Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor

Postdoctoral fellow

Pascal

Email: pascalatalor1@yahoo.com

PhD, Entomology, Rhodes University (2021)

Postdoc supervisor: Prof. Martin Hill

Pascal is an insect ecologist mentored by Prof. Myron P. Zalucki (The University of Queensland), Prof. Martin P. Hill (Rhodes University), and Dr. Samira A. Mohamed (icipe). Pascal works on various applied and basic research areas, including trophic interactions, population ecology, and biological control of invasive species (pests and plants). A substantial amount of his applied research has been on the ecology of natural enemies (extant and exotic) of two devastating invasive species, Tuta absoluta and Chromolaena odorata in Africa. His current research focuses on the chemical ecology of the False Codling Moth (FCM), daring to provide insights into the sex pheromone isomers of FCM from different geographical areas in South Africa to improve control.

Research Interest

  • Crop protection
  • Biological control of invasive pests and plants
  • Chemical ecology
  • Climate change and modeling

Recent publications

Alberto Lanzoni, Lia Hemerik, Vanda H. P. Bueno, Johanna G. Bajonero Cuervo, Antonio Biondi, Giovanni Burgio, Francisco J. Calvo, Peter W. de Jong, Silvia N. López, M. Gabriela Luna, Flavio C. Montes, Eliana L. Nieves, Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor,  Maria B. Riquelme Virgala, Norma E. Sánchez & Alberto Urbaneja (2021). The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90034-8

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Itohan Idemudia , Medetissi Adom , Ethelyn E. Forchibe, Hospice Tossou, David D. Wilson, Michael D. Day (2021). Marching across and beyond West Africa: first record of the stem-galling fly Cecidochares connexa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Central Africa and the implications for biological control of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). PLOS ONE .1371/journal.pone.0252770

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor (2020). Weed or not a weed? Density, perceptions, and management of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) in West Africa: voices from Ghana. Weed Research 2020;00:1–9. DOI: 10.1111/wre.12439

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed, Martin P. Hill, Myron P. Zalucki, Abdelmutalab G. A. Azrag, Ramasamy Srinivasan, Sunday Ekesi (2020) Host stage preference and performance of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a candidate for classical biological control of Tuta absoluta in Africa Biological control 144 (2020): 104215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104215

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Martin P. Hill, Myron P. Zalucki, Francis Obala, Gamal E. Idriss, Soul-Kifouly Midingoyi, Maneno Chidege, Sunday Ekesi, and Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed (2019). The South America Tomato Leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Spreads Its Wings in Eastern Africa: Distribution and Socioeconomic Impacts. Journal of Economic Entomology. toz220, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz220

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Itohan Idemudia Arne B. R. Witt & Michael D. Day (2019). First record of the impact of the parasitism of Cecidochares connexa (Diptera: Tephritidae) by a solitary larval ectoparasitoid in West Africa: Cause for concern? Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 126(1): 93–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-018-0189-x

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Michael D. Day, Itohan Idemudia, David D. Wilson, & Iain D. Paterson (2019). With or without you: stem-galling of a tephritid fly reduces the vegetative and reproductive performance of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) both alone and in combination with another agent. BioControl 64(1): 103–114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-018-09917-x

Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Abiola O. Oke, Abiola A. Oladigbolu, Adejumo A. Layade, Igho B. Igbinosa, and Samira A. Mohamed (2019). Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) invasion in Nigeria: first report of its distribution. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-019-00255-3

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