Akua Antwi-Agyakwa

<p><strong>Research project:</strong> Development of semiochemical based tool for the management of the African Citrus Triziod, <em>Trizoid erytreae</em></p> <p>Akua is an ARPPIS PhD Scholar is supervised by Prof. Baldwyn Torto (<em>icipe</em>) and Dr Ayuka Fombong (<em>icipe</em>). Her research interests include insect science, plant protection, toxicology, and chemical ecology of plant-insect systems. For her PhD Akua is investigating the chemo-ecological interactions within African Citrus Triziod (ACT) <em>Trizoid erytreae</em>, and between ACT and its citrus hosts, to develop semiochemical based attractants and repellents for its management. She is supported by a scholarship from DAAD.</p> <p>Akua holds a BSc in Agriculture and a MSc in Crop Protection from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. She is a member of the Entomological Society of America (ESA).</p>