Beatrice N Dingha

Research Interests

My research activities deal with different aspect of integrated pest management as an ecological approach to manage insect pests in agricultural and urban settings with the main goal to minimize pesticide use. My current research project is focused on the bio-ecology and management of the brown marmorated stink bug an invasive insect which is a severe agricultural pest and a residential nuisance in the US. The overall goal is to develop and evaluate ecologically based management practices for insect pests and delivering these to growers.

Recent Publications

• Saw Eesiah, Jianmei Yu, Beatrice Dingha (2022). (Preliminary Assessment of Repellency and Toxicity of Essential Oils against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Stored Organic Corn Grains). In Anastasios Nikolaou, Paula Silva and Ioanna Mantzourani, 11, pp. article number: 2907, 12 Pages. Foods.
• Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai, Barbara Amoah, Clement Akotsen-Mensah (2021). (Pollinators on Cowpea Vigna unguiculata: Implications for Intercropping to Enhance Biodiversity). 12, MDPI.
• Roger Vorsah, Beatrice Dingha, Harmandeep Sharma, Louis Jackai (2020). (Evaluation of Biorational Insecticides as Stand-alone Treatments for the Management of the Pigweed Flea Beetle, Disonycha glabrata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in Organic Production of Amaranthus spp. ). (3) 9, Sustainable Agriculture Research.
• Melvin Mensah-Bonsu, Louis Jackai, , (2020). (Evaluation of Preference of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) for different colour Bell Peppers.). Arthropod-Plant Interactions .
• Beatrice Dingha, Sushil Nyaupane, Louis Jackai (2020). (Laboratory Assessment of Host Plant Selection of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) ). In Science PG, (Refereed Journal Articles) (2) 4, pp. 26-34. American Journal of Entomology.
• Akamu Ewunkem, Henry Sintim, Beatrice Dingha, Sudan Gyawaly, Louis Jackai (2020). (Nutritional Ecology of the Southern Green Stink Bug Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Selected Varieties of Cowpea and Tomato). (11) 4, pp. 9. American Journal of Entomology.
• Beatrice Dingha, Sudan Gyawaly, Sarah Adjei-Fremah, Harmandeep Sharma, Arnab Bhowmik, Mulumebet Worku, Louis Jackai (2020). (Organic Mulch Increases Insect Herbivory by the Flea Beetle Species, Disonycha glabrata, on Amaranthus spp.). (3) 11, pp. 162. Insects.
• Beatrice Dingha, Arnab Bhowmik, Louis Jackai (2019). (Industrial Hemp Knowledge and Interest among North Carolina Organic Farmers).
• Louis Jackai, Beatrice Dingha, Mulumebet Worku (2018). (Cowpea – An Ancient Crop for Modern Challenges). pp. 1-5. Scientia.
• Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai (2018). (Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables from Farmers’ Market). International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources .
• Louis Jackai, Beatrice Dingha (2018). (Transformative research on Cowpea: STOPCALLOSOBRUCHUS”-Post harvest for smallholder cowpea production using vegetable oil. ).
• Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai (2017). (Laboratory rearing of the brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the impact of single and combination of food substrates on development and survival). (1) 149, pp. 104-117. CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.
• Beatrice Dingha, Jeremy O'Neal, Arthur Appel, Louis Jackai (2016). (Integrated pest management of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in manufactured homes in rural North Carolina). (4) 99, pp. 587-592. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST.
• Matthew Flanery, Henry Sintim, Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai, (2016). (Laboratory evaluation of the use of biorational and low risk insecticide mixtures in the management of diamondback moth larvae). (2A) 6, pp. 76-91. Journal of Agriculture Science and Technology A..
• Jude Ewunkem, Louis Jackai, Henry Sintim, Beatrice Dingha, (2014). (Comparing the Impact of a Neonicotinoid and Biorational Agroneem on Herbivorous and Beneficial Arthropods on Cowpea and Tomato. ). 4, pp. 548-596. J. Agric. Science and Technol. A. 4:585-596.
• Geneva Nkongho, Aduni Achidi, Nelson Ntonifor, Festus Numfor, Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai, Conrad Bonsi (2014). (Sweet potatoes in Cameroon: Nutritional profile of leaves and their potential new use in local foods). pp. 1371-1377. African Journal of Agricultural Research.
• Beatrice Dingha, Rachel Monteverdi, Jimo Ibrahim, Louis Jackai (2013). (Pest Control Practices for the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae): A Survey of Rural Residents in North Carolina.). 96, pp. 1008-1012. Florida Entomologist.
• Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai, Rachel Monteverdi, Jimo Ibrahim (2013). (Pest Control Practices for the German Cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae): A Survey of Rural Residents in North Carolina). (3) 96, pp. 1009–1015. Florida Entomologist.
• Beatrice Dingha, Louis Jackai, Rachel Monteverdi, Jimo Ibrahim (2013). (PEST CONTROL PRACTICES FOR THE GERMAN COCKROACH (BLATTODEA: BLATTELLIDAE): A SURVEY OF RURAL RESIDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA). (3) 96, pp. 1009-1015. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST.
• Beatrice Dingha, Arthur Appel, James Vogt, (2009). (Effects of temperature on the metabolic rates of insecticide resistant and susceptible German cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). ). 2, pp. 17-27. Midsouth Entomology .
• Nii Tackie, Louis Jackai, Ramble Ankumah, Beatrice Dingha, Abdul-Wahab Salifu, Oluwagbemiga Ojumu, others (2009). (Integrated pest management and protection practices by limited resource farmers). (1) 47, Journal of Extension.
• Beatrice Dingha, A Appel, M Eubanks (2005). (Discontinuous carbon dioxide release in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), and its effect on respiratory transpiration.). (7) 51, pp. 825-36. Journal of insect physiology.
• Beatrice Dingha, A Appel, M Eubanks (2005). (Discontinuous carbon dioxide release in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), and its effect on respiratory transpiration.). (7) 51, pp. 825-36. Journal of insect physiology.
• Beatrice Dingha, Arthur Appel, William Moar (2005). (Discontinuous gas exchange patterns of Beet Armyworm pupae, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C toxin, pupal age and temperature.). 30, pp. 388-397. Physiological Entomology.
• Beatrice Dingha, Arthur Appel, William Moar (2004). (Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C toxin on the metabolic rate of Cry 1C resistant and susceptible Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)). 29, pp. 409-418. Physiological Entomology.