murungi, John Wesonga, and Baldwyn Torto
Influence of Host-Plant Surface Chemicals on the Oviposition of the Cereal Stemborer Busseola Fusca, Gerald Juma, Gilles Clément, Peter Ahuya, Ahmed Hassanali, Sylvie Derridj, Cyrile Gaertner, Romain Linard, Bruno Le Ru, Brigitte Frérot, and Paul André Calatayud
Maize response to macronutrients and potential for profitability in sub-Saharan Africa, J. Kihara, J. Huising, G. Nziguheba, B. S. Waswa, S. Njoroge, V. Kabambe, E. Iwuafor, C. Kibunja, A. O. Esilaba, and A. Coulibaly
On-Farm Evaluation of Hermetic Technology Against Maize Storage Pests in Kenya, Paddy Likhayo, Anani Y. Bruce, Kimondo Mutambuki, Tadele Tefera, and Jones Mueke
Development and application of mycoinsecticides for the management of fruit flies in Africa, Jean N.K. Maniania and Sunday Ekesi