Flower-visiting insects that are pollinators play a critical role in promoting biodiversity in agroecosystems and agricultural food production through their pollination ecosystem service. However, several factors affect ...

Spodoptera frugiperda(fall armyworm, FAW) is a significant economic pest of maize inUganda. Many Ugandan maize farmers employ synthetic insecticides as their main form of controldespite the negative impacts of these ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem in African cattle production systems, posing a threat to human and animal health and the associated economic value chain. However, there is a poor understanding of the ...

The prevailing global market demands locally produced, sustainable oils for biomedical applications. This study focused on evaluating the quality of cricket-derived oils and meals from Scapsipedus icipe Hugel, Tanga, and ...

Phthorimaea absoluta is an invasive solanaceous plant pest with highly devastating effects on tomato plant. Heavy reliance on insecticide use to tackle the pest has been linked to insecticide resistance selection in P. ...

Climate change is a pressing issue requiring bold innovations using an integrated and systematic approach. As part of the CGIAR Webinar Series for the International Year of Plant health 2020 a webinar took place in 2021 ...

Arsenic is generally toxic to all forms of life, and therefore, its accumulation in the human body serves as one of the major paths in implicating human health. When plants are grown in arsenic-contaminated soils, accumulation ...

In the Americas, the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) exists in two genetically distinct strains,the corn (C) and rice (R) strains. Despite their names, these strains are not associated with host plant preferences but ...

House screening remains conspicuously absent in national malaria programs despite its recognition by the World Health Organization as a supplementary malaria vector-control intervention. This may be attributed, in part, ...

The false codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta, is a major quarantine pest native to Africa. Physical postharvest phytosanitary measures such as cold and heat treatments are championed to control its spread to new ...