Torto, B.    

Firstname:B. 
Surname:Torto 
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Institute:International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi Kenya 
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2024

Multifunctional coreid bug pheromones for efficient bioprotection against legume pests and enhanced food productivity, Kpongbe, H., Khamis, F. M., Cheseto, X., Kirwa, H., Tamo, M. and Torto, B., in: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, volume 11, number 1: 189, pages 1-16, ISSN 2196-5641, 2024. [DOI]
 

2023

Uncovering regional variation in sexual communication in the invasive pest species Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, van Schaijk, R. A. H., Burdfield-Steel, E. R., Vartak, A., Luirink, I. J., Akinbuluma, M. D., Hussain, A. G., Ros, V. I. D., Griepink, F. C., Goergen, G ., Khamis, F. M., Subramanian, S., Torto, B. and Groot, A. T., P. xx Abstract in the book of Abstracts of the XII European Congress of Entomology, 16-20 October, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 2023.
 

2022

Wrap-and-plant technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in east Africa, Ochola, J., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Mwaura, O., Tariku, M., Christensen, S., Ng’ang’a, M.*, Hassanali, A.*, Pirzada, T., Khan, S., Pal, L., Mathew, R., Guenther, D., Davis, E., Sit, T., Coyne, D., Opperman, C. and Torto, B., in: Nature Sustainability, volume 5, pages 425-433, ISSN 2398-9629, 2022. [DOI]
 

2021

Cyst nematode bio-communication with plants: implications for novel management approaches, Ochola, J., Coyne, D., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Haukeland, S., Nganga, M.*, Hassanali, A.*, Opperman, C. and Torto, B., in: Pest Management Science, volume 77, number 3, pages 1150-1159, ISSN 1526-498X, 2021. [DOI]
 

2020

Mediation of potato-potato cyst nematode, G. rostochiensis interaction by specific root exudate compounds, Ochola, J., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Nganga, M.*, Hassanali, A.*, Coyne, D. and Torto, B., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 11, number -: 649, pages 1-11, ISSN 1664-462X, 2020. [DOI]
 

2019

ABC transporter genes ABC-C6 and ABC-G33 alter plant-microbe- parasite interactions in the rhizosphere, Cox, D., Dyer, S., Weir, R., Cheseto, X., Sturrock, M., Coyne, D., Torto, B., Maule, A. and Dalzell, J. J., in: Scientific Reports, volume 9, number 19899, pages 1-13, ISSN 2045-2322, 2019. [DOI]
 
Exploring levels of egg parasitism and variation in egg cuticular chemistry in different Clavigralla spp., Kpongbe, H., Van den Berg, J.*, Khamis, F. M., Tamo, M., Talamas, E. J. and Torto, B., in: Journal of Applied Entomology, pages 1-13, ISSN 0931-2048, 2019. [DOI]
 
Isopentyl butanoate: aggregation pheromone of the brown spiny bug, Clavigralla Tomentosicollis (hemiptera: coreidae), and kairomone for the egg parasitoid gryon sp. (hymenoptera: scelionidae), Kpongbe, H., Van den Berg, J.*, Khamis, F. M., Tamo, M. and Torto, B., in: Journal of Chemical Ecology, pages 1-11, ISSN 0098-0331, 2019. [DOI]
 

2018

Identification of key root volatiles signaling preference of tomato over spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Murungi, L. K.*, Kirwa, H., Coyne, D., Teal, P. E., Beck, J. J. and Torto, B., in: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, volume 66, pages 7328-7336, ISSN 0021-8561, 2018. [DOI]
 
Management of cyst and root knot nematodes: a chemical ecology perspective, Torto, B., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Murungi, L. K.*, Haukeland, S. and Coyne, D., in: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, pages 1-7, ISSN 0021-8561, 2018. [DOI]
 

2017

Parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita interactions with different Capsicum annum cultivars reveal the chemical constituents modulating root herbivory, Kihika, R., Murungi, L. K.*, Coyne, D., Nganga, M.*, Hassanali, A.*, Teal, P. E. and Torto, B., in: Scientific Reports, volume 7, number 2903, pages 1-10, ISSN 2045-2322, 2017. [DOI]
 

2016

Application of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) as desiccants to dry maize and reduce aflatoxin contamination, Mbuge, D. O.*, Negrini, R., Nyakundi, L. O.*, Kuate, S. P., Bandyopadhyay, R., Muiru, W. M.*, Torto, B. and Mezzenga, R., in: Journal of Food Science and Technology, pages 1-9, ISSN 0022-1155, 2016. [DOI]
 

2014

Volatile organic compounds in root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) -host interactions: abstract (Oral) presented at the Sixth International Congress of Nematology, 4-9 May 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Murungi, L. K.*, Coyne, D. and Torto, B., Abstract (Oral), in the Book of Abstracts of Sixth International Congress of Nematology, 4-9 May 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014.