IITA 2018 ANNUAL REPORT
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IITA 2018 Publications

Biotech & Plant Breeding

Amah, D., van Biljon, A., Brown, A., Perkins-Veazie, P., Swennen, R. & Labuschagne, M.  Recent advances in banana (Musa spp.) biofortification to alleviate vitamin A deficiency.

IN Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2018. 1–39.

Huynh, B., Ehlers, J. D., Huang, B., Munoz-Amatriain, M., Lonardi, S., Santos, J. R. P., Ndeve, A., Batieno, B. J., Boukar, O., Cisse, N., Drabo, I., Fatokun, C., Kusi, F., Agyare, R. Y., Guo, Y., Herniter, I., Lo, S., Wanamaker, S., Xu, S., Close, T. J. & Roberts, P. A. A multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population for genetic analysis and improvement of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.). 

IN Plant Journal. 93, 2018. 1129— 1142.

Price, E. J., Bhattacharjee, R., Lopez-Montes, A. & Fraser, P. D. Carotenoid profiling of yams: clarity, comparisons and diversity.

IN Food Chemistry. 259, 2018. 130— 138.

Haider, I., Andreo-Jimenez, B., Bruno, M., Bimbo, A., Flokova, K., Abuauf, H., Ntui, V. O., Guo, X., Charnikhova, T., Al-Babili, S., Bouwmeester, H. & Ruyter-Spira, C. The interaction of strigolactones with abscisic acid during the drought response in rice

IN Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(9), 2018. 2403— 2414.

Jamil, M., Kountche, B. A., Haider, I., Guo, X., Ntui, V. O., Jia, K. P., Ali, S., Hameed, U. S., Nakamura, H., Lyu, Y., Jiang, K., Hirabayashi, K., Tanokura, M., Arold, S. T., Asami, T. and Al-Babili, S., Methyl phenlactonoates are efficient strigolactone analogs with simple structure. 

IN Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(9), 2018. 2319-2331.

Garcia-Oliveira, A. L., Chander, S., Ortiz, R., Menkir, A. & Gedil, M. Genetic basis and breeding perspectives of grain iron and zinc enrichment in cereals. 

IN Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 937, 2018. 1–13.

Nemeckova, A., Christelova, P., Cizkova, J., Nyine, M., Van den Houwe, I., Svacina, R., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Dolezel, J. & Hribova, E. Molecular and cytogenetic study of east African highland banana. 

IN Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 1371, 2018. 1— 13.

Onyilo, F., Tusiime, G., Tripathi, J., Chen, L. H., Falk, B., Stergiopoulos, L., Tushemereirwe, W. K., Kubiriba, J. & Tripathi, L. Silencing of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) Fus3 and Slt2 in Pseudocercospora fijiensis reduces growth and virulence on host plants. 

IN Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 291, 2018. 1— 12.

Nyine, M., Uwimana, B., Blavet, N., Hribova, E., Vanrespaille, H., Batte, M., Akech, V., Brown, A., Lorenzen, J., Swennen, R. & Dolezel, J. Genomic prediction in a multiploid crop: genotype by environment interaction and allele dosage effects on predictive ability in banana. 

IN Frontiers in Plant Genome. 11(2), 2018. 1— 16.

Okeke, U. G., Akdemir, D., Rabbi, I. Y., Kulakow, P. and Jannink, J. Regional heritability mapping provides insights into Dry Matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations 

IN Frontiers in Plant Genome. 11(1), 1-18. 2018.

Fatokun, C., Girma, G., Abberton, M., Gedil, M., Unachukwu, N., Oyatomi, O., Yusuf, M., Rabbi, I. Y. & Boukar, O. Genetic diversity and population structure of a mini-core subset from the world cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) germplasm collection.

IN Scientific Reports. 8: 16035, 2018.  1— 10.

Kayondo, I. S., Del Carpio, D. P., Lozano, R., Ozimati, A., Wolfe, M., Baguma, Y., Gracen, V. E., Offei, S., Ferguson, M., Kawuki, R. & Jannink, J. Genome-wide association mapping and genomic prediction for CBSD resistance in Manihot esculenta. 

IN Scientific Reports. 8:1549, 2018. 1— 12.

Van Wesemael, J., Hueber, Y., Kissel, E., Campos, N. A., Swennen, R. & Carpentier, S. Homeolog expression analysis in an allotriploid non-model crop via integration of transcriptomics and proteomics. 

IN Scientific Reports. 8:1353, 2018. 1— 11.

Lo, S., Munoz-Amatriain, M., Boukar, O., Herniter, I., Cisse, N., Guo, Y., Roberts, P. A., Xu, S., Fatokun, C. & Close, T. J. Identification of QTL controlling domestication-related traits in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.Walp). 

IN Scientific Reports. 8: 6261, 2018. 1— 9.

Mburu, H., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Mwangi, G., Gitau, K., Kiriga, A., Kinyua, Z. M., Ngundo, G. , Ronno, W., Coyne, D., Holgado, R. & Haukeland, S. First report of potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida (Stone, 1973) infecting potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Kenya. 

IN Plant Disease. 102(8), 2018. 1671— 1671.

Torto, B., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Murungi, L. K., Haukeland, S. & Coyne, D. Management of cyst and root knot nematodes: a chemical ecology perspective. 

IN Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(33), 2018. 8672–8678.

Natural Resource Management

Bastiaansena, R., Jaibi, O., Deblauwe, V., Eppinga, M. B., Siteur, K., Siero, E., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Doelman, A. & Rietkerk, M. Multistability of model and real dryland ecosystems through spatial self-organization. Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 115: 44, 2018. 11256— 11261. 

IN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 115: 44, 2018. 11256— 11261.

Abdulai, I., Vaast, P., Hoffmann, P., Asare, R., Jassogne, L., Van Asten, P., Rotter, R. P. & Graefe, S.Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun. 

IN Global Change Biology. 24(1), 2018. 273— 286

Edreira, J. I. R., Cassman, K. G., Hochman, Z., van Ittersum, M. K., van Bussel, L. G., Claessens, L. & Grassini, P. Beyond the plot: technology extrapolation domains for scaling out agronomic science. 

IN Environmental Research Letters. 13, 2018. 1— 9..

Leenaars, J. G. B., Claessens, L., Heuvelink, G., Hengl, T., Gonzalez, M. R., van Bussel, L. G., Guilpart, N. & Yang, H.Mapping rootable depth and root zone plant-available water holding capacity of the soil of sub-Saharan Africa.

IN Geoderma. 324, 2018. 18— 36.

Thornton, P., Whitbread, A., Baedeker, T., Cairns, J., Claessens, L., Baethgen, W., Bunn, C., Friedmann, M., Giller, K., Herrero, M., Howden, M., Kilcline, K., Nangia, V., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Kumar, S., West, P. & Keating, B.A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research 

IN Agricultural Systems. 167, 2018. 161— 175..

Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, K., Marinus, W., Almekinders, C. J., Ebanyat, P. & Giller, K. How do climbing beans fit in farming systems of the eastern highlands of Uganda? Understanding opportunities and constraints at farm level 

IN Agricultural Systems. 165, 2018. 97— 110.

Snapp, S., Grabowski, P., Chikowo, R., Smith, A., Anders, E., Sirrine, D., Chimonyo, V. & Bekunda, M. Maize yield and profitability tradeoffs with social, human and environmental performance: is sustainable intensification feasible? 

IN Agricultural Systems. 162, 2018. 77— 88.

Ndungu, S. M., Messmer, M. M., Ziegler, D., Gamper, H. A., Meszaros, E., Thuita, M., Vanlauwe, B., Frossard, E. & Thonar, C. Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) hosts several widespread bradyrhizobial root nodule symbionts across contrasting agro-ecological production areas in Kenya. 

IN Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 261, 2018. 161— 171.

Ulzen, J., Abaidoo, R., Ewusi-Mensah, N. & Masso, C. On-farm evaluation and determination of sources of variability of soybean response to Bradyrhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer in northern Ghana 

IN Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 267, 2018. 23— 32.

Thuita, M., Vanlauwe, B., Mutegi, C. & Masso, C. Reducing spatial variability of soybean response to rhizobia inoculants in farms of variable soil fertility in Siaya County of western Kenya. 

IN Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 261, 2018. 153— 160./pre>

Chekanai, V., Chikowo, R. & Vanlauwe, B. Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to nitrogen, phosphorus and rhizobia inoculation across variable soils in Zimbabwe.

IN Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 266, 2018. 167— 173.

van Heerwaarden, J., Baijukya, F., Boahen, S., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Ebanyat, P., Kamai, N., Wolde-Meskel, E., Kanampiu, F., Vanlauwe, B. & Giller, K. Soyabean response to rhizobium inoculation across Sub-Saharan Africa: patterns of variation and the role of promiscuity. 

IN Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 261, 2018. 211— 218.

Droissart, V., Dauby, G., Hardy, O. J., Deblauwe, V., Harris, D. J., Janssens, S., Mackinder, B. A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Sonke, B., Sosef, M. S., Stevart, T., Svenning, J. C., Wieringa, J. J. & Couvreur, T. L. Beyond trees: biogeographical regionalization of tropical Africa. 

IN Journal of Biogeography. 45(5), 2018. 1153— 1167.

Murungi, L. K., Kirwa, H., Coyne, D., Teal, P. E., Beck, J. J. & Torto, B. Identification of key root volatiles signaling preference of tomato over spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita

IN Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66, 2018. 7328— 7336.

Plant Production & Health

Rojas, M. R., Macedo, M. A., Maliano, M. R., Soto-Aguilar, M., Souza, J. O., Briddon, R. W., Kenyon, L., Bustamante, R. F., Zerbini, F. M., Adkins, S., Legg, J., Kvarnheden, A., Wintermantel, W. M., Sudarshana, M. R., Peterschmitt, M., Lapidot, M., Martin, D. P., Moriones, E., Inoue-Nagata, A. K. & Gilbertson, R. World management of geminiviruses. 

IN Annual Review of Phytopathology. 56, 2018. 637— 677.

Coyne, D., Cortada-Gonzalez, L., Dalzell, J. J., Claudius-Cole, A. O., Haukeland, S., Luambano, N. & Talwana, H. Plant-parasitic nematodes and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. 

IN Annual Review of Phytopathology. 56, 2018. 381— 403.

Carluccio, A., Prigigallo, M. I., Rosas-Diaz, T., Lozano-Duran, R. & Stavolone, L. S-acylation mediates Mungbean yellow mosaic virus AC4 localization to the plasma membrane and in turns gene silencing suppression. 

IN PLoS Pathogens. 14(8): e1007207, 2018. 1— 26.

Ba, M. N., Huesing, J., Tamo, M., Higgins, T. J. V., Pittendrigh, B. R. & Murdock, L. L. An assessment of the risk of Bt-cowpea to non-target organisms in West Africa. 

IN Journal of Pest Science. 91(4), 2018. 1165— 1179.

Nakato, V., Mahuku, G. & Coutinho, T. Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum: a major constraint to banana, plantain and enset production in central and east Africa over the past decade. 

IN Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(3), 525-536. 2018.

Krupovic, M., Blomberg, J., Coffin, J. M., Dasgupta, I., Fan, H., Geering, A. D., Gifford, R., Harrach, B., Hull, R., Johnson, W., Kreuze, J., Lindemann, D., Llorens, C., Lockhart, B., Mayer, J., Muller, E., Olszewski, N., Pappu, H. R., Pooggin, M., Richert-Poggeler, K. R., Sabanadzovic, S., Sanfacon, H., Schoelz, J. E., Seal, S., Stavolone, L., Stoye, J. P., Teycheney, P., Tristem, M., Koonin, E. V. & Kuhn, J. H. Ortervirales: new virus order unifying five families of reverse-transcribing viruses. 

IN Journal of Virology. 92(12): e00515-18. 1— 7.

Nagoshi, R. N., Goergen, G., Tounou, A. K., Agboka, K., Koffi, D. & Meagher, R. L. Analysis of strain distribution, migratory potential, and invasion history of fall armyworm populations in northern sub-Saharan Africa

IN Scientific Reports, 8: 3710, 2018. 1— 10.

Picot, A., Doster, M., Islam, M., Callicott, K., Ortega-Beltran, A., Cotty, P. & Michailides, T. Distribution and incidence of atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus VCG in tree crop orchards in California: a strategy for identifying potential antagonists, the example of almonds. 

IN International Journal of Food Microbiology. 265, 2018. 55— 64.

Islam, M. S., Callicott, K., Mutegi, C., Bandyopadhyay, R. & Cotty, P. Aspergillus flavus resident in Kenya: high genetic diversity in an ancient population primarily shaped by clonal reproduction and mutation-driven evolution

IN Fungal Ecology. 35, 2018. 20—33.

Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, K., Almekinders, C. J., Ebanyat, P. and Giller, K. Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda

IN Farmers' use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda

Mauro, A., Garcia-Cela, E., Pietri, A., Cotty, P. & Battilani, P. Biological control products for aflatoxin prevention in Italy: commercial field evaluation of atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus active ingredients.

IN Toxins. 10(1), 2018. 1— 14.

Logrieco, A., Miller, J. D., Eskola, M., Krska, R., Ayalew, A., Bandyopadhyay, R., Battilani, P., Bhatnagar, D., Chulze, S., De Saeger, S., Li, P., Perrone, G., Poapolathep, A., Rahayu, E. S., Shephard, G. S., Stepman, F., Zhang, H. & Leslie, J. The mycotox charter: increasing awareness of, and concerted action for, minimizing mycotoxin exposure worldwide. 

IN Toxins. 10(4), 2018. 1— 17.

Falade, T. D. O., Chrysanthopoulos, P. K., Hodson, M. P., Sultanbawa, Y., Fletcher, M. T., Darnell, R., Korie, S. & Fox, G. Metabolites identified during varied doses of Aspergillus species in Zea mays grains, and their correlation with aflatoxin levels. 

IN Toxins. 10(5), 2018. 1— 22.

Ndungu, S. M., Messmer, M. M., Ziegler, D., Thuita, M., Vanlauwe, B., Frossard, E. & Thonar, C. Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the competitiveness analysis of selected indigenous cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Bradyrhizobium strains from Kenya. 

IN Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(12), 2018. 5265— 5278.

Zheng, H., Chen, J., Mu, C., Makumbi, D., Xu, Y. & Mahuku, G. Combined linkage and association mapping reveal QTL for host plant resistance to common rust (Puccinia sorghi) in tropical maize.

IN BMC Plant Biology. 18: 310, 2018. 1— 14.

Arogundade, O., Oyekanmi, J., Oresanya, A., Ogunsanya, P., Akinyemi, S. O. S. & Kumar, P. L. First report of passion fruit woodiness virus associated with passion fruit woodiness disease of passion fruit in Nigeria. 

IN Plant Disease. 102(6), 2018. 1181— 1181.

Wosula, E. N., McMechan, A. J., Knoell, E., Tatineni, S., Wegulo, S. N. and Hein, G. L. Impact of timing and method of virus inoculation on the severity of wheat streak mosaic disease

IN Plant Disease. 102(3), 2018. 645-650.

Agbetiameh, D., Ortega-Beltran, A., Awuah, R. T., Atehnkeng, J., Cotty, P. and Bandyopadhyay, R. Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in Ghana: population structure, distribution, and toxigenicity of the causal agents

IN Plant Disease. 102, 764-772. 2018.

Social Science & Agric Business

Olayide, O. & Alabi, T. Between rainfall and food poverty: assessing vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy. 

IN Journal of Cleaner Production. 198, 2018. 1–10.

Fuller, T. L., Clee, P. R., Njabo, K. Y., Trochez, A., Morgan, K., Mene, D. B., Anthony, N. M., Gonder, M. K., Allen, W. R., Hanna, R. & Smith, T. B. Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in central Africa. 

IN Science of the Total Environment. 610-611, 2018. 503— 510.

Salmon, G., Teufel, N., Baltenweck, I., van Wijk, M. T., Claessens, L. & Marshall, K. Trade-offs in livestock development at farm level: different actors with different objectives. 

IN Global Food Security. 17, 2018. 103– 112.

Tonnang, H. E. Z., Makumbi, D. & Craufurd, P. Methodological approach for predicting and mapping the phenological adaptation of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) using multi-environment trials 

IN Plant Methods. 14: 108, 2018. 1— 12.

Michalscheck, M., Groot, J. C. J., Kotu, B. H., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I., Kuivanen, K. S., Descheemaeker, K. & Tittonell, P. Model results versus farmer realities. Operationalizing diversity within and among smallholder farm systems for a nuanced impact assessment of technology packages. 

IN Agricultural Systems. 162, 2018. 164— 178.

Ainembabazi, J. H., Abdoulaye, T., Feleke, S., Alene, A., Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Ndayisaba, P. C., Hicintuka, C., Mapatano, S. & Manyong, V.
Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in central Africa. 

IN World Development. 108, 2018. 28— 46.