Habte Tekie

TL;DR: The current study indicated the variation in sand fly fauna between the highland and lowland districts, wherein, P. orientalis was found to be the most abundant Phlebotomus species.

TL;DR: Anopheles gambiae (s.l.), the principal vector of malaria in Ethiopia was the most abundant species both indoors and outdoors, fed both on human and cattle blood and occurred at higher frequencies near rivers.

TL;DR: This is the first report on isolation and identification of microbiota from midgut and salivary glands of Anopheles species in Ethiopia and it can be used as a baseline for studying the relationship between microbiota and mosquitoes, and for the development of a new malaria biological control.

TL;DR: Investigation of the efficacy of phosphite alone and in combination with conventional fungicide against late blight in two potato cultivars and one tomato cultivar found it was more effective against tomato late blight than against potato late blight, and gave the same protection as the fungicide in tomato.

TL;DR: While males and females did not appear to develop differently on the different pollen diets, males consistently emerged faster than their female counterparts and were discussed in relation to integrated vector management.