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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Entomopathogenic Fungi as Endophytes for Biological Control of Subterranean Termite Pests Attacking Cocoa Seedlings.

Chaba F Ambele, Sunday Ekesi, Hervé D B Bisseleua, Olubukola O Babalola, Fathiya M Khamis, Christian T L Djuideu, Komivi S Akutse

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Chaba F AmbeleInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
Sunday EkesiInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
Hervé D B BisseleuaWorld Cocoa Foundation, P.O. Box 217 Accra, Ghana.
Olubukola O BabalolaFood Security and Safety, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, South Africa, Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2745, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4344-1909
Fathiya M KhamisInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
Christian T L DjuideuZoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Komivi S AkutseInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-2124-1626
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology · KEHealth Crescendos Foundation · GHNorth-West University · ZAUniversité de Yaoundé I · CM

Funding

Department for International Development B2291A-DFID-BIOPESTICIDEVolkswagen Foundation VW-60420894
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted in the scope of developing a sustainable effective approach against subterranean termite pests using entomopathogenic and endophytic fungus-based biopesticides. Termites,

Indexed as

colonizationfungal endophytesinoculation techniquesrelative pathogenicitysubterranean termite pestsvirulence

Identifiers

PMID32764446
PMCPMC7558646
OpenAlexW3047510495

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