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Dr. Ayub Khan
Senior Lecturer in Entomology/Crop
Protection (Plant Science)
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Contact
Information: |
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| Department of
Life Sciences. |
| The University
of the West Indies |
| St. Augustine.
Trinidad & Tobago. |
| Telephone: 1(868)
645-3232/9 Ext.3087 |
| Fax: 1(868) 663-9686 |
| E-Mail: |
Ayub.Khan@sta.uwi.edu |
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| Location: Room 221, 1st
Floor, Natural Sciences Building, Old
Wing |
Educational Background:
- Ph.D University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine (1994)
- BSc. University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine (1986)
Research
Interests:
- Biological control of tropical insect
pests
- Entomopathogenic fungi as biological
control agents
- Pesticide application technology
Courses Offered:
- Form and Function in Animals
- Crop Protection
- Crop Pests, Diseases and Weeds
- Pests and Pesticide Management
- Principles of Crop Protection
- Applied Entomology
- Project
- Economic Entomology
Current Graduate Students:
- Anand
Persad (PhD) - Bio-ecological studies on Maconellicoccus hirsutus and its exotic natural
enemies.
- Bibi Ali (PhD) - Metarhizium
anisopliae and its use in the management of Aeneolamia varia saccharina.
- Dorothy
Peterkin (PhD) - Effectiveness of Paecilomyces
fumoso-roseus in the management of Bemisia tabaci and Thrips palmi.
- Vyjayanthi
Lopez (PhD) - Pre-introductory assessment of Nephaspis spp. and N. bicolor, important
biological control agents of Aleurodicus spp. in
Trinidad.
- Neerupa
Ramnath (MPhil) - The role of Lysiphlebus
testaceipes in the management of Toxoptera
citricidus.
- Graham
White (MPhil) - Population dynamics of Phyllocnistis
citrella in Trinidad.
- Hycliffe
Hosein (MSc.) - Occurrence and distribution of fruit
flies of the genus Anastrepha of economic importance
in Trinidad.
- Kailashnath
Maharaj (MSc.) - Comparison of the effectiveness of oil
and water formulations of Beauvaria bassiana in the
management of Cosmopolites sordidus.
- Amel
Baksh (MSc.) - Olfactory mediated interactions between Lysiphlebus testaceipes , its host Toxoptera
citricidus and citrus.
- Allan
Balfour (MSc.) - Pre and post emergent mortality of Lysiphlebus testaceipes treated with Verticillum
lecanii.
- Naipaul
Gangaram (MSc.) - Field survey for entomopathogenic
fungi of Aleurocanthus woglumi in Trinidad.
Selected Bibliography:
- Baker, P.S., Khan, A.,
Mohyuddin, D. and Waage, J.K. (1992). An overview of
biological control of Lepidoptera in the Caribbean. Florida
Entomologist 75(4): 477-483.
- Mootoo, B.S., Ramsewak, R. Khan,
A., Tinto, W.F., McLean, S. and Yu, M. (1996).
Tetranortriterpenoids from Rugea glabra. Journal of
Natural Products 59: 544-547.
- 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.
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