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  1. Status and Distribution of Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas in Africa

    Article • Microorganisms, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin, Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  2. Potential of entomopathogenic fungi for Glossina austeni control: insights into microbiome alterations and implications on sustainable management of the pest

    Article • Insect Science, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  3. Anthropogenic influences on parasitoid wasps’ biocontrol of invasive insect pest species in Africa

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  4. Global strategies to manage huanglongbing (HLB) and its vectors: insights and implications for the Mediterranean region

    Article • Entomologia Generalis, February 2025, Schweizerbart

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  5. Dual suppression of Glossina pallidipes using entomopathogenic fungal-based biopesticides and sterile insect technique

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  6. Interactions between Bacillus thuringiensis and selected plant extracts for sustainable management of Phthorimaea absoluta

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  7. Biochemistry and transcriptomic analyses of Phthorimaea absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) response to insecticides

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  8. Evaluating the mitochondrial genomic diversity, global distribution and niche overlap of two invasive Phthorimaea species

    Article • Heliyon, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  9. Immunological responses and gut microbial shifts in Phthorimaea absoluta exposed to Metarhizium anisopliae isolates under different temperature regimes

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  10. Population dynamics and insecticide resistance in Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), an invasive pest on tomato in Kenya

    Article • Heliyon, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  11. Spodoptera frugiperda population structure and influence of farmers’ practices on gut biodiversity for sustainable management of the pest in Kenya

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  12. Efficacy of Botanical Extract Formulations of Zanthroxylum usambarense and Warburgia ugandensis on Post-Harvest Management of Sitophilus zeamais in Maize

    Article • Sustainability, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  13. Genetic diversity of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) unravels phylogeographic structure and invasion history of eastern African populations

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene , Komivi Akutse

  14. A Review of the ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ Citrus Pathosystem in Africa

    Article • Phytopathology, January 2022, Scientific Societies

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  15. Diversity of key whitefly pests in Kenya and its implication to their sustainable management

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  16. Diversity and phylogenetic analysis of endosymbionts from Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) and its parasitoids in Kenya

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  17. Microbiome diversity in Diaphorina citri populations from Kenya and Tanzania shows links to China

    Article • PLOS One, June 2020, PLOS

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene , Fathiya Khamis

  18. Detection of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Ethiopia: A New Haplotype and its Implication to the Proliferation of Huanglongbing

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  19. Quantifying and predicting Candidatus Liberibacter species causes citrus greening disease

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, May 2020, Wiley

    Fathiya Khamis , Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  20. First Report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ Associated with Citrus Greening Disease in Nigeria

    Article • Plant Disease, May 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  21. Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the First Report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  22. First Report of Field Population of Trioza erytreae Carrying the Huanglongbing-Associated Pathogen, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, in Ethiopia

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2019, Scientific Societies

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  23. African Citrus Greening Disease in East Africa: Incidence, Severity, and Distribution Patterns

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  24. Biochemical and molecular detection ofXanthomonas citrisubsp.malvacearum, the causal organism of bacterial blight of cotton in the northern cotton zone of Nigeria

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  25. Races ofXanthomonas citrisubsp.malvacearum,the causal organism of bacterial blight of cotton in northern Nigeria

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene