Personal information

Other IDs

Scopus Author ID: 55969865000

Activities

Collapse all

Employment (3)

University of Georgia: Griffin, Georgia, US

2019-07-01 to present | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Department of Entomolgy)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

National Crops Resources Research Institute: Namulonge, UG

2018-03-05 to 2019-06-30 | Research Officer (Root Crops Programme)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

National Crops Resources Research Institute: Namulonge, UG

2007-09-01 to 2009-12-31 | Research assistant (Horticulture programme)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Greenwich: London, London, GB

2013-10-01 to 2017-12-22 | Natural Resources (Natural Resources Institute)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

2010-01-01 to 2013-02-01 | M.Sc. in molecular and cell biology
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

Makerere University: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2004-08-01 to 2007-08-01 | Bachelor of science in Horticulture
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

Works (14)

Differential Transcriptional Responses in Two Old World Bemisia tabaci Cryptic Species Post Acquisition of Old and New World Begomoviruses

Cells
2022-06-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/cells11132060
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; Saurabh Gautam; Michael A. Catto; Bhabesh Dutta; Judith K. Brown; Scott Adkins; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Differential Transmission of Old and New World Begomoviruses by Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) Cryptic Species of Bemisia tabaci

Viruses
2022-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/v14051104
Contributors: Saurabh Gautam; Habibu Mugerwa; James Buck; Bhabesh Dutta; Tim Coolong; Scott Adkins; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

A Review on Transcriptional Responses of Interactions between Insect Vectors and Plant Viruses

Cells
2022-02-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/cells11040693
Contributors: Michael A. Catto; Habibu Mugerwa; Brendon K. Myers; Sudeep Pandey; Bhabesh Dutta; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Whole‐genome single nucleotide polymorphism and mating compatibility studies reveal the presence of distinct species in sub‐Saharan Africa Bemisia tabaci whiteflies

Insect Science
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12881
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; Hua‐Ling Wang; Peter Sseruwagi; Susan Seal; John Colvin
Source: check_circle
Crossref

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
2021-09-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-021-01355-6
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; John Colvin; Titus Alicai; Christopher A. Omongo; Richard Kabaalu; Paul Visendi; Peter Sseruwagi; Susan E. Seal
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Is High Whitefly Abundance on Cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa Driven by Biological Traits of a Specific, Cryptic Bemisia tabaci Species?

Insects
2021-03-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects12030260
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; Peter Sseruwagi; John Colvin; Susan Seal
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Improving climate suitability for Bemisia tabaci in East Africa is correlated with increased prevalence of whiteflies and cassava diseases

Scientific Reports
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79149-6
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa

Genetic Diversity of Mitochondrial DNA of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Associated with Cassava and the Occurrence of Cassava Mosaic Disease in Zambia

Insects
2020-11-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects11110761
Contributors: Patrick Chiza Chikoti; Mathias Tembo; James Peter Legg; Rudolph Rufini Shirima; Habibu Mugerwa; Peter Sseruwagi
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Specific and Spillover Effects on Vectors Following Infection of Two RNA Viruses in Pepper Plants

Insects
2020-09-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects11090602
Contributors: Saurabh Gautam; Habibu Mugerwa; Sivamani Sundaraj; Kiran R. Gadhave; John F. Murphy; Bhabesh Dutta; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Two sub-Saharan Africa 1 populations of Bemisia tabaci exhibit distinct biological differences in fecundity and survivorship on cassava

Crop Protection
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.11.011
Contributors: H. Mugerwa; M.E.C. Rey; F. Tairo; J. Ndunguru; P. Sseruwagi
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Species-complex diversification and host-plant associations in Bemisia tabaci: a plant-defense, detoxification perspective revealed by RNAseq analyses

Molecular Ecology
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14865
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
Contributors: Osnat Malka; Diego Santos-Garcia; Ester Feldmesser; Elad Sharon; Renate Krause-Sakate; Hélène Delatte; Sharon van Brunschot; Mitulkumar Patel; Paul Visendi Muhindira; Habibu Mugerwa et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa via Crossref Metadata Search

Review and guide to a future naming system of African Bemisia tabaci species

Systematic Entomology
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12294
Part of ISSN: 0307-6970
Contributors: Laura M. Boykin; Tonny Kinene; James M. Wainaina; Anders Savill; Susan Seal; Habibu Mugerwa; Sarina Macfadyen; Wee Tek Tay; Paul De Barro; Laura Kubatko et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa via Crossref Metadata Search

African ancestry of New World, Bemisia tabaci-whitefly species

Scientific Reports
2018-02-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20956-3
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; Susan Seal; Hua-Ling Wang; Mitulkumar V. Patel; Richard Kabaalu; Christopher A. Omongo; Titus Alicai; Fred Tairo; Joseph Ndunguru; Peter Sseruwagi et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa via Crossref Metadata Search

Genetic diversity and geographic distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) genotypes associated with cassava in East Africa

Ecol Evol
2012-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.379
Contributors: Habibu Mugerwa; Marie E. C. Rey; Titus Alicai; Elijah Ateka; Hellen Atuncha; Joseph Ndunguru; Peter Sseruwagi
Source: Self-asserted source
Habibu Mugerwa via Crossref Metadata Search

Peer review (26 reviews for 15 publications/grants)

Review activity for Agronomy. (3)
Review activity for BMC genomics (1)
Review activity for Bulletin of entomological research (1)
Review activity for Cells. (2)
Review activity for Crop protection. (1)
Review activity for Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. (6)
Review activity for Insect molecular biology. (2)
Review activity for Insects. (3)
Review activity for International journal of molecular sciences. (1)
Review activity for Journal of applied entomology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of economic entomology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of experimental agriculture international. (1)
Review activity for Plants. (1)
Review activity for Scientific reports. (1)
Review activity for Toxins. (1)
How many people are using ORCID?