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- Publications
- Influence
Intercropping increases parasitism of pests
- Z. R. Khan, K. Ampong‐Nyarko, +7 authors C. Woodcock
- Biology
- Nature
- 14 August 1997
As part of a programme for controlling lepidopteran stem-borers in cereal crops in Africa, we have investigated the effectiveness of combined cropping regimes of cultivatedand wild plants for… Expand
Traditional use of mosquito-repellent plants in western Kenya and their evaluation in semi-field experimental huts against Anopheles gambiae: ethnobotanical studies and application by thermal…
- A. Seyoum, K. Pålsson, +5 authors B. G. J. Knols
- Biology, Medicine
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical…
- 1 May 2002
Ethnobotanical survey in 2 communities in western Kenya revealed that the most commonly known repellent plants were Ocimum americanum L. (64.1%), Lantana camara L. (17.9%), Tagetes minuta L. (11.3%)… Expand
Repellency of live potted plants against Anopheles gambiae from human baits in semi-field experimental huts.
- A. Seyoum, Ephantus W. Kabiru, W. Lwande, G. Killeen, A. Hassanali, B. Knols
- Biology, Medicine
- The American journal of tropical medicine and…
- 1 August 2002
The repellency of potted plants against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto Giles was quantified in experimental huts under semi-field conditions inside a screen-walled greenhouse.… Expand
Cleome monophylla essential oil and its constituents as tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) repellents
- M. Ndungu, W. Lwande, A. Hassanali, L. Moreka, S. Chhabra
- Biology
- 1 September 1995
The repellency of the essential oil of the shrub Cleome monophylla (Family: Capparidaceae) and identified constituents of the oil were evaluated against the livestock tick, Rhipicephalus… Expand
Weevil repellent constituents of Ocimum suave leaves and Eugenia caryophyllata cloves used as grain protectants in parts of eastern Africa.
- A. Hassanali, W. Lwande, N. Ole-Sitayo, L. Moreka, S. Nokoe, A. Chapya
- Biology
- 1990
- 87
- 4
Gynandropsis gynandra essential oil and its constituents as tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) repellents
- W. Lwande, Albert J. Ndakala, +7 authors D. K. Punyua
- Biology
- 10 February 1999
Abstract The repellency of the essential oil of the previously reported anti-tick pasture shrub Gynandropsis gynandra and identified constituents of the oil were evaluated against the livestock tick,… Expand
Aromatic plants of Kenya III:Volatile and some non-volatile constituents of croton sylvaticlls hochst
- G. Thoithi, H. Achenbach, J. Mwangi, H. Hassanali, Ivan Addaeh-Mensah, W. Lwande
- Chemistry
- 1998
- 5
- 2
Volatile constituents of essential oil of Tarconanthus camphoratus L
- J. W. Mwangi, K. Achola, W. Lwande, A. Hassanali, R. Laurent
- Chemistry
- 1 March 1994
ABSTRACT The leaf oil of Tarconanthus camphoratus (Compositae) was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Sixty compounds representing ca. 95% of the oil were identified. The major components were α-fencyl… Expand
Cleome hirta essential oil as livestock tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) repellent
- M. Ndungu, S. Chhabra, W. Lwande
- Biology
- 1 October 1999
The repellency of the essential oil of the shrub Cleome hirta and of three identified constituents (phytol, (+)-cedrol, n-octacosane) was evaluated against the livestock tick, Rhipicephalus… Expand