ACCE
2024
Yusuf, A. A., Pirk, C., Crewe, R. (2024) A hitchhiker’s ride: The honey bee louse Braula coeca (Diptera: Braulidae) selects its host by eavesdropping. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01481-2
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du Rand, E., Pirk, C. W.W., Okosun, O., Yusuf, A. A. (2024) The effect of diet on the development of pheromone signals in Apis mellifera scutellata workers. Journal of Apicultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2024.2330820
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Yusuf, A. A., Pirk, Christian W. W., Buttstedt, A. (2024) Expression of honey bee (Apis mellifera) sterol homeostasis genes in food jelly producing glands of workers. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2813
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Jalloh, A.A., Khamis, F.M., Yusuf, A.A., Sevgan, S., Mutyambai, D (2024) Long-term Push-pull Cropping System Shifts Soil and Maize-root Microbiome Diversity Paving Way To Resilient Farming System. BMC Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03238-z
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Pullock, D., Kruger, K., Manrakhan, A., Yusuf, A. A., Weldon, C. W. (2024) Addition of selected plant-derived semiochemicals to yellow sticky traps does not improve citrus psyllid captures, Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01491-0
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Adams, B., Yusuf, A. A., Torto, B., Khamis, F. M. (2024) Tritrophic interactions mediated by zoophytophagous predator-induced host plant volatiles, Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01501
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Adams, B., Khamis, F. M., Yusuf, A. A., Torto, B.(2024) Zoophytophagous predator sex pheromone and visual cues of opposing reflectance spectra lure predator and invasive prey, Journal of Advance Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2024.05.005
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Chidawanyika, F., Akutse, K. S., Musvuugwa, T., Yusuf, A. A., Nyamukondiwa, C. (2024) Invasive pathogens and arthropods: biogeography, drivers of invasion success, impacts on indigenous forest trees and emerging management strategies. Frontiers For Global Change, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1378214
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Miano, R.N., Mohamed, S.A., Ndlela, S., Biasazin, T.D., Cheseto, X., Yusuf, A. A., Rohwer, E., Dekker, T., (2024) Mango headspace volatiles trigger differential responses of the Mango fruit fly Ceratitis cosyra and its parasitoids. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30068
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Finnerty, P.B., Possell, M., Banks, P.B., Orlando, C.G., Price, C., Shrader, A.M. and Clare McArthur. 2024. Olfactory misinformation provides refuge to palatable plants from mammalian browsing. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8: 645-650.
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Rakubu IL, Katumanyane A, Hurley BP. 2024. Screening five local entomopathogenic nematode species for their virulence against pupae of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus sp. n. 2, under laboratory conditions. Crop Protection 176
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Rakubu IL, Katumanyane A, Hurley BP. 2024. Host-foraging strategies of five local entomopathogenic nematode species in South Africa. Crop Protection 176
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Pal E, Allison J, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G. 2024. Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on Bathycoelia distincta (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). African Entomology 32: e16992
2023
Bester, T., Schmitt, M.H. and Shrader, A.M. 2023. Varied deterrence of individual and combinations of monoterpenes as odour-based defences against herbivory. Behavioural Ecology 34: 816-830.
Bester, T., Schmitt, M.H. and Shrader, A.M. 2023. The deterrent effects of individual monoterpene odours on the dietary decisions of African elephants. Animal Cognition 26: 1049-1063.
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Joubert, J., Sivparsad, B., Schröder, M., Germishuizen, I., Chen, J., Hurley, B. et al. (2023) Susceptibility of Eucalyptus trees to defoliation by the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus sp. n. 2, is enhanced by high foliar contents of 1,8-cineole, oxalic acid and sucrose and low contents of palmitic and shikimic acid. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46, 3481–3500. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14696
Makunde, P.T., Joubert, J.C., Slippers, B. et al. (2023) Leaf surface traits may influence host specificity in psyllids of Eucalyptus, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) and Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae). Chemoecology 33, 83–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-023-00387-x
Kandasamy, D., Zaman, R., Nakamura, Y., Zhao, T., Hartmann, H., Andersson, M.N., et al. (2023) Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biol 21(2): e3001887. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001887
Guignard, Q., Spaethe, J., Slippers, B., Nikolic, N., Allison, J.D. (2023) Eye morphology and colour preferences in a semi-field test of the pine pest, Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). African Entomology 31. https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13406
Pal, E., Allison, J.D., Hurley, B.P., Slippers, B., Fourie, G. (2023) Life history traits of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) for the development of pest management tools. Forests 14(5):861. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050861
Scheepers, L-M., Allison, J.D., Slippers, B., Rohwer, E., R., Mc Millan, P., M., Bello. J., E. (2023) Pine Emperor moths from KwaZulu-Natal use the same pheromone component previously isolated from Nudaurelia cytherea (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the Western Cape. African Entomology 31(2023):1-9. https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13231
2022
Pal, E., Allison, J.D., Guignard, Q., Hurley, B.P., Slippers, B., Fourie, G. (2022) Characterisation of the alarm pheromone of Bathycoelia distincta (Pentatomidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 48, 791-801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-022-01388-w
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Guignard, Q., Slippers, B. & Allison, J. (2022) Chemical and visual ecology of the Symphyta. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 24(4), 453–465. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12510
Nagel, R., Hammerbacher, A., Kunert, G., Phillips, M.A., Gershenzon, J., Schmidt, A. (2022) Bark beetle attack history does not influence the induction of terpene and phenolic defenses in mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees by the bark beetle-associated fungus Endoconidiophora polonica. Frontiers in Plant Science 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.892907
Guignard, Q., Allison, J.D., Slippers, B. (2022) The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits. BMC ecology and evolution 22(2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01960-8
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Bouwer, M.C., Scheepers, L-M, Slippers, B., Rohwer, E.R., Allison, J.D. (2021) The sex pheromone of the pine brown-tail moth, Euproctis terminalis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 47(8):732-739. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01301-x
Guignard, Q., Spaethe, J., Slippers, B., Strube-Bloss M., Allison, J.D. (2021) Evidence for UV-green dichromacy in the basal hymenopteran Sirex noctilio (Siricidae). Scientific Reports 11(1):15601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95107-2
Guignard, Q., Bouwer, M., Slippers, B., Allison, J.D (2020) Biology of a putative male aggregation-sex pheromone in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). PLos ONE 15(12):e0244943. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244943
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Allison, J.D., Slippers, B., Bouwer, M., Hurley, B.P. (2019) Simulated leks increase the capture of female Sirex noctilio in the absence of host volatiles. International Journal of Pest Management 67:1, 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2019.1695074
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Allison, J.D., Strom, B., Sweeney, J., Mayo, P. (2019) Trap deployment along linear transects perpendicular to forest edges: impact on capture of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Pest Science 92:299-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-018-1008-7
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Hammerbacher, A., Kandasamy, D., Ullah, C., Wright, L.P., Schmidt, A., Gershenzon, J. (2019) Flavanone-3-hydroxylase plays an important role in the biosynthesis of spruce phenolic defences against bark beetles and their fungal associates. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00208
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Hammerbacher, A., Coutinho, T.A., Gershenzon, J. (2019) Roles of plant volatiles in defense against microbial pathogens and microbial exploitation of volatiles. Plant Cell and Environment 42:2827-2841. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13602
Kandasamy, D., Gershenzon, J., Andersson, M.N., Hammerbacher, A. (2019) Volatile organic compounds influence the interaction of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) with its fungal symbionts. The ISME Journal 13:1788-1800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0390-3
