Research Project: Mechanisms of resistance to Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in African maize germplasm

Ovide Nuambote is a DRIP PhD scholar supervised by Dr Paul-André Calatayud (IRD & icipe), Dr Bruce Anani (CIMMYT, Kenya) and Frédéric Marion-Poll (Agroparistech - Université Paris-Saclay).  He is registered at Agroparistech - Université Paris-Saclay in France. He is working on the resistance of Fall armyworm in African Maize genotypes. His research area is focused on agricultural entomology and integrated crop protection.

Ovide is an Agricultural Engineer from Université Kongo in DRC. He holds a Master’s in Plant Health from Montpellier Supagro, Agrocampus-Ouest and is registeres for his  PhD at Agroparistech in France.