Some of the booklets

Publications

Articles

1. Khan, Z. R., Ampong-Nyarko, K., Chiliswa, P., Hassanali, A, Kimani, S., Lwande, W., Overholt, W. A., Pickett, J. A., Smart, L. E., Wadhams, L. J. and Woodcock, C. M. 1997. Intercropping increases parasitism of pests. Nature (London) 388: 631-632.

2. Khan, Z. R. and Saxena, R. C. (1997). Use of surrogate ‘stem’ for eliciting ovipositional response of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 90: 1426-1429.

3. Khan, Z. R., Chiliswa, P., Ampong-Nyarko, K., Smart, L. E., Polaszek, A., Wandera, J. and Mulaa, M. A. (1997). Utilisation of wild gramineous plants for management of cereal stemborers in Africa. Insect Sci. Applic. 17: 143-150

4. Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., van den Berg, J., Wadhams, L. J. and Woodcock, C. M. (2000) Exploiting chemical ecology and species diversity: Stemborer and striga control for maize and sorghum in Africa. Pest Management Science 56: 957–962.

5. Kimani, S. M., Chhabra, S. C., Lwande, W., Khan, Z. R., Hassanali, A. and Pickett, J. A. (2000) Airborne volatiles from Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer. Journal of Essential Oil Research 12: 221–224.

6. Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., Wadhams, L. and Muyekho, F. (2001). Habitat management for the control of cereal stem borers in maize in Kenya. Insect Sci. Applic. 21: 375-380

7. Kfir, R., Overholt, W. A., Khan, Z. R. and Polaszek, A. (2002). Biology and management of economically important cereal stem borers in Africa. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 47: 701-31.

8. Khan, Z. R., Hassanali, A., Khamis, T. M., Overholt, W. A., Hooper, A. M., Pickett, J. A., Wahams, L. J. and Woodcock, C. M. (2002). Control of the witchweed, Striga hermonthica, by intercropping with Desmodium spp., and the mechanism defined as allelopathic. J. Chem. Ecol. 28: 1871-1885.

9. Tsanuo, M. K., Hassanali, A., Hooper, A. M., Khan, Z. R., Kaberia, F., Pickett, J. A., and Wadhams, L. J., (2003). Isoflavanones from the allelopathic aqueous root exudates of Desmodium uncinatum. Phytochemistry 64 (2003) 265-273.

10. Gohole, L.S., Overholt, W.A., Khan, Z.R., Pickett, J.A. and Vet, L.E.M. (2003). Effects of molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora volatiles on the foraging behaviour of the cereal stemborer parasitoid, Cotesia sesamiae. J. Chem. Ecol. 29: 713-727.

11. Gohole, L.S., Overholt, W.A., Khan, Z.R. and Vet, L.E.M. (2003). Role of volatiles emitted by host and non-host plants in the foraging behaviour of Dentichasmias busseolae, a pupal parasitoid of the spotted stemborer Chilo partellus. Entomol. Exp. Applic. 107: 1-9

12. Midega, C. and Khan, Z. R. (2003) Habitat management system and its impact on diversity and abundance of maize stemborer predators in western Kenya. Insect Sci. Applic. 23: 301-308

13. Mohamed, H. M., Khan, Z. R., Overholt, W. A. and Elizabeth, D. K. 2004. Behaviour and biology of Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on maize and wild gramineous plants. Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci. 24: 287-297.

14. Gohole, L. S., Overholt, W. A., Khan, Z. R. and L. E. M. Vet. 2005. Close-range host searching behavior of the stemborer parasitoids Cotesia sesamiae and Dentichasmias busseolae: influence of a non-host plant Melinis minutiflora. Journal of Insect Behavior 18: 149-169.

15. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Van den Berg, J. and Ogol, C. K. P. O. Habitat management and its impact on maize stemborer colonisation and crop damage levels in Kenya and South Africa. African Entomology 13: 333-340

16. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Hutter, N. J., Wilkins, R. M. , Wadhams, L. J. 2006. Assessment of the potential of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) varieties as trap plants for management of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Entomol. Exp. Applic. 119:15-22

17. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Van den Berg, J. and Ogol, C. K. P. O and Pickett, J. A. 2006. Maize stemborer predator activity under ‘push-pull’ system and Bt-maize: A potential component in managing Bt resistance. International J. Pest Manage. 52:1-10

18. Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., Wadhams, L. J., Hassanali, A, and Midega, C. A. O. 2006. Combined control of Striga and stemborers in maize-Desmodium spp. intercrops. Crop Protection 25: 989-995.

19. Chamberlain, K., Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A, Toshova, T. and Wadhams, L. J. 2006. Diel periodicity in the production of green leaf volatiles by wild and cultivated host plants of stemborer moths, Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca. J. Chem. Ecol. 32:565-577.

20. Kalule, T., KhanZ. R., Bigirwa, G., Alupo, J., Okanya, S., Pickett, J. A. and Wadhams, L. J. 2006. Farmers’perceptions of importance, control practices and alternative hosts of maize stemborers in Uganda. International J. Trop. Insect Sci. 26: 71-77.

21. Birkett, M. A., Chamberlain, K., Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., Toshova, T., Wadhams, L. J., Woodcock, C. M., 2006. Electrophysiological responses of the lepidopterous stemborers Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca to the volatiles from wild and cultivated host plants. J. Chem. Ecol. 32: 2475-2487

22. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Hassanali, A., Pickett, J. A., Wadhams, L. J. and Wanjoya, A. 2006. Management of witchweed, Striga hermonthica, and stemborers in sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, through intercropping with greenleaf desmodium, Desmodium intortum. International. J. Pest Manage. 52: 297-302

23. Cook, S. M., Khan, Z. R. and Pickett, J. A. 2007. The use of ‘push-pull’ strategies in integrated pest management. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 52 : 375-400.

24. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Hassanali, A., Pickett, J. A. and Wadhams, L. J. 2007. Assessment of Different Legumes for the Control of Striga hermonthica in Maize and Sorghum.Crop Science 47:730-734

25. Koji, S., Khan, Z. R. and Midega, C. A. O. 2007. Field boundaries of Panicum maximum as a reservoir for predators and a sink for Chilo partellus. J. Appl. Entomol. 131:186–196

26. Mohamed, H. M., Khan, Z. R., Mueke, J. M., Hassanali, A, Kairu, E., Pickett, J. A. 2007. Behavior and biology of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) on Striga hermonthica infested and un-infested maize plants. Crop Protection 26: 998-1005

27. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Wadhams, L. J., Pickett, J. A., and Mumuni, A. 2007. Evaluation of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum ) varieties for use as trap plants for the management of African stemborer (Busseola fusca) in a push-pull strategy. Entomol. Exp. Applic. 124: 201-211.

28. Hassanali, A., Herren, H., Khan, Z.R., Pickett, J.A., Woodcock, C.M., 2008. Integrated pest management: the push–pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. (In Press)

29.Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Amudavi, D. M., J., Hassanali, A. and Pickett, J. A. 2008. On-farm evaluation of the 'push-pull' technology for the control of stemborers and Striga weed on maize in western Kenya. Field Crops Research (in press).

30. Vanlauwe, B., Kanampiu, F., Odhiambo, G. D., De Groote, H., Wadhams, L., and Khan, Z. R. 2008. Integrated management of Striga hermonthica, stemborers, and declining soil fertility in Western Kenya. Field Crops Research (in press).

31. Khan, Z. R., James, D., Midega, C. A. O. and Pickett, J. A. 2008. Chemical Ecology and Conservation Biological Control. Biological Control (in press).

32. Khan, Z. R., Amudavi, D. M., Midega, C. A. O., Wanyama, J. W., Pickett, J. A. 2008. Farmers' perceptions of a 'push-pull' technology for control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in western Kenya. Crop Protection (in press).

33. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Van den Berg, J., Ogol, C. K. P. O, Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Pickett, J. A. and Wadhams, L. J. 2008. Response of ground dwelling arthropods to a ‘push-pull’ system and Bt-maize: spiders as an indicator group. Journal of Applied Entomology (in press).

34. Midega, C. A. O., van den Berg, J., and Khan, Z. R. 2008. Potential role of habitat management in control of the spotted maize beetle, Astylus atromaculatus (Coleoptera: Melyridae) in maize under subsistence farming conditions in South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil (in press).

35. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Amudavi, D. M., Njuguna, E. M, Wanyama, J. W., Pickett, J. A. Economic performance of the 'push-pull' technology for stemborer and Striga control in smallholder farming systems in western Kenya. Crop Protection (in press).

36. Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., Hassanali, A. Hooper, A. and Midega, C. A. O. Desmodium for controlling African witchweed: present and future prospects. Weed Research (submitted)

Book Chapters

1. Polaszek, A. and Khan, Z. R. (1998). Host Plants. In A. Polaszek (Ed.) African Stem Borers: Economic Importance, Taxonomy, Natural Enemies and Control. CAB International, 592 pp.

2. Khan, Z. R. (2002). Cover Crops. In D. Pimentel (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Pest Management. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 903 pp.

3. Khan, Z. R., Overholt, W. A. and Mengech, A. N. 2003. Integrated Pest Management case Studies from ICIPE. Pp 441-452. In K. M. Maredia, D. Dakouo and D. Mota-Sanchez (Eds.) Integrated Pest Management in Global Arena, CABI Publishing, UK and USA.

4. Khan, Z. R. and Pickett, J. A. (2004). The ‘Push-Pull’ Strategy for Stemborer Management: A Case Study in Exploiting Biodiversity and Chemical Ecology, pp 155-164. In Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulations for Arthropods. G. Gurr, S. D. Waratten snd M. A. Altieri (eds.). CSIRO and CABI Publishing. 232 pp.

5. Khan, Z. R., Hassanali, A. And Pickett, J. A. (2006). Managing Polycropping to Enhance Soil System Productivity: A Case Study from Africa. pp. 575-586. In Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems. Norman Uphoff (ed.) CRC Press New York.

6. Pickett, J. A., Bruce, T. J. A., Chamberlain, K., Hassanali A., Khan, Z. R.., Matthes, M. C., Napier, J. A.., Smart, L. E., Wadhams, L. J. and Woodcock, C. M. (2006). Plant volatiles yielding new ways to exploit plant defense. In M. Dicke and W. Takken (eds.), Chemical Ecology: From Gene to Ecosystem, 161-173. Springer. Printed in the Netherlands.

 

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