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Ajuonu, Obinna, IITA, IITA
Bett, Bernard, Team Leader - One Health Centre, ILRI, ILRI
Dannon, Elie, IITA, IITA
Fiaboe, Komi K, Entomologist, IITA, IITA
Gnanvossou, Desire, IITA, IITA
Hanna, Rachid, Entomologist/Country Representative, IITA, IITA
Korie, Sam, Biometrician, IITA, IITA
Negloh, Koffi, IITA, IITA
Neuenschwander, Peter, Scientist, IITA, IITA
Tamo, Manuele, Insect Ecologist, IITA, IITA
Xu, Jianchu, Regional Coordinator-East and Central Asia, ICRAF, ICRAF

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A one health framework for estimating the economic costs of zoonotic diseases on society
A packaging and delivery system for aerial release of Phytoseiidae for biological control
Acceptance of eggs of Rivula atimeta, Naranga aenescens (Lep.: Noctuidae) and Hydrellia philippina (Dipt.: Ephydridae) by insect predators on rice.
Alternative plant habitats for common phytoseiid predators of the cassava green mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae) in northeast Brazil
Assessing non-target effects and host feeding of the exotic parasitoid Apanteles taragamae, a potential biological control agent of the cowpea pod borer Maruca vitrata
Augmentative on-farm delivery methods for the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to control the millet head miner Heliocheilus albipunctella (de Joannis) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Burkina Faso and Niger
Behavioral responses of the whitebacked planthopperSogatella furcifera (Homoptera: Delphacidae) on rice plants whose odors have been masked
Biological control of three floating water weeds, Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes , and Salviniamolesta in the Republic of Congo
Bionomics of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae as influenced by different diets fed to its host, Maruca vitrata
Cannibalism and interspecific predation in a phytoseiid predator guild from cassava fields in Africa: evidence from the laboratory.
Cassava green mites: A challenge for experts in biological control
Clarifying the identity of Amblyseius swirskii and Amblyseius rykei (Acari: Phytoseiidae): are they two distinct species or two populations of one species?
Combined Effects of Pesticides and Trematode Infections on Hourglass Tree Frog Polypedates cruciger
Comparative studies on the infectivity of Theileria parva in ticks fed in vitro and those fed on cattle.
Compatibility of Neoseiulus paspalivorus and Proctolaelaps bickleyi, candidate biocontrol agents of the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis: spatial niche use and intraguild predation
Continent-wide releases of neotropical phytoseiids against the exotic cassava green mite in Africa
Continental dispersal of the cassava green mite, an exotic pest in Africa, and implications for biological control
Development of Transdisciplinarity Among Students Placed with a Sustainability for Health Research Project
Distributions of the vectors of heartwater, Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae), in Zimbabwe.
Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of tick infestations in Sri Lanka
Does methyl salicylate, a component of herbivore-induced plant odour, promote sporulation of the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae?
Dryinid parasitoids of rice leafhoppers and planthoppers in the Philippines. II. Rearing techniques.
Ecological Monitoring and Health Research in Luambe National Park, Zambia: Generation of Baseline Data Layers
Ecological niche and potential geographic distribution of the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera, Tephritidae)
Effect of cassava exudate and prey densities on the survival and reproduction of Typhlodromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor) s.l. (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a predator of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Effect of small-scale heterogeneity of prey and hunter distributions on the sustainability of bushmeat hunting
Effect of some food sources associated with cassava in Africa on the development, fecundity and longevity of Euseius fustis (Pritchard and Baker) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Effect of temperature, humidity and photoperiod on mortality of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae) infected by Neozygites cf. floridana (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales)
Effects of prey mite species on life history of the phytoseiid predators Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo
Effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo on cassava green mite densities: screenhouse experiments
Efficacy of chemical and fluorescent protein markers in studying plant colonization by endophytic non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates
Egg mortality of rice leaf folders Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and Marasmia patnalisin irrigated rice fields
Epidemiological Risk Factors for Animal Influenza A Viruses Overcoming Species Barriers
Essais de lutte biologique contre la Cochenille du manioc au Gabon: I. — Établissement, dispersion du parasite exotiqueEpidinocarsis lopezi [Hym.: Encyrtidae] et déplacement compétitif des parasites indigènes
Evaluating the efficacy of biological control of three exotic homopteran pests in tropical Africa
Evolutionarily significant units in a flightless ground beetle show different climate niches and high extinction risk due to climate change
Experiences in Participatory Surveillance and Community-based Reporting Systems for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: A Case Study Approach
Females as intraguild predators of males in cross-pairing experiments with phytoseiid mites
Fresh and dry wei ghts of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae): A functional description of biomass accumulation
Functional response and life history parameters of Apanteles taragamae, a larval parasitoid of Maruca vitrata
Generalist-feeding subterranean mites as potential biological control agents of immature corn rootworms
Host specificity of the cassava green mite pathogen Neozygites floridana
How Growing Complexity of Consumer Choices and Drivers of Consumption Behaviour Affect Demand for Animal Source Foods
Impact of asymmetric male and female gamete dispersal on allelic diversity and spatial genetic structure in valley oak (Quercus lobata Née)
Importation, releases, and establishment ofNeochetina spp. (Col.: Curculionidae) for the biological control of water hyacinth,Ecchhornia crassipes (Lil.: Pontederiaceae), in Benin, West Africa
Influence of the chickpea cropping system onHelicoverpa armigera (Lep.: noctuidae) populations and their rate of parasitism byCampoletis chlorideae (Hym.: ichneumonidae)
Influence of transgenic cottons with Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ac gene on the natural enemies of Helicoverpa armigera
Influence of weeding regimes and pearl millet genotypes on parasitism of the Oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata
Infochemical-mediated niche use by the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihoti and T. aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Integrating the Technical, Risk Management and Economic Implications of Animal Disease Control to Advise Policy Change: The Example of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Uruguay.
Interactions between the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and consequences for the suppression of their shared prey/host Mononychellus tanajoa
Interactions in an acarine predator guild: Impact on Typhlodromalus aripo abundance and biological control of cassava green mite in Benin, West Africa
Intraguild predation and cannibalism between the predatory mites Neoseiulus neobaraki and N. paspalivorus, natural enemies of the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis
Larval parasitoids and pathogens of the groundnut leaf miner, Aproaerema modicella (Lep.: Gelechiidae), in India.
Lessons from interactions within the cassava green mite fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae system and prospects for microbial control using Entomophthorales
Living at the threshold: where does the neotropical phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalus aripo survive the dry season?
Maintenance and mass rearing of phytoseiid predators of the cassava green mite
Maximizing farm-level uptake and diffusion of biological control innovations in today’s digital era
Mites associated with stored grain commodities in Benin, West Africa
Modelling fungal (Neozygites cf. floridana) epizootics in local populations of cassava green mites (Mononychellus tanajoa)
Modelling the potential distribution of the invasive tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Molecular detection of establishment and geographical distribution of Brazilian isolates of Neozygites tanajoae, a fungus pathogenic to cassava green mite, in Benin (West Africa)
Morphological variation and reproductive incompatibility of three coconut-mite-associated populations of predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus paspalivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Morphological, molecular and cross-breeding analysis of geographic populations of coconut-mite associated predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus baraki: evidence for cryptic species?
Nesting Behavior of Gorilla gorilla diehli at Kagwene Mountain, Cameroon: Implications for Assessing Group Size and Density
New techniques of rearing Anagrus flaveolus [Hym.: Mymaridae], an egg parasitoid of the brown planthopper
News from the IAEH
Niche separation between Encarsia dispersa and Encarsia guadeloupae , two biological control agents of the spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus , in Benin, West Africa
Non-prey food for subsistence of Amblyseius idaeus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on cassava in Africa
Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda
Occurrence and impact of Phytomyza orobanchia [Diptera: Agromyzidae ] on Orobanche crenata [Orobanchaceae] in Syria
Pathogen incidence and their potential as microbial control agents in IPM of maize stem borers in West Africa
Pesticide Use in Commercial Potato Production: Reflections on Research and Intervention Efforts towards Greater Ecosystems Health in Northern Ecuador
Population dynamics of ticks on indigenous cattle in a pastoral dry to semi-arid rangeland zone of Uganda.
Population-Based Evaluation of the Ehrlichia Ruminantium MAP 1B Indirect ELISA
Potential geographic distribution of two invasive cassava green mites.
Predation and reproductive output of the ladybird beetle Stethorus tridens preying on tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi
Predator–Prey Interactions Between Aggressive-Mimic Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) and Araneophagic Spitting Spiders (Scytodidae) from the Philippines
Prey-related odor preference of the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae).
Production of Beauveria bassiana [Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes] in different liquid media and subsequent conidiation of dry mycelium
Public Health Benefits from Livestock Rift Valley Fever Control: A Simulation of Two Epidemics in Kenya.
Rainfall extremes explain interannual shifts in timing and synchrony of calving in topi and warthog
Real or Perceived: The Environmental Health Risks of Urban Sack Gardening in Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Response of Trichogramma egg parasitoids to colored sticky traps
Scaling up tests on virulence of the cassava green mite fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae) under controlled conditions: first observations at the population level.
Screening for potential Striga hermonthica fungal and bacterial biocontrol agents from suppressive soils in Western Kenya
Seasonal Bushmeat Hunger in the Congo Basin.
Selection and characterization of mexican strains of Bacillus thuringiensis active against four major lepidopteran maize pests
Selective enhancement of parasitoids of rice Lepidoptera pests by sesame (Sesamum indicum) flowers
Self-, Intra-, and Interspecific Host Discrimination in Telenomus busseolae Gahan and T. isis Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), Sympatric Egg Parasitoids of the African Cereal Stem Borer Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Setal patterns of the wings ofAphelinus, Mesidia, andMesidiopsis [hym.: aphelinidae], their values as taxonomic characters
Single versus multiple enemies and the impact on biological control of spider mites in cassava fields in West-Africa
Size of predatory mites and refuge entrance determine success of biological control of the coconut mite
Sleeping sickness in Southeastern Uganda : a systems approach
Space, time and complexity in plant dispersal ecology.
Survey for parasites of Sesamia calamistis (Lep.: Noctuidae) and Eldana saccharina (Lep.: Pyralidae) in southwestern Nigeria.
Survival of Neozygites cf. floridana (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) in mummified cassava green mites and the viability of its primary conidia.
Survival of the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis as influenced by Neochetina eichhorniae and Neochetina bruchi feeding scars on leaves of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes
Sustained biological control of the cassava mealybugPhenacoccus manihoti [Hom.: Pseudococcidae] byEpidinocarsis lopezi [Hym.: Encyrtidae] in Nigeria
Systemwide initiative on malaria and agriculture : an innovative framework for research and capacity building
Temperature influences the performance and effectiveness of field and laboratory strains of the ichneumonid parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae.
The biology ofHyperaspis jucunda [Col.: Coccinellidae] an exotic predator of the cassava mealybugPhenacoccus manihoti [Hom.: Pseudococcidae] in southern Nigeria
The effect of two biological control agents, the weevil Neochetina eichhorniae and the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, grown in culture with water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes
The endosymbionts Wolbachia and Cardinium and their effects in three populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus paspalivorus
The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo prefers green-mite induced plant odours from pubescent cassava varieties.
The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa
Timing of releases of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor and numbers needed in augmentative biological control against the millet head miner Heliocheilus albipunctella
Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health
Transport and Dispersal of Stictococcus Vayssierei (Hemiptera, Stictococcidae) by Anoplolepis Tenella (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Virulence of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi infecting Anoplophora glabripennis
Water management challenges in the context of agricultural intensification and endemic fluorosis: the case of Yuanmou County.
West African Cattle Farmers' Perception of Tick-Borne Diseases.
Within-Plant Migration of the Predatory Mite Typhlodromalus aripo from the Apex to the Leaves of Cassava: Response to Day-Night Cycle, Prey Location and Prey Density
Zoonotic Pathogen Seroprevalence in Cattle in a Wildlife-Livestock Interface, Kenya.
Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: insights from ecohealth.

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