R. Babin is an entomologist working for CIRAD since 1998. He has been involved in several research and development projects on cotton, cacao and coffee in West and East Africa where he worked for more than 15 years. He graduated with a PhD on cacao pest ecology in 2009. He is currently based at Centre d`Excellence Africain sur les Changements Climatiques, la Biodiversité et l`Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD) of Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, Bingerville, Côte d`Ivoire. Régis Babin is experienced in insect population dynamics, agrosystem characterization including biodiversity and microclimate assessment, insect life history including development, behaviour and chemical ecology, and Integrated Pest Management, with the prospect of climate change.
R. Babin currently works on the cocoa swollen shoot disease in Ivory Coast, with a focus on the mealybugs tranmittin the virus.
Peer-reviewed journals
Azrag A.G.A., Yusuf A.A., Pirk C.W.W., Niassy S., Guandaru E.K., David G. & Babin R. (2020). Modelling the effect of temperature on the biology and demographic parameters of the African coffee white stem borer, Monochamus leuconotus (Pascoe) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 89, 102534.
Azrag A.G.A., Yusuf A.A., Pirk C.W.W., Niassy S., Mbugua K.K. & Babin R. (2019). Temperature-dependent development and survival of immature stages of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 110, 207-218.
Mahob R.J., Feudjio Thiomela R., Dibog L., Babin R., Fotso Toguem Y.G., Mahot H., Baleba L., Owona Dongo P.A. & Bilong Bilong C.F. (2019). Field evaluation of the impact of Sahlbergella singularis Haglund infestations on the productivity of different Theobroma cacao L. genotypes in the Southern Cameroon. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 126, 203-210.
Tadu Z., Babin R., Aléné D.C., Yede, Messop-Youbi E.B., Wouter D. & Djiéto-Lordon C. (2019). Ant assemblage structure on cocoa trees in smallholder farms in the Centre Region of Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology, 57, 512-522.
Azrag A.G.A., Pirk C.W.W., Yusuf A.A., Pinard F., Niassy S., Mosomtai G. & Babin R. (2018). Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field observations and temperature-dependent development models for the coffee stink bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin). PLOS One, 13, e0199569.
Bagny Beilhe L., Piou C., Tadu Z. & Babin R. (2018). Identifying ant-mirid spatial interactions to improve biological control in cacao-based agroforestry system. Environmental Entomology, 47, 551-558.
Liebig T., Babin R., Ribeyre F., Läderach P., van Asten P., Poehling H.M., Jassogne L., Cilas C. & Avelino J. (2018). Local and regional drivers of the African coffee white stem borer (Monochamus leuconotus) in Uganda. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 20, 514-522.
Mahob R.J., Nsoga Etam P.B., Dibog L., Babin R., Valtery Voula A., Begoude D., Fotso Toguem Y.G., Baleba L., Owona Ndongo P.A. & Bilong Bilong C.F. (2018). Assessment of the effect of cocoa mosquito mirid true bug, Helopeltis sp. (Hemiptera: Miridae) on the cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production in Cameroon (Central Africa). International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 12, 1865-1875.
Njihia T.N., Torto B., Murungi L.K., Irungu J., Mwenda D.M. & Babin R. (2018). Ripe coffee berry volatiles repel second instar nymphs of Antestia bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Antestiopsis thunbergii). Chemoecology, 28, 91-100.
Azrag A.G.A., Murungi L.K., Tonnang H.E.Z., Mwenda D. & Babin R. (2017). Temperature-dependent models of development and survival of an insect pest of African tropical highlands, the coffee antestia bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 70, 27-36.
Gichuhi J.M., Ndegwa P.N., Mugo H.M., Guandaru E.K. & Babin R. (2017). Rearing method and developmental biology of the African coffee white stem borer, Monochamus leuconotus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 110, 1120-1126.
Njihia T.N., Torto B., Murungi L.K., Irungu J., Mwenda D.M. & Babin R. (2017). Identification of kairomones of second instar nymphs of the variegated coffee bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Chemoecology, 27, 239-248.
Ahmed A.G., Murungi L.K. & Babin R. (2016). Developmental biology and demographic parameters of antestia bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), on Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) at different constant temperatures. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 36, 119-127.
Mahob R.J., Baleba L., Yede, Dibog L., Cilas C., Bilong C.F.B. & Babin R. (2015). Spatial distribution of Sahlbergella singularis Hagl. (Hemiptera: Miridae) populations and their damage in unshaded young cacao-based agroforestry systems. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences, 5, 121-131.
Gidoin C., Babin R., Bagny Beilhe L., Cilas C., ten Hoopen G.M. & Ngo Bieng M.A. (2014). Tree spatial structure, host composition and resource availability influence mirid density or black pod prevalence in cacao agroforests in Cameroon. PLOS One, 9, e109405.
Mahob R.J., Ndoumbe-Nkeng M., Hoopen G.M.t., Dibog L., Nyasse S., Rutherford M., Mbenoun M., Babin R., Mbang J.A.A., Yede & Bilong C.F.B. (2014). Pesticides use in cocoa sector in Cameroon: characterization of supply source, nature of actives ingredients, fashion and reasons for their utilization. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 8, 1976-1989.
Tadu Z., Djiéto-Lordon C., Yede, Messop Youbi E.B., Fomena A. & Babin R. (2014). Ant diversity in different cocoa agroforest habitats in the Centre Region of Cameroon. African Entomology, 22, 388-404.
Tadu Z., Djiéto-Lordon C., Yede, Youbi E.M., Aléné C.D., Fomena A. & Babin R. (2014). Ant mosaics in cocoa agroforestry systems of Southern Cameroon: influence of shade on the occurrence and spatial distribution of dominant ants. Agroforestry Systems, 88, 1067-1079.
Tadu Z., Djiéto-Lordon C., Babin R., Yede, Messop-Youbi E.B. & Fomena A. (2013). Influence of insecticide treatment on ant diversity in tropical agroforestry system: Some aspect of the recolonization process. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 5, 832-844.
Babin R., Fenouillet C., Legavre T., Blondin L., Calatayud C., Risterucci A.-M. & Chapuis M.-P. (2012). Isolation and characterization of twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci for the cocoa mirid bug Sahlbergella singularis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13, 4412-4417.
Mbang J.A.A., Mounjouenpou P., Mahob R.J., Amougou M.M., Bedimo J.M., Nyasse S., Dibog L., Nomo L.B., Tchouamo I.R. & Babin R. (2012). Evaluation of the impact of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana on the population dynamics of the coffee cherry (Coffea canephora) borer beetle, Hypothenemus hampei. African Crop Science Journal, 20, 443-451.
Yede, Babin R., Djieto-Lordon C., Cilas C., Dibog L., Mahob R. & Bilong C.F.B. (2012). True bug (Heteroptera) impact on cocoa fruit mortality and productivity. Journal of Economic Entomology, 105, 1285-1292.
Amang a Mbang J., Mounjouenpou P., Babin R., Cilas C., Tchouamo I., Dibog L. & Nyasse S. (2011). Tentative prediction of cocoa yield (Theobroma cocoa L.) in farmer field in Cameroon. Journal of Natural Product and Plant Resources, 1, 43-49.
Babin R., Anikwe J.C., Dibog L. & Lumaret J.P. (2011). Effects of cocoa tree phenology and canopy microclimate on the performance of the mirid bug Sahlbergella singularis. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 141, 25-34.
Mahob R.J., Babin R., ten Hoopen G.M., Dibog L., Yede, Hall D.R. & Bilong Bilong C.F. (2011). Field evaluation of synthetic sex pheromone traps for the cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae). Pest Management Science, 67, 672-676.
Babin R., ten Hoopen G.M., Cilas C., Enjalric F., Yede, Gendre P. & Lumaret J.P. (2010). Impact of shade on the spatial distribution of Sahlbergella singularis in traditional cocoa agroforests. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 12, 69-79.
Argout X., Fouet O., Wincker P., Gramacho K., Legavre T., Sabau X., Risterucci A.M., Da Silva C., Cascardo J., Allegre M., Kuhn D., Verica J., Courtois B., Loor G., Babin R., Sounigo O., Ducamp M., Guiltinan M.J., Ruiz M., Alemanno L., Machado R. & Phillips (2008). Towards the understanding of the cocoa transcriptome: Production and analysis of an exhaustive dataset of ESTs of Theobroma cacao L. generated from various tissues and under various conditions. Bmc Genomics, 9, 512.
Babin R., Bisseleua H., Dibog L. & Lumaret J.C. (2008). Rearing method and life-table data for the cocoa mirid bug Sahlbergella singularis Haglund (Hemiptera : Miridae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 132, 366-374.
Dibog L., Babin R., Amang a Mbang J., Decazy B., Nyassé S., Cilas C. & Eskes A. (2008). Effect of genotype of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) on attractiveness to the mirid Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae) in the laboratory. Pest Management Science, 64, 977-980.
Nibouche S., Gozé E., Babin R., Beyo J. & Brévault T. (2007). Modeling Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) damages on cotton. Environmental entomology, 36, 151-156.
Nibouche S., Babin R., Beyo J. & Gozé E. (2004). Within-plant distribution of cotton boll-infesting Lepidoptera: application to sampling. Environmental entomology, 33, 1458-1464.
Book chapters
Babin R. (2018). Pest management in organic cacao. In: Handbook of Pest Management in Organic Farming (ed. Vincenzo Vacante SK). CAB International, pp. 502-518.
Babin R., Mbondji Mbondji P., Mendesil E., Mugo H.M., Lee J.-H., Serracin M., Rukazambuga N.D.T.M. & Miller T.A. (2018). The antestia bug complex in Africa and Asia. In: Invasive stink bugs and related species (Pentatomoidea). Biology, higher systematics, semiochemistry, and management (ed. McPherson JE). CRC Press - Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 465-493.
Bagny L., Babin R. & Ten Hoopen G.M. (2018). Insect pests affecting cacao. In: Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa (ed. Umaharan P). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Cambridge, Royaume-Uni, pp. 303-326.
Cilas C., Goebel F.-R., Babin R. & Avelino J. (2016). Tropical Crop Pests and Diseases in a Climate Change Setting—A Few Examples. In: Climate Change and Agriculture Worldwide (ed. Torquebiau E). Springer Netherlands, pp. 73-82.
Cilas C., Goebel R., Babin R. & Avelino J. (2015). Bioagresseurs des cultures tropicales face au changement climatique: quelques exemples. In: Changement climatique et agricultures du monde. Torquebiau, Emmanuel; Edition Quae; Versaille, pp. 75-83.
Babin R., Mpe J.-M., Dibog L., Amang a Mbang J., Nyassé S. & Eskes A. (2006). Activities carried out to evaluate cocoa resistance to mirids (Sahlbergella singularis) at IRAD, Cameroon. In: Global approaches to cocoa germplasm utilization and conservation: Final report of the CDC/CCO/IPGRI project on `Cocoa germplasm utilization and conservation: A global approach` (1998-2004) (ed. Eskes Albertus EY). CFC Amsterdam, pp. p. 162-169.