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In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and chemical profiling of sugarcane leaves. (2022)
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Okokon, J. E., Mobley, R., Edem, U. A., Bassey, A. I., Fadayomi, I., Drijfhout, F., …Li, W. (2022). In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and chemical profiling of sugarcane leaves. Scientific reports, 10250 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14391-8

Saccharum officinarum Linn. (sugarcane, Family-Poaceae) is employed in Ibibio traditional medicine for the treatment of various infections and diseases such as malaria. We This study aims to assess the antiplasmodial effect of the leaf extract and fr... Read More about In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and chemical profiling of sugarcane leaves..

Cuticular hydrocarbons for the identification and geographic assignment of empty puparia of forensically important flies. (2022)
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Drijfhout. (2022). Cuticular hydrocarbons for the identification and geographic assignment of empty puparia of forensically important flies. International Journal of Legal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-022-02786-1

Research in social insects has shown that hydrocarbons on their cuticle are species-specific. This has also been proven for Diptera and is a promising tool for identifying important fly taxa in Forensic Entomology. Sometimes the empty puparia, in whi... Read More about Cuticular hydrocarbons for the identification and geographic assignment of empty puparia of forensically important flies..

Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips (2021)
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Pope, T., Niassy, S., Subramanian, S., Drijfhout, F., Akinyemi, A., Tamiru, A., …Campbell, H. (2021). Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips. Agronomy, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071269

The potential of semiochemicals to lure insect pests to a trap where they can be killed with biopesticides has been demonstrated as an eco-friendly pest management alternative. In this study, we tested two recently characterized male-produced aggrega... Read More about Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips.

Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants. (2019)
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Martin, S. J., Drijfhout, F. P., & Hart, A. G. (2019). Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 735 -740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01103-2

It is well established that many ant species have evolved qualitatively distinct species-specific chemical profile that are stable over large geographical distances. Within these species profiles quantitative variations in the chemical profile allows... Read More about Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants..

Relationship Between Hydrocarbon Composition on the Cuticle of Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Workers and the Secretion of the Cephalic Salivary Glands (2018)
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Poiani, S. B., Morgan, E., Drijfhout, F. P., & Cruz-Landim, C. (2018). Relationship Between Hydrocarbon Composition on the Cuticle of Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Workers and the Secretion of the Cephalic Salivary Glands. Sociobiology, 671 - 678. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i4.3384

Since chemical communication is pivotal for social insect success, the present paper aimed to quantify and qualify the chemical compounds that might have pheromonal role in both cephalic salivary gland and epicuticle of workers of Melipona quadrifasc... Read More about Relationship Between Hydrocarbon Composition on the Cuticle of Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Workers and the Secretion of the Cephalic Salivary Glands.

Is the Salivary Gland Associated with Honey Bee Recognition Compounds in Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)? (2018)
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Martin, S. J., Correia-Oliveira, M. E., Shemilt, S., & Drijfhout, F. (2018). Is the Salivary Gland Associated with Honey Bee Recognition Compounds in Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)?. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44, 650-657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0975-8

Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) function as recognition compounds with the best evidence coming from social insects such as ants and honey bees. The major exocrine gland involved in hydrocarbon storage in ants is the post-pharyngeal gland (PPG) in the... Read More about Is the Salivary Gland Associated with Honey Bee Recognition Compounds in Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)?.

Host colony integration: Megalomyrmex guest ant parasites maintain peace with their host using weaponry (2018)
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Drijfhout. (2018). Host colony integration: Megalomyrmex guest ant parasites maintain peace with their host using weaponry. Animal Behaviour, 71 -79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.02.021

Social parasites exploit resources of other social species, to the detriment of their host. In order to enter and integrate in a host colony, social parasites must avoid being detected as a non-nestmate. The parasites, therefore, use one or a combina... Read More about Host colony integration: Megalomyrmex guest ant parasites maintain peace with their host using weaponry.

The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies (2014)
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Drijfhout. (2014). The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 315 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-014-0324-z

A method for conducting multiple-choice bioassays, incorporating within-hive replication, is described and demonstrated here. This method has been used to study the influence of phagostimulants in pollens on food uptake within honey bee colonies. Exp... Read More about The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies.