Dr Ayub Khan

Senior Lecturer in Plant Science (Entomology/Crop Protection)

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Contact Information

Department of Life Sciences
The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Location:
Room 221, 1st Floor, Natural Sciences Building, Old Wing

Tel: 1(868) 663-1334  Ext.3087
Fax: 1(868) 663-5241
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Education:

• Ph.D University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (1994)
• BSc. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (1986)

Areas of Expertise/Research Interests:

• Biological control of tropical insect pests
• Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents
• Pesticide application technology

Current Graduate Students

• Reetu Bahadoorsingh (PhD) – Tritrophic interactions with Gyranusoidea indica.
• Tamika Seales (PhD) – Management of Callosobruchus maculatus with entomopathogenic fungi.
• Petal Ram (MPhil)  - Gyranusoidea indica: Studies on its biology, use in biological control and non-target impacts in classical biological control of Maconellicoccus hirsutus in Trinidad.
• Barry Mahabir (MSc.) - Influence of temperature on oxygen consumption rates in Maconellicoccus hirsutus and its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
• Nirmala Ganessingh (MSc.) - Laboratory evaluation and field survey of selected insecticides against Plutella xylostella in Trinidad.
• Shamela Rambadan (MSc) – Effect of temperature on germination, growth and virulence of selected entomopathogenic fungi on Edessa meditabunda.

Selected Bibliography :

• Mootoo, B.S., Ali, A. Motilal, R. Pingal, R. Ramlal, A., Khan, A., Reynolds, W.F., and McLean, S. (1999). Limnoids from Swietenia macrophylla and S. aubrevilleana. Journal of Natural Products 62: 1514-1517.
• Lawrence, A.A and Khan, A. 2002. Comparison of the pathogenicity of the entomopathogenic fungi, Beauvaria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae  and Paecilomyces fumoso-roseus on Callosobruchus maculatus. International Pest Control 44(3): 125-127.

• Persad, A. and Khan, A. 2002.  Comparison of life table parameters for Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Anagyrus kamali , Cryptolaemus montrouzieri and Scymnus coccivora.  BioControl 47 (2): 137-149.                                            
• Bahadoorsingh, R. and Khan, A. (2006). Olfactory mediated interactions between the host plant Citrus aurantium, Toxoptera citricida and Lysiphlebus testaceipes. Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research 41 (11): 1587-1591.
• Persad, A. and Khan, A. (2007).  Effects of four host plants on biological parameters of Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green (Homoptera:Pseudococcidae) and efficacy of Anagyrus kamali Moursi (Hymenoptera:Encyrtidae).  Journal of Plant Protection Research 47 (1): 35 – 42.
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