2024

Kaweesi, Tadeo, Colvin, John, Campbell, Lahcen, Visendi, Paul, Maslen, Gareth, Alicai, Titus and Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562 (2024) In silico prediction of candidate gene targets for the management of African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), a key vector of viruses causing cassava brown streak disease. PeerJ – the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, 12:e16949. pp. 1-27. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:10.7717/peerj.16949)

Mkamilo, Geoffrey, Kimata, Bernadetta, Masinde, Emily A., Masisila, Festo F., Menya, Rahim O., Matondo, Dwasi and Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2024) Impact of viral diseases and whiteflies on the yield and quality of cassava. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. ISSN 1861-3829 (Print), 1861-3837 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s41348-024-00903-3)

Mtonga, Andrew and Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2024) Diseases of common bean. In: Elmer, Wade H., McGrath, Margaret and McGovern, Robert J., (eds.) Handbook of Vegetable and Herb Diseases. Handbook of Plant Disease Management (HPDM) . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1-52. ISBN 978-3030355128 (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35512-8_18-1)

Musopole, Hastings T., Mtonga, Andrew P., Pankomera, Pilirani and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2024) Survey of cassava mosaic and brown streak diseases and their vector whiteflies in Malawi. Discover Agriculture, 2:113. ISSN 2731-9598 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s44279-024-00133-z)

Ngwensang, Erica Njeatih, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-3243 and Maruthi, Midatharahally N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2024) The transcriptome response of African and South American cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) to infection by the begomovirus EACMV-UG. Plant Pathology. ISSN 0032-0862 (Print), 1365-3059 (Online) (In Press)

Ogunsanya, Olaide Mary, Adebisi, Moruf Ayodele, Popoola, Akinola Rasheed, Afolabi, Clement Gboyega, Oyatomi, Olaniyi, Colgan, Richard, Armitage, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0610-763X, Thompson, Elinor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-9290, Abberton, Michael and Ortega-Beltran, Alejandro (2024) Morphological, pathological and phylogenetic analyses identify a diverse group of Colletotrichum spp. causing leaf, pod, and flower diseases on the orphan legume African yam bean. Plant Pathology. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0032-0862 (Print), 1365-3059 (Online) (doi:10.1111/ppa.13995)

Prathibha, V.H., Patil, Balanagouda, Rajesh, M.K., Gangurde, Sunil S., Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Gangaraj, K.P., Pandian, Thava Prakasa, Daliyamol, R., Chaithra, M., Rajkumar, - and Hegde, Vinayaka (2024) Insights into the population dynamics of phytophthora species associated with arecanut fruit rot disease. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 133:102334. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0885-5765 (doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2024.102334)

Wang, Hua-Ling, Geng, Shi-Long, Liu, Shu-Sheng, Li, Zhong-Tao, Cameron, Stephen, Lei, Teng, Xu, Wei, Liu, Qing, Zuo, Shuang, Omongo, Christopher A., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Mugerwa, Habibu, Wang, Xiao-Wei, Liu, Yin-Quan, Navas-Castillo, Jesús, Fiallo-Olivé, Elvira, Lee, Kyeong-Yeoll, Krause-Sakate, Renate, Delatte, Hélène, Ng, James, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John (2024) Unraveling the cryptic Bemisia tabaci species complex: global phylogenomic analysis reveals evolutionary relationships and biogeographic patterns. Insect Science. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (In Press)

Wang, Hualing, Lei, T, Wang, X-O, Cameron, S, Navas-Castillo, J, Liu, Y-Q, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Omongo, C, Delatte, H, Lee, K-Y, Krause-Sakate, R, Ng, J, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562, Fiallo-Olivé, E, Bushley, K, Colvin, John and Liu, S-S (2024) A comprehensive framework for the delimitation of species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic complex, a global pest-species group. Insect Science. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (doi:10.1111/1744-7917.13361)

2023

Ally, Hadija, El Hamss, Hajar, Simiand, Christophe, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2023) Genetic diversity, distribution, and structure of Bemisia tabaci whitefly species in potential invasion and hybridization regions of East Africa. PLoS ONE, 18 (05):e0285967. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1932-6203 (Print), February 23, 2023; Published: May 25, 2023 (Online) (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0285967)

Alquicer, Glenda, Ibrahim, Emad, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X and Kundu, Jiban Kumar (2023) Identifying putative resistance genes for barley yellow dwarf virus‐PAV in wheat and barley. Viruses, 15:716. pp. 1-25. ISSN 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:10.3390/v15030716)

Campbell, Lahcen, Nwezeobi, Joachim, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9463, Kaweesi, Tadeo, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562, Swamy, Rekha, Namuddu, Annet, Maslen, Gareth L., Mugerwa, Habibu, Armean, Irina M., Haggerty, Leanne, Martin, Fergal J., Malka, Osnat, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Juravel, Ksenia, Morin, Shai, Stephens, Michael E., Muhindira, Paul Visendi, Kersey, Paul J., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Omongo, Christopher A., Navas-Castillo, Jesús, Fiallo-Olivé, Elvira, Mohammed, Ibrahim Umar, Wang, Hua-Ling, Onyeka, Joseph, Alicai, Titus and Colvin, John (2023) Comparative evolutionary analyses of eight whitefly Bemisia tabaci sensu lato genomes: cryptic species, agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors. BMC Genomics, 24:408. ISSN 1471-2164 (Online) (doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09474-3)

El Hamss, Hajar, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Omongo, Chris, Wang, Hualing, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9463, Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2023) Microbiome diversity and composition in Bemisia tabaci SSA1-SG1 whitefly are influenced by their host’s life stage. Microbiological Research, 278:127538. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0944-5013 (doi:10.1016/j.micres.2023.127538)

Musopole, Hastings, Mtonga, Andrew and Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2023) Resistance levels of cassava landraces to CMD, CBSD and vector whiteflies in Malawi (version 1). Research Square. (doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2563018/v1)

Naganur, Priya, Shankarappa, Kodegandlu Subbanna, Mesta, Raghavendra K., Rao, Chilakalapudi Durga, Venkataravanappa, Venkataravanappa, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X and Narasimha Reddy, Lakshminarayana Reddy C. (2023) Detecting tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus causing ridge gourd yellow mosaic disease, and other Begomoviruses by antibody-based methods. Plants, 12:490. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:10.3390/plants12030490)

Sharaf, Abdoallah, Nuc, Przemysław, Ripl, Jan, Alquicer, Glenda, Ibrahim, Emad, Wang, Xifeng, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X and Kundu, Jiban Kumar (2023) Transcriptome dynamics in triticum aestivum genotypes associated with resistance against the wheat dwarf virus. Viruses, 15:689. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:10.3390/v15030689)

Tugume, Arthur, Mbanzibwa, Deusdedith R, Alicai, Titus, Omongo, Christopher and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2023) Endemism and reemergence potential of the ipomovirus Sweet potato mild mottle virus (family Potyviridae) in Eastern Africa: half a century of mystery. Phytobiomes Journal, 7 (1). pp. 5-28. ISSN 2471-2906 (Online) (doi:10.1094/PBIOMES-05-22-0031-RVW)

2022

El Hamss, Hajar, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Ally, Hadija, Omongo, Chris, Wang, Hualing, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9463, Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2022) Spatio-temporal changes in endosymbiont diversity and composition in the African cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci SSA1. Frontiers Microbiology, 13:986226. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1664-302X (Online) (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.986226)

2021

El Hamss, Hajar, Ghosh, Saptarshi, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Delatte, H and Colvin, John (2021) Microbiome diversity and reproductive incompatibility induced by the prevalent endosymbiont Arsenophonus in two species of African cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (24). ISSN 2045-7758 (Print), 2045-7758 (Online) (doi:10.1002/ece3.8400)

Kimata, B, Masinde, E, Masisila, F, Menya, R, Matondo, D, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X and Mkamilo, G (2021) Adaptability and phenotypic stability of resistance to two viral diseases and yields traits in Cassava. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 12 (4). pp. 679-705. ISSN 2158-2742 (Print), 2158-2750 (Online) (doi:10.4236/ajps.2021.124046)

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5077-0167, Colvin, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-580X, Alicai, Titus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3133, Omongo, Christopher A., Kabaalu, Richard, Visendi, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-7710, Sseruwagi, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4128-0294 and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Genetic diversity of whitefly (Bemisia spp.) on crop and uncultivated plants in Uganda: implications for the control of this devastating pest species complex in Africa. Journal of Pest Science, 94 (4). pp. 1307-1330. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10340-021-01355-6)

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5077-0167, Sseruwagi, Peter, Colvin, John and Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Is high whitefly abundance on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa driven by biological traits of a specific, cryptic Bemisia tabaci species? Insects, 12 (3):260. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:10.3390/insects12030260)

Prasannakumar, N R and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2021) Identification of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) proteins interacting with Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus coat protein gene using Y2H system. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. ISSN 1742-7584 (Print), 1742-7592 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s42690-021-00561-0)

Prasannakumar, N. R. and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2021) Understanding the interactions among the crop plants, a virus, insect vector whiteflies and their endosymbionts. Phytoparasitica. ISSN 0334-2123 (Print), 1876-7184 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s12600-021-00905-z)

Wikum, H Jayasinghe, Akhter, Md Shamim, Nakahara, Kenji and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2021) Effect of aphid biology and morphology on plant virus transmission. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:10.1002/ps.6629)