SHIBONAGE KULINDWA MASHILINGI
Lecture, College Of Agricultural Sciences And Food Technology
Education:
PhD (CAAS, PR China), MSc (UDSM, Tanzania), BSc (UDSM, Tanzania).
Teaching:
Pollination ecology; Chemistry of bee products, Environmental conservation and fire ecology; and Food, environment and society.
Research:
Pollinators and agricultural pollination, Economic entomology (honeybees), Beekeeping, and Climate change.
Projects:
- Honeybee pollination for improving sunflower oil production and livelihoods in Singida, Tanzania – funded by UDSM
Publications:
- Guo, B., Tang, J., Ding, G., Mashilingi, K.S., Huang, J., An, J., 2023. Gut microbiota is a potential factor in shaping phenotypic variation in larvae and adults of female bumble bees. Frontier in Microbiology, 14, 1117077. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1117077
- Mashilingi, S.K., Zhang. H*., Garibaldi, L.A., An, J*., 2022. Honeybees are far too insufficient to supply optimum pollination services in agricultural systems worldwide. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 335, 108003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108003
- Zhang, H., Han, C., Breeze, T.D., Li, M., Mashilingi, S.K., Hua. J., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, S., An, J*., 2022. Bumblebee pollination enhances yield and flavor of tomato in Gobi Desert greenhouses. Agriculture, 12(6), 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12060795
- Mashilingi, S.K#., Zhang, H#., Chen, W., Vaissière, B.E., Garibaldi, L.A., An, J*., 2021. Temporal trends in pollination deficits and its potential impacts on Chinese agriculture. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114 (4), 1431–1440. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab100
Zhao, H., Mashilingi, S.K., Liu, Y*., An, J*., 2021. Factors influencing the reproductive ability of male bees: Current knowledge and further directions. Insects, 12, 529. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060529
