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Linus M. Gitonga

Affiliation : Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · Karatina University

• 14Publications (affiliation in Kenya)

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Publications (14)

• A new mite IPM strategy: predator avoidance behaviour resulting from the synergetic effects of predator release and acaricide‐treated nets
  2018 · Pest Management Science · cited 11 times
• Species Composition, Distribution, and Seasonal Abundance of Liriomyza Leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Under Different Vegetable Production Systems and Agroecological Zones in Kenya
  2015 · Environmental Entomology · cited 28 times
• LiriomyzaLeafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Parasitoid Complex in Different Agroecological Zones, Seasons, and Host Plants in Kenya
  2015 · Environmental Entomology · cited 19 times
• Interaction betweenPhaedrotoma scabriventrisNixon andOpius dissitusMuesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Endoparasitoids ofLiriomyzaLeafminer
  2015 · African Entomology · cited 15 times
• Selection of promising fungal biological control agent of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)
  2012 · Letters in Applied Microbiology · cited 33 times
• Evidence for Potential of Managing Some African Fruit Fly Species (Diptera: Tephritidae) Using the Mango Fruit Fly Host-Marking Pheromone
  2012 · Journal of Economic Entomology · cited 19 times
• Performance of a semiochemical‐baited autoinoculation device treated with Metarhizium anisopliae for control of Frankliniella occidentalis on French bean in field cages
  2011 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · cited 44 times
• Host plant resistance among tomato accessions to the spider mite Tetranychus evansi in Kenya
  2011 · Experimental and Applied Acarology · cited 23 times
• Open relationships in the castles of clay: high diversity and low host specificity of Termitomyces fungi associated with fungus-growing termites in Africa
  2010 · Insectes Sociaux · cited 29 times
• Relationship between virulence and repellency of entomopathogenic isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to the termite Macrotermes michaelseni
  2009 · Journal of Insect Physiology · cited 119 times
• Effects of weather on thrips population dynamics and its implications on the thrips pest management
  2008 · Karatina University Institutional Repository (Karatina University) · cited 31 times
• Biological impact of the exotic parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen), of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L., in Kenya
  2006 · Biological Control · cited 29 times
• Functional response of Orius albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to Megalurothrips sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
  2002 · Biological Control · cited 94 times
• Effect of Temperature on the Development of Orius albidipennis Reuter, a Predator of the African Legume Flower Thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom
  2002 · International Journal of Tropical Insect Science · cited 13 times

Publication venues

• Environmental Entomology × 2
• Biological Control × 2
• Pest Management Science × 1
• African Entomology × 1
• Letters in Applied Microbiology × 1
• Journal of Economic Entomology × 1

Publications per year

• 20181
• 20153
• 20122
• 20112
• 20101
• 20091
• 20081
• 20061
• 20022

Collaborations

Partner institutions : International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology · Kenyatta University · Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement · Université de Montpellier · Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de culture horticoles

Co-authors’ countries : France · Italy · Germany · Cameroon

Co-authors

• Zipporah Osiemo Lagat
• Caroline Ngichop Foba
• J. M. Mueke
• Komi K. M. Fiaboe
• Sunday Ekesi
• Komivi Senyo Akutse
• Sevgan Subramanian
• Nguya K. Maniania
• William A. Overholt
• Japheth K. Magambo
• Bernhard Leo Löhr
• Daisy Salifu

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