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Acceptability and suitability of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) for Cotesia icipe Fernandez‐Triana & Fiaboe on amaranth

Agbodzavu, M. K.; Gikungu, M.; Lagat, Z. O.; Rwomushana, I.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Fiaboe, K. K. M. (Wiley Online Library, 2018)

The beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous insect that is distributed worldwide and was recently reported as an important pest on African indigenous vegetables. Cotesia icipe ...
Adaptation to and Small-Scale Rearing of Invasive Fruit Fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Artificial Diet

Ekesi, Sunday.; Nderitu, Peterson W.; Chang, Chiou Ling (Entomological Society of America, 2007)

Larval rearing of Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White (Diptera: Tephritidae) on artiÞcial diet is described. The adaptation process for this insect, when moved from whole mango, Mangifera indica L., fruit rearing ...
African citrus greening disease in East Africa: Incidence, severity, and distribution patterns.

Rasowo, B. A.; Khamis, S.A; Mohamed, S.A.; Ajene, I.J.; Aidoo, O. F.; Ombura, L.; Sétamou, M.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Borgemeister, C. (Oxford University Press, 2019)

African citrus greening disease (ACGD) is considered as one of the major diseases of citrus threatening citrus production in East Africa. Our study aimed for the first time to assess the incidence, severity, and distribution ...
Autodissemination device for the management of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti on cowpea

Mfuti, D.K.; Subramanian, S.; Naissy, S.; Plessis, H. du.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Maniania, N.K. (Icipe Science Press, 2015)
Biochar and gypsum amendment of agroindustrial waste for enhanced black soldier fly larval biomass and quality frass fertilizer

Beesigamukama, D.; Mochoge, B.; Korir, N.K.; Fiaboe K.K.M, K.K.M.; Nakimbugwe, D.; Khamis, F.M.; Dubois, T.; Subramanian, S.; Musyoka, M.W.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Tanga, C.M. (PLoS ONE, 2020)
Characterization of Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone of the Bean Flower Thrips Megalurothrips sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Saliou, Niassy.; Amanuel, Tamiru.; James, G. C. Hamilton.; William, D. J. Kirk.; Roland, Mumm.; Cassie, Sims.; Willem, Jan de Kogel.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Nguya, K. Maniania.; Krishnakumari, Bandi.; Fraser, Mitchell.; Sevgan, Subramanian. (springer, 2019)

Aggregation of the bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), has been observed on cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. To understand the mechanism underpinning this behavior, we ...
Chemical additives enhance the activity of a Bt-based biopesticide targeting the beet webworm larvae.

Opisa, Selpha.; Komivi, Senyo A.; Hannalene,du Plessis.; Fiaboe, Komi K.M.; Ekesi, Sunday. (Wiley Online Library, 2020)

Spoladea recurvalis (Fbr.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae can cause up to 100% foliage loss on amaranths during severe outbreaks. The Bacillus thuringiensis Subsp. kurstaki product Halt® is a biologically safe biopesticide ...
Chemical additives enhance the activity of a Bt‐based biopesticide targeting the beet webworm larvae.

Opisa, S.; Akutse, K. S.; du Plessis, H.; Fiaboe, K. K. M.; Ekesi, Sunday. (Wiley Online Library, 2020)

Spoladea recurvalis (Fbr.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae can cause up to 100% foliage loss on amaranths during severe outbreaks. The Bacillus thuringiensis Subsp. kurstaki product Halt® is a biologically safe biopesticide ...
Chemical additives enhance the activity of a Bt‐based biopesticide targeting the beet webworm larvae.

Opisa Miller, Selpha.; Akutse, K. S.; du Plessis, H.; Fiaboe, K.K.M.; Ekesi, Sunday. (Blackwell Verlag GmbH, 2019)

Spoladea recurvalis (Fbr.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae can cause up to 100% foliage loss on amaranths during severe outbreaks. The Bacillus thuringiensis Subsp. kurstaki product Halt® is a biologically safe biopesticide ...
Consequences of shade management on the taxonomic patterns and functional diversity of termites (Blattodea: Termitidae) in cocoa agroforestry systems.

Ambele, F. C.; Hervé, B. D. B.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Akutse, K. S.; Djuideu, C. T. C. L.; Meupia, M .J.; Babalola, O. O. (Ecology and Evolution, 2018)

Termites have gained importance as major pests in cocoa agroforests. Proper identi‐fication of termite species and knowledge on their functional diversity are the first steps in developing environmentally compatible ...
Decision support system for fitting and mapping nonlinear functions with application to insect pest management in the biological control context.

Guimapi, R.A.; Mohamed, S. A.; Biber-Freudenberger, L.; Mwangi, W.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Borgemeister, C.; Tonnang, H.E.Z (Algorithms, 2020)

The process of moving from experimental data to modeling and characterizing the dynamics and interactions in natural processes is a challenging task. This paper proposes an interactive platform for fitting data derived ...
Distribution of CandidatusLiberibacter species in eastern Africa, and the first Report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya

Ajene, Inusa J.; Fathiya, M. Khamis.; Barbara, van Asch.; Gerhard, Pietersen.; Nurhussen, Seid.; Ivan, Rwomushana.; Fidelis, L. O. Ombura; George, Momanyi.; Pole, Finyange.; Brenda, A. Rasowo.; Chrysantus, M. Tanga.; Samira, Mohammed.; Ekesi, Sunday.; (Nature research, 2020)

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a serious disease of Citrus sp. worldwide. in Africa and the Mascarene islands, a similar disease is known as African citrus greening (AcG) and is associated with the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter ...
Distribution, degree of damage and risk of spread of Trioza erytreae (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in Kenya.

Aidoo, O. F.; Tanga, C.; Mohamed, S.; Rasowo, B. A.; Khamis, F.; Rwomushana, I.; Kimani, J.; Agyakwa, A. K.; Salifu, D.; Mamoudou, S.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Borgemeister, C. (Blackwell Verlag GmbH, 2019)

The African citrus triozid (ACT), Trioza erytreae Del Guercio, is a destructive pest particularly on citrus, and vectors, “Candidatus” Liberibacter africanus (CLaf), which is the causal agent of the African citrus greening ...
Diversity and phylogenetic analysis of endosymbionts fromTrioza erytreae(Del Guercio) and its parasitoids in Kenya

Rasowo, Brenda A.; Copeland, Robert S.; Khamis, Fathiya M.; Aidoo, Owusu F.; Ajene, Inusa J.; Mohamed, Samira A.; Setamou, Mamoudou.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Borgemeister, Christian (Journal of Applied Entomology, 2021)

The African citrus triozid (ACT), Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio), is the primary vector of Candidatus Liberibacter africanus (CLaf), the causative agent of Africa citrus greening disease (ACGD). This study evaluates the ...
Diversity of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and their gut bacterial community in Kenya.

Gichuhi, J.; Subramanian, S.; Khamis, F. M.; van den Berg, J.; du Plessis, H.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Herren, J. (bioRxiv, 2019)

The invasive fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a polyphagous pest that causes widespread damage particularly to maize and sorghum in Africa. The microbiome associated with S. frugiperda could play ...
Diversity of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and their gut bacterial community in Kenya.

Gichuhi, J.; Khamis, F.; Van den Berg, J.; du Plessis, H.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Herren, J. (PeerJ, 2020)

Background The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a polyphagous pest that causes widespread damage particularly to maize and sorghum in Africa. The microbiome associated with S. frugiperda could ...
Do Farmers and the Environment Benefit from Adopting Integrated Pest Management Practices? Evidence from Kenya

Soul-kifouly, G. Midingoyi.; Menale, Kassie.; Muriithi,Beatrice.; Gracious, Diiro.; Ekesi, Sunday. (2018)

We estimate the impacts of a bundle of integrated pest management (IPM) practices on mango yield, mango net income, insecticide use, human health and the environment, using recent household survey data of mango growers in ...
Do farmers and the environment benefit from adopting integrated pest management practices? Evidence from Kenya.

Midingoyi, S. K.; Kassie, M.; Muriithi, B.; Diiro, G.; Ekesi, Sunday. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019)

We estimate the impacts of a bundle of integrated pest management (IPM) practices on mango yield, mango net income, insecticide use, human health and the environment, using recent household survey data of mango growers in ...
Ecological niche and potential geographic distribution of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera, Tephritidae)

De Meyer, M.; Mansell, M.W.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Tsuruta, K.; Mwaiko, W.; Vayssieres, J-F.; Peterson, A.T.; Robertson, M. P. (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Two correlative approaches to the challenge of ecological niche modeling (genetic algorithm, maximum entropy) were used to estimate the potential global distribution of the invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens, based ...
Economic analysis of spillover effects of an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy for suppression of mango fruit fly in Kenya.

Githiomi, C.; Muriithi, B.; Irungu, P.; Mwungu, C.; Diiro, G.; Affognon, H.; Mburu, J.; Ekesi, Sunday. (Elsevier, 2019)

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) recently developed and disseminated an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy to suppress the invasive oriental fruit fly species Bactrocera dorsalis in ...

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