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1. Bruce, T. J. A., Midega, C. A. O., Birkett, M. A., Pickett, J.A. and Khan Z. R., 2010. Is quality more important than quantity? Insect behavioural responses to changes in a volatile blend after stemborer oviposition on an African grass. Biology Letters. In press

2. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Amudavi, D. A., Pittchar, J. and Pickett, J. A., 2010. Integrated management of Striga hermonthica and cereal stemborers in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.), through intercropping with Desmodium intortum. International Journal of Pest Management. In press

3. Pickett, J.A., Hamilton, M. L., Hooper, A. M., Khan, Z. R. and Midega, C. A. O., 2010. Companion cropping to manage parasitic plants. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 48, In press.

4. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Wanyama, J. M., Amudavi, D. M., Hassanali, A., Pittchar,  J., and Pickett, J. A., 2009. Integration of edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) into the push–pull technology developed for stemborer and striga control in maize-based cropping systems. Crop Protection 28: 997-1006

5. Amudavi, D. M., Khan, Z. R., Wanyama, J. M., Midega, C. A. O., Pittchar, J., Nyangau, I. M., Hassanali, A. and Pickett, J. A.,  2009. Assessment of technical efficiency of farmer teachers in the uptake and dissemination of push–pull technology in Western Kenya. Crop Protection 28: 987-996

6. Obura, E., Midega,  C. A. O., Masiga, D., Pickett,  J. A., Hassan,  M. , Koji,  S., and Khan, Z. R., 2009. Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya. Naturwissenschaften 96: 1169-1176

7. Weisskop, L., Akello, P., Milleret, R., Khan, Z. R., Schulthess, F., Gobat, J. and Le Bayon, R., 2009. White lupin leads to increased maize yield through a soil fertility-independent mechanism: a new candidate for fighting Striga hermonthica infestation? Plant and Soil 319: 101-114

8. Hooper, A. M., Hassanali, A., Chamberlain, K., Khan, Z. and Pickett, J. A. 2009. New genetic opportunities from legume intercrops for controlling Striga spp. parasitic weeds. Pest Management Science 65: 546–552

9. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Van den Berg, J., Ogol, C. K. P. O., Bruce, T. J., and Pickett, J. A., 2009. Non-target effects of the ‘push–pull’ habitat management strategy: Parasitoid activity and soil fauna abundance. Crop Protection 28: 1045–1051

10. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Amudavi, D. M., Njuguna, E. M, Wanyama, J. W., Pickett, J. A. 2008. Economic performance of the 'push-pull' technology for stemborer and striga control in smallholder farming systems in western Kenya. Crop Protection 27: 1084-1097

11. 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 106: 224-233

12. 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 27: 976-987.

13. Khan, Z. R., Pickett, J. A., Hassanali, A. Hooper, A. and Midega, C. A. O., 2008. Desmodium for controlling African witchweed: present and future prospects. Weed Research 48:302-306

14. 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. 363: 611-621.

15. 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 132: 248-254

16. 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 24: 188-191.

17. 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 107: 102-115.

18. Khan, Z. R., James, D. G., Midega, C.A.O., Pickett, J.A., 2008. Chemical ecology and conservation biological control. Biological Control

19. Cook, S. M., Khan, Z. R. and Pickett, J. A., 2007. The use of ‘push-pull’ strategies in integrated pest management. Annual Review of Entomology 52: 375-400.

20. 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

21. 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. Journal of Applied Entomology 131:186–196

22. 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

23. 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. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124: 201-211.

24. 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). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 119:15-22

25. 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 Journal of Pest Management 52:1-10

26. 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.

27. 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. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:565-577.

28. Kalule, T., Khan, Z. 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 Journal of Tropical Insect Science 26: 71-77.

29. 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. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2475-2487

30. 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. Journal of Pest Management 52: 297-302

31. 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.

32. Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Van den Berg, J. and Ogol, C. K. P. O., 2005. Habitat management and its impact on maize stemborer colonisation and crop damage levels in Kenya and South Africa. African Entomology 13: 333-340

33. 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. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 24: 287-297.

34. 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. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 713-727.

35. 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. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 107: 1-9

36. 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 Science and Applications 23: 301-308

37 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.

38. 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. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28: 1871-1885.

39. Kfir, R., Overholt, W. A., Khan, Z. R. and Polaszek, A., 2002. Biology and management of economically important cereal stem borers in Africa. Annual Review of Entomology 47: 701-31.

40. 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 Science and Applications 21: 375-380.

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. Khan, Z. R. and Saxena, R. C., 1997. Use of surrogate ‘stem’ for eliciting ovipositional response of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 90: 1426-1429.

45. 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 Science and Applications 17: 143-150.

BOOK CHAPTERS

46. Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Hassanali, A. and Pickett, J. A., 2007. Field Developments on striga control by Desmodium Intercrops in a ”Push-Pull” Strategy. Pages 241-252. In G. Ejeta and J. Gressel (eds.) Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control: Towards Ending the Witch-hunt. World Scientific Publishing Company. 345 pp.

47. Pickett, J. A., Khan, Z. R., Hassanali, A., and Hooper, A. M., 2007. Chemicals Involved in Post-Germination Inhibition of Striga by Desmodium: Opportunities for Utilizing the Associated Allelochemical Traits. Pages 61-70. In G. Ejeta and J. Gressel (eds.) Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control: Towards Ending the Witch-hunt. World Scientific Publishing Company. 345 pp.

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. 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.

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

53 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.

BOOKS

54. Barrion, A. T., Copeland, R. S. and Khan, Z. R., 2007. Manual for the Identification of Grass Stemborers and Associated Parasitoids in Kenya. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya (ISNB 92-9064-1894)

55. Khan, Z. R., Amudavi, D. M., Midega, C., Pittchar, J., Nyagol, D., Genga, G., Ndiege, A., Akelo, P., Pickett, J. A., Wadhams, L. J., Muyekho, F., and Nyateng, B., 2007. Push-Pull Curriculum for Farmer Field Schools. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya (ISNB 92-9064-1886)

56. Barrion, A. and Khan, Z. R., 2000. How to Handle Grass Stem Borer Larvae. Development Communication Ltd, Nairobi. Kenya. ISBN 9966-9856-1-1. 37 pp.

57. Muyekho, F. N., Barrion A. T. and Khan Z. R., 2004. A Primer on Grass Identification and Their Uses in Kenya. Development Communication Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya. ISBN 9966-9856-0-3. 84 pp.

58. Khan, Z. R., Muyekho, F. N., Njuguna, E., Pickett, J. A. Wadhams, L. J., Dibogo, N.,
Ndiege, A., Genga, G., and Lusweti, C., 2005. A primer on Planting and Managing ‘Push-Pull’ fields for stemborer and striga weed control in maize: A step-by-step guide for farmers. ICIPE Science Press ISBN: 92 9064 1703. 48 pp.

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