Publications
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Feb 2018
Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease vectors
Nyasembe, Vincent O., Tchouassi, David P., Pirk, Christian W. W., Sole, Catherine L. et al.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Author summary Plants play an important role in the fitness of mosquito disease vectors, yet the identity of plant species that...
Apr 2018
Honeybee Evolution: Royal Jelly Proteins Help Queen Larvae to Stay on Top
Pirk, Christian W. W.
Current Biology
A new study shows that, in honey bees, the main role of certain proteins in royal jelly is to ensure that the larva stays in its...
2018
Plasticity in the mandibular gland signals of honey bees
Pirk, Christian Walter Werner, Crewe, Robin M., Yusuf, Abdullahi A.
XVIIIth International Congress of IUSSI
Jan 2018
Turning workers into false queens: the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating reproduction in worker honey bees
Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Crewe, Robin M., Pirk, Christian W. W.
The Journal of Experimental Biology
One of the responses that honey bee workers can make in the event of queen loss is to develop into false queens. False queens are...
Jan 2018
Leguminous crops as an alternative rotation with tobacco to control Meloidogyne javanica
Makunde PT, Dimbi S, Mahere TS
Journal of Entomology and Nematology
Mar 2018
The importance of alien plants in the well-being of rural communities in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany
2018
Processionnaire du pin: un traitement bille en tête
Pal E, Correard M, Rei F, Thevenet J et al.
Phytoma
Dec 2018
Nine draft genome sequences of Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila, and C. cf. spartinae, pseudomolecules for the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum, draft genome of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Grosmannia galeiformis, Quambalaria eucalypti, and Teratosphaeria destructans
IMA Fungus
This genome announcement includes draft genomes from <i>Claviceps purpurea s.lat.,</i> including <i>C. arundinis</i>, <i>C....