Ayaovi Agbessenou

<p><strong>Research project:</strong> <em>Integrated management of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on solanaceous crops using entomopathogenic fungal and endophytic-based biopesticides </em></p> <p>Ayaovi is a DRIP PhD scholar supervised by Drs. Fathiya M. Khamis and Komivi S. Akutse (<em>icipe</em>) and Dr. Abdullahi A. Yusuf (University of Pretoria, South Africa). His research is aimed at assessing the efficacy of the candidate entomopathogenic- and endophytic- fungi, in the scope of integrating these fungal and endophytic-based biopesticides into sustainable management of T. absoluta. He is funded by African Union (AU) (Tuta-IPM Project), UK Aid from the Government of the United Kingdom (DFID Biopesticide Project), and BioInnovate Africa Phase I project "Promoting smallholder access to fungal biopesticides through Public Private Partnerships in East Africa</p> <p>Ayaovi completed his BSc and MSc in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Lomé, Togo. He also holds an MPhil in Entomology from the University of Ghana, Legon.</p> <p>Ayaovi is a member of the icipe Scholars Association (IScA).</p>