Journal Articles

Rwomushana I., Ekesi S., Ogol C.K.P.O. and Gordon I. (2009) Mechanisms contributing to the competitive success of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens over the indigenous mango fruit fly Ceratitis cosyra: The role of temperature and resource pre-emption. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 133, 27–37

Sande S., Crewe R.M., Raina S.K., Nicolson S.W. and Gordon I. (2009) Proximity to a forest leads to higher honey yield: Another reason to conserve. Biological Conservation 142, 2703–2709.

Sham P.M., Shiundu P.M., Gikonyo N.K., Hassanali A. and Saini R.K. (2009) Release kinetics of a synthetic tsetse allomone derived from waterbuck odour from a tygon silicon dispenser under laboratory and semi field conditions. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 6, 625–636

Swanson J.A.I., Torto B., Kells S. A., Mesce K. A., Tumlinson J.H. and Spivak M. (2009) Odorants that induce hygienic behavior in honeybees: Identification of volatile compounds in chalkbrood-infected honeybee larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35, 1108–1116.

Tonnang H.E.Z., Nedorezov L.V., Ochanda H., Owino J. and Löhr B. (2009) Assessing the impact of biological control of Plutella xylostella through the application of Lotka-Volterra model. Ecological Modelling 220, 60–70.

Tonnang H.E.Z., Nedorezov L.V., Owino J.O., Ochanda H. and Löhr B. (2009) Evaluation of discrete host–parasitoid models for diamondback moth and Diadegma semiclausum field time population density series. Ecological Modelling 220, 1735–1744

Toroitich F.J., Ueckermann E.A., Theron P.D. and Knapp M. (2009) The tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Kenya and a redescription of the species Peltanobia erasmusi Meyer (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on males. Zootaxa 2176, 33–47.

Vazquez M.P., Mualem D., Bercovich N., Stern Z.M, Nyambega B., Barda O., Masiga D., Gupta S.K., Michaeli S. and Levin M.J. (2009) Functional characterization and protein–protein interactions of trypanosome splicing factors U2AF35, U2AF65 and SF1. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 164, 137–146.

Vega F.E., Goettel M.S., Blackwell M., Chandler D., Jackson M.A., Keller S., Koike M., Maniania N.K., Monzón A., Ownley B.H., Pell J., Rangel D.E.N. and Roy H.E. (2009) (Mini-Review) Fungal entomopathogens: New insights on their ecology. Fungal Ecology 2, 149–159.

Vega F.E., Infante F., Castillo A. and Jaramillo J. (2009) The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei: A short review, with recent findings and future research directions. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 2, 129–147.

Weisskopf L., Akello P., Milleret R., Khan Z.R., Schulthess F., Gobat J.-M. and Le Bayon R.-C. (2009) White lupin leads to increased maize yield through a soil fertility-independent mechanism: A new candidate for fighting Striga hermonthica infestation? Plant and Soil 319, 101–114.

Wosula E.N., Knapp M. and Agong S.G. (2009) Resistance to Tetranychus evansi in Lycopersicon esculentum L. hirsutum var. glabratum hybrids. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 84, 360–364.

Asawalam E.F., Emosairue S.O. and Hassanali  A. (2008) Essential oil of Ocimum grattissimum (Labiatae) as Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) protectant. African Journal of Biotechnology 7, 3771–3776.

Assefa Y., Conlong L., Van Den Berg J. and Le Ru B.P. (2008) The wider distribution of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in South Africa and its potential risk to maize production. Proceedings of The South African Sugarcane Technologists’ Association 81, 290–297.

Ayalew G., Sciarretta A., Baumgärtner J., Ogol C.K.P.O. and Löhr B. (2008) Spatial distribution of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), at the field and the regional level in Ethiopia. International Journal of Pest Management 54, 31–38