Journal Articles

Fombong A.T., Teal P.E.A., Arbogast R.T., Ndegwa P.N., Irungu L.W. and Torto B. (2012) Chemical communication in the honey bee scarab pest Oplostomus haroldi: Role of (Z)-9-pentacosene. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38, 1463–1473.

Gogo E.O., Saidi M., Itulya F. M., Martin T. and Ngouajio M. (2012) Microclimate modification using eco-friendly nets for high quality tomato transplant production by small-scale farmers in East Africa. HortTechnology 22, 292–298.

Haas F., Tan Chek Hwen J. and Hung Bun Tang (2012) New evidence on the mechanics of wing unfolding in Dermaptera (Insecta). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 70, 95–105.

Hamilton M.L., Kuate S.P., Brazier-Hicks M., Caulfield J.C., Rose R., Edwards R., Torto B., Picket J.A. and Hooper A.M. (2012) Elucidation of the biosynthesis of the di-C-glycosylflavone isoschaftoside, an allelopathic component from Desmodium spp. that inhibits Striga spp. development. Phytochemistry 84, 169–176.

Hiscox A., Maire N., Kiche I., Silkey M., Homan T., Oria P., Mweresa C., Otieno B., Ayugi M., Bousema T., Sawa P., Alaii J., Smith T., Leeuwis C., Mukabana W. R. and Takken W. (2012) The SolarMal Project: innovative mosquito trapping technology for malaria control. Malaria Journal 11(Suppl 1), O45. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-1111-S1181-O1145.

Imbahale S.S., Githeko A., Mukabana W.R. and Takken W. (2012) Integrated mosquito larval source management reduces larval numbers in two highland villages in western Kenya. BMC Public Health 12, 363. doi: 310.1186/1471-2458-1112-1362.

Imbahale S.S., Mukabana W. R., Orindi B., Githeko A. K. and Takken W. (2012) Variation in malaria transmission dynamics in three different sites in western Kenya. Journal of Tropical Medicine 2012, Article ID 912408, 912408 pages. doi:912410.911155/912012/912408.

Jackson R.R. and Nelson X.J. (2012) Attending to detail by communal spider-eating spiders. Animal Cognition 15, 461–471.

Jackson R.R. and Nelson X.J. (2012) Evarcha culicivora chooses blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes but other East African jumping spiders do not. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26, 233–235.

Jackson R.R. and Nelson X.J. (2012) Specialized exploitation of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by spiders (Araneae). Myrmecological News 17, 33–49.

Kachigamba D.L., Ekesi S., Ndung'u M.W., Gitonga L.M., Teal P.E.A. and Torto B. (2012) Evidence for potential of managing some African fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) using the mango fruit fly host-marking pheromone. Journal of Economic Entomology 105, 2068–2075.

Kergoat G.J., Prowell D.P., Le Ru B.P., Mitchell A., Dumas P., Clamens A.-L., Condamine F.L. and Silvain J.-F. (2012) Disentangling dispersal, vicariance and adaptive radiation patterns: a case study using armyworms in the pest genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65, 855–870.

Khamis F.M., Masiga D.K., Mohamed S.A., Salifu D., de Meyer M. and Ekesi S. (2012) Taxonomic identity of the invasive fruit fly pest, Bactrocera invadens: Concordance in morphometry and DNA barcoding. PLOS One 7(9), e44862. doi:44810.41371/journal.pone.0044862.

Kiatoko N., Raina S.K., Muli E., Mithöfer K. and Mueke J. (2012) Species richness and nest dispersion of some tropical meliponine bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) in six habitat types in Kakamega forest, western Kenya. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 32, 194–202.

Kifuko-Koech M., Pypers P., Okalebo J.R., Othieno C.O., Khan Z.R., Pickett J.A., Kipkoech A.K. and Vanlauwe B. (2012) The impact of Desmodium spp. and cutting regimes on the agronomic and economic performance of Desmodium–maize intercropping system in western Kenya. Field Crops Research 137, 97–107.