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International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology: Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2007-02-22 to present | Principal Scientist and Extraordinary Professor (Behavioral and Chemical Ecology)
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Baldwyn Torto

USDA-ARS Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology: Gainesville, FL, US

2001-08-01 to 2007-02-20 | Visiting Scientist (Chemistry Unit)
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Baldwyn Torto

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Maine: Orono, ME, US

1989-10-01 to 1991-09-30 | Postdoctoral (Department of Chemistry)
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Baldwyn Torto

University of Ghana: Legon, Greater Accra, GH

1985-02-13 to 1988-08-09 | PhD (Department of Chemistry)
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Baldwyn Torto

Works (35)

Feasibility of sand fly control based on knowledge of sensory ecology

Current Opinion in Insect Science
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: David P Tchouassi; Trizah K Milugo; Baldwyn Torto
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An Overview of Tsetse Fly Repellents: Identification and Applications

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Olabimpe Y. Orubuloye; Njelembo J. Mbewe; David P. Tchouassi; Abdullahi A. Yusuf; Christian W. W. Pirk; Baldwyn Torto
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Field evaluation of glutathione and glutamic acid as host marking pheromones for control of Tephritid fruit flies in a mango orchard in Kenya

Pest Management Science
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Xavier Cheseto; Hillary Kirwa; Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed; Sunday Ekesi; John J Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Edwin O. Ogola; Anne Kopp; Armanda D.S. Bastos; Inga Slothouwer; Dorcus C.A. Omoga; Josephine Osalla; Rosemary Sang; Baldwyn Torto; Sandra Junglen; David P. Tchouassi
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Molecular characterization of pathogenic African trypanosomes in biting flies and camels in surra-endemic areas outside the tsetse fly belt in Kenya

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
2022-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Merid N. Getahun; Jandouwe Villinger; Joel L. Bargul; Jackson M. Muema; Abel Orone; John Ngiela; Peter O. Ahuya; Rajinder K. Saini; Baldwyn Torto; Daniel K. Masiga
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Chemo-Ecological Insights into the Use of the Non-Host Plant Vegetable Black-Jack to Protect Two Susceptible Solanaceous Crops from Root-Knot Nematode Parasitism

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2022-06-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruth Kihika-Opanda; David P. Tchouassi; Margaret M. Ng’ang’a; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Survival rate, blood feeding habits and sibling species composition of Aedes simpsoni complex: Implications for arbovirus transmission risk in East Africa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022-01-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1935-2735
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Root exudate chemical cues of an invasive plant modulate oviposition behavior and survivorship of a malaria mosquito vector

Scientific Reports
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Baldwyn Torto

Identification of Repellents from Four Non-Host Asteraceae Plants for the Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2021-12-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Sydney Mwamba; Ruth Kihika-Opanda; Lucy K. Murungi; Turoop Losenge; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Odor composition of field versus laboratory desert locust populations

Journal of Insect Physiology
2021-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-1910
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Baldwyn Torto

Exploring non‐host plant‐based management strategy with lemongrass, garlic and guava volatiles for the African citrus triozid

Journal of Applied Entomology
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Akua K. Antwi‐Agyakwa; Abdullahi A. Yusuf; Christian W. W. Pirk; Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed; Sunday Ekesi; Baldwyn Torto
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Plant sugar feeding patterns of wild‐caught Aedes aegypti from dengue endemic and non‐endemic areas of Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: C. Wanjiku; D. P Tchouassi; C. L Sole; C. Pirk; B. Torto
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Cyst nematode bio‐communication with plants: implications for novel management approaches

Pest Management Science
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Juliet Ochola; Danny Coyne; Laura Cortada; Solveig Haukeland; Margaret Ng'ang'a; Ahmed Hassanali; Charles Opperman; Baldwyn Torto
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Derivatization increases mosquito larvicidal activity of the sesquiterpene lactone parthenin isolated from the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus

Pest Management Science
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Trizah K Milugo; David P Tchouassi; Reginald A Kavishe; Rhoel R Dinglasan; Baldwyn Torto
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Afrotropical sand fly-host plant relationships in a leishmaniasis endemic area, Kenya

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-02-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Iman B. Hassaballa; Shan Lv; Catherine L. Sole; Xavier Cheseto; Baldwyn Torto; David P. Tchouassi
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Exploring the influence of different habitats and their volatile chemistry in modulating sand fly population structure in a leishmaniasis endemic foci, Kenya

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Iman B. Hassaballa; Geraldine Marie Foster; Baldwyn Torto; Catherine L. Sole; David P. Tchouassi
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Large herbivore loss has complex effects on mosquito ecology and vector‐borne disease risk

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
2020-12-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1865-1674
Part of ISSN: 1865-1682
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Compounds Associated with Infection by the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne javanica, Influence the Ability of Infective Juveniles to Recognize Host Plants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2020-08-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruth Kihika; David P. Tchouassi; Margaret M. Ng’ang’a; David R. Hall; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) genes modulate plant root exudate composition and the attraction of plant parasitic nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven Dyer; Ryan Weir; Deborah Cox; Xavier Cheseto; Baldwyn Torto; Johnathan J. Dalzell
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ABC transporter genes ABC-C6 and ABC-G33 alter plant-microbe-parasite interactions in the rhizosphere

Scientific Reports
2019-12-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Deborah Elizabeth Cox; Steven Dyer; Ryan Weir; Xavier Cheseto; Matthew Sturrock; Danny Coyne; Baldwyn Torto; Aaron G. Maule; Johnathan J. Dalzell
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Lemon Terpenes Influence Behavior of the African Citrus Triozid Trioza erytreae (Hemiptera: Triozidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2019-12-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Akua K. Antwi-Agyakwa; Ayuka T. Fombong; Emilie Deletre; Sunday Ekesi; Abdullahi A. Yusuf; Christian Pirk; Baldwyn Torto
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Innovative approaches to exploit host plant metabolites in malaria control

Pest Management Science
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Baldwyn Torto
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Isopentyl Butanoate: Aggregation Pheromone of the Brown Spiny Bug, Clavigralla tomentosicollis (Hemiptera: Coreidae), and Kairomone for the Egg Parasitoid Gryon sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2019-07-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Hilaire Kpongbe; Johnnie Van Den Berg; Fathiya Khamis; Manuele Tamò; Baldwyn Torto
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Egg-laying decisions based on olfactory cues enhance offspring fitness in Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

Scientific Reports
2019-03-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Steve B. S. Baleba; Baldwyn Torto; Daniel Masiga; Christopher W. Weldon; Merid N. Getahun
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Elicitation of Differential Responses in the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita to Tomato Root Exudate Cytokinin, Flavonoids, and Alkaloids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Hillary K. Kirwa; Lucy K. Murungi; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Identification of Glutamic Acid as a Host Marking Pheromone of the African Fruit Fly Species Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-09-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Xavier Cheseto; Donald L. Kachigamba; Mwanasiti Bendera; Sunday Ekesi; Mary Ndung’u; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Management of Cyst and Root Knot Nematodes: A Chemical Ecology Perspective

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-08-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Baldwyn Torto; Laura Cortada; Lucy K. Murungi; Solveig Haukeland; Danny L. Coyne
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Cucumber and Tomato Volatiles: Influence on Attraction in the Melon Fly Zeugodacus cucurbitate (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-08-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter K. Njuguna; Lucy K. Murungi; Ayuka Fombong; Peter E. A. Teal; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Behavioral responses of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, to odors of three meliponine bee species and honey bees, Apis mellifera scutellata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Bridget O. Bobadoye; Ayuka T. Fombong; Nkoba Kiatoko; Raina Suresh; Peter E. A. Teal; Daisy Salifu; Baldwyn Torto
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Identification of Key Root Volatiles Signaling Preference of Tomato over Spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-07-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucy Kananu Murungi; Hillary Kirwa; Danny Coyne; Peter E. A. Teal; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Interactions Among Plants, Insects, and Microbes: Elucidation of Inter-Organismal Chemical Communications in Agricultural Ecology

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2018-07-05 | Journal article
Contributors: John J. Beck; Hans T. Alborn; Anna K. Block; Shawn A. Christensen; Charles T. Hunter; Caitlin C. Rering; Irmgard Seidl-Adams; Charles J. Stuhl; Baldwyn Torto; James H. Tumlinson
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Volatile biomarkers of symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria infection in humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-05-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Consuelo M. De Moraes; Caroline Wanjiku; Nina M. Stanczyk; Hannier Pulido; James W. Sims; Heike S. Betz; Andrew F. Read; Baldwyn Torto; Mark C. Mescher
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Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease vectors

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-02-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Vincent O. Nyasembe; Brian L. Weiss; David P. Tchouassi; Christian W. W. Pirk; Catherine L. Sole; Baldwyn Torto
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Identification of the Ubiquitous Antioxidant Tripeptide Glutathione as a Fruit Fly Semiochemical

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2017-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Xavier Cheseto; Donald L. Kachigamba; Sunday Ekesi; Mary Ndung’u; Peter E. A. Teal; John J. Beck; Baldwyn Torto
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Hygienic and grooming behaviors in African and European honeybees—New damage categories in Varroa destructor

PLOS ONE
2017-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Beatrice T. Nganso; Wolfgang Blenau; Ayuka T. Fombong; Abdullahi A. Yusuf; Christian W. W. Pirk; Charles Stuhl; Baldwyn Torto
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Peer review (11 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS omega. (1)
Review activity for Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. (9)
Review activity for Nature (1)