Publications

Apr 2015

Dothistroma Needle Blight: an emerging epidemic caused by Dothistroma septosporum in Colombia

Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ, Granados GM, Barnes I

Plant Pathology

Plantation forestry in Colombia is based mainly on non‐native species of Pinus and...

Mar 2016

A review of factors associated with decline and death of mangroves, with particular reference to fungal pathogens

Osorio JA, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

South African Journal of Botany

Mangrove species grow in bays and estuaries in tropical and subtropical latitudes. Mangrove systems are categorized as highly...

Aug 2015

Resistance status of ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) to amitraz and cypermethrin acaricides in Isoka District, Zambia

Muyobela J, Nkunika POY, Mwase E

Tropical Animal Health and Production

This study was designed to obtain data on the farmer's approach to tick control and to determine whether Rhipicephalus...

2015

Resistance status of ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) to amitraz and cypermethrin acaricides in Isoka District, Zambia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

2015

An improved odor bait for monitoring populations of Aedes aegypti-vectors of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Kenya.

Owino, E. A., Sang, R., Sole, C. L., Pirk, C. et al.

Parasites and Vectors

2015

Linalool oxide: generalist plant based lure for mosquito disease vectors.

Nyasembe, V. O., Tchouassi, D. P., Mbogo, C. M., Sole, C. L. et al.

Parasites and Vectors

Sep 2015

Performance of pairwise shape dissimilarity morphometrics on nonmammalian taxa (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae)

Bakkes, Deon K., Snyman, Louwtjie P., Pirk, Christian W. W., Sole, Catherine L.

Journal of Morphology

Morphometric dissimilarity metrics aim to quantify the variation between compared specimens such that inferences about their...

Jul 2015

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

du Rand, Esther E., Smit, Salome, Beukes, Mervyn, Apostolides, Zeno et al.

Sci. Rep.

Insecticides are thought to be among the major factors contributing to current declines in bee populations. However,...

Nov 2015

Hit-and-run trophallaxis of small hive beetles

Neumann, Peter, Naef, Jan, Crailsheim, Karl, Crewe, Robin M. et al.

Ecology and Evolution

Some parasites of social insects are able to exploit the exchange of food between nestmates via trophallaxis, because they are...