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GBAYE OLAJIRE AYODELE

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Fullname:
 GBAYE OLAJIRE AYODELE
Post:
 
Email Address:
 oagbaye[at]futa.edu.ng
Telephone:
 07032945083
Nationality:
 NIGERIA
Affiliation:
 BIOLOGY DEPT FUTA
Education:
 (I) PH.D. ANIMAL AND MICROBIAL SCIENCES ( SPECIALIZATION-APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY), 2011 (II) M.TECH., FOOD STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, 2003 (III) B.TECH., BIOLOGY (STORAGE TECHNOLOGY OPTION), 1995
Background:
 MY FIELD OF STUDY IS APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. MY RESEARCH FOCUSES ON INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT USING ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS (AND FOOD TYPE) TO STUDY THE RESPONSE OF PESTS TO PESTICIDES. THIS IS BASICALLY AIMED AT INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (IRM). SPECIFICALLY, I USE SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES OR BOTANICALS AND THEIR EXTRACTS TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS. THESE INCLUDE AGRICULTURAL AND STORED PRODUCTS PESTS AND ALSO VECTORS. I EXTENSIVELY COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES ON RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVING INSECT PEST ENZYMES. MY PHILOSOPHY IS TO MELD BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH AS A SINGLE PURSUIT. MY APPROACH IS TO CONDUCT STUDIES ON FIELD AND LABORATORY INSECT POPULATIONS ON EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOUNDS OF PLANT ORIGIN (OR SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS) ON THE BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGY AND POPULATION MANAGEMENT OF INSECTS OF AGRICULTURAL, MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. MY RESEARCH ALSO COVERS THE STATUS OF PESTICIDES IN COMMONLY CONSUMED FRUIT/VEGETABLES VIS-à-VIS THEIR HEALTH RISK.