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• Dannon, Elie, IITA, IITA
• Fiaboe, Komi K, Entomologist, IITA, IITA
• Gnanvossou, Desire, IITA, IITA
• Hanna, Rachid, Entomologist/Country Representative, IITA, IITA
• Karlsson, Miriam, Visiting Scientist (), IITA, IITA
• Tamo, Manuele, Insect Ecologist, IITA, IITA
• Tinzaara, William, Scientist, The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

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• Assessment of chemical resistance of wild and cultivated Vigna species to the brown pod-bug Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal (Hem., Coreidae)
• Attraction of the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo to cassava plants infested by cassava green mite
• Attract‐and‐kill: a new strategy for the management of the potato tuber moths Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) and Symmetrischema tangolias (Gyen) in potato: laboratory experiments towards optimising pheromone and insecticide concentration
• Behavioural response of alate Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae) to volatiles from different cowpea cultivars
• Behavioural responses of bean flower thrips ( Megalurothrips sjostedti ) to vegetative and floral volatiles from different cowpea cultivars
• Different bioassays for investigating orientation responses of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, show additive effects of host plant volatiles and a synthetic male-produced aggregation pheromone
• EAG and behavioural responses of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus, and its predator, Teretriosoma nigrescens, to the borer-produced aggregation pheromone
• Effect of fruit and host fly species on the associative learning by Fopius arisanus.
• Effects of Volatiles from Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stål. (Hemiptera: Coreidae) Adults on the Host Location Behavior of the Egg Parasitoid Gryon fulviventre (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).
• Effects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar-infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae.
• Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora Harris and Gagné, to host plant volatiles
• Factors Affecting Pheromone Production and Behavioral Responses by Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
• Host plant odours enhance the responses of adult banana weevil to the synthetic aggregation pheromone Cosmolure
• Host-Finding Behavior of Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), an Important Pest of Stored Cassava: the Role of Plant Volatiles and Odors of Conspecifics
• Host-plant location by the Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora is assisted by floral volatiles
• Host-plant preference and oviposition responses of the sorghum midge, Stenodiplosis sorghicola (Coquillett) (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae) towards wild relatives of sorghum
• Host-specific cues cause differential attractiveness of Kenyan men to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
• Host‐finding behaviour of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Col., Bostrichidae): primary attraction or random attack?
• Identification of Host Blends that Attract the African Invasive Fruit Fly, Bactrocera invadens
• Identification of Key Root Volatiles Signaling Preference of Tomato over Spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita.
• Infochemical-mediated intraguild interactions among three predatory mites on cassava plants.
• Intraspecific Variation in Chemical Attraction of Rice to Insect Predators
• Isopentyl Butanoate: Aggregation Pheromone of the Brown Spiny Bug, Clavigralla tomentosicollis (Hemiptera: Coreidae), and Kairomone for the Egg Parasitoid Gryon sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).
• Laboratory screening supports the selection of sesame (Sesamum indicum) to enhance Anagrus spp. parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) of rice planthoppers
• Mechanisms of resistance in wild riceOryza brachyantha to rice leaffolderCnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
• Olfactory Responses of Banana Weevil Predators to Volatiles from Banana Pseudostem Tissue and Synthetic Pheromone
• Olfactory responses of Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) larvae to reproductive parts of different varieties of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
• Orientation behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis and the larval parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae towards different groundnut genotypes
• Physical and chemical plant characters inhibiting the searching behaviour of Trichogramma chilonis.
• Prey-related odor preference of the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo (Acari: Phytoseiidae).
• Repellency of dimethyl disulfide to Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) (Hemiptera: Miridae) under laboratory and field conditions
• Repellent activity of Cymbopogon citratus and Tagetes minuta and their specific volatiles against Megalurothrips sjostedti
• Sesamia calamistis Calling Behavior and Its Role in Host Finding of Egg Parasitoids Telenomus busseolae , Telenomus isis , and Lathromeris ovicida
• Sweetpotato weevil pheromones and their precursors: dose- response and structure-activity relationship in Cylas formicarius Fabr., Cylas brunneus Olivier and Cylas puncticollis Boheman
• The effect of Fusarium verticillioides on oviposition behaviour and bionomics of lepidopteran and coleopteran pests attacking the stem and cobs of maize in West Africa
• The parasitic fly Nemorilla maculosa exploits host‐plant volatiles to locate the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata
• The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo prefers green-mite induced plant odours from pubescent cassava varieties.
• Volatile Plant Infochemicals Mediate Plant Preference of Trichogramma chilonis
• Volatile fragrances associated with flowers mediate host plant alternation of a polyphagous mirid bug
• Volatiles from Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) host plants influence olfactory responses of the parasitoid Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae).