Bonaventure Aman Omondi

Post doc
Chemical ecology
V building

+46 40 41 53 84
+46 738 71 33 67
Fax +46 40 46 19 91

bonaventure.aman@slu.se

Postal address
Dept. of Plant Protection Biology
Box 102
SE-230 53 Alnarp
Sweden

Visiting address Delivery address
Sundsvägen 14 Växtskyddsvägen 3

Education

BSc Agricultural Education and Extension, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya. 1998
MPhil, Entomology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. 2003
PhD, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2009

Research projects

I am keenly interested in chemo-ecological aspects of mosquito host finding. Working under Rickard Ignell, I focus on functional characterization of antennal olfactory sensory units, and odour perception of natural ligands in these species. My previous work centered on populations genetics, genetic diversity and host-associated speciation, using ecological and molecular markers, on the polyphagous pest Bemisia tabaci, invasive post harvest pest Prostephanus truncatus and its predator Teretrius nigrescens.

I was born in Siaya, Kenya, in 1974. I graduated with a BSc, Agricultural Education and Extension from Egerton University, Njoro in 1998. From 2001, I pursued studies for MPhil Entomology degree in Entomology at the University of Ghana, Legon. In 2005, I joined the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) for a PhD in Insect Population Genetics, Ecology and Biological Control (applied to the control of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus), graduating from North West University, South Africa, in 2009.

Selected publications

Omondi AB, van den Berg J, Masiga D and Schulthess F. 2011. Phylogeographic studies of Teretrius nigrescens Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae), predator of the storage pest Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), Bulletin of Entomological Research. 101: 521–532 doi:10.1017/S0007485311000113

Omondi AB, Jiang N, van den Berg J and Schulthess F. 2011. Flight activity and abundance of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) Coleoptera: Bostrichidae in Kenya. Journal of Stored Products Research, 47:13-19

Omondi AB, Orantes LC, van den Berg J, MAsiga D and Schulthess F. 2009. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from Teretrius nigrescens Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae), predator of the storage pest Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 1236-1239

Omondi AB, Obeng-Ofori D, Kyerematen R & Danquah EY. 2005. Mating interactions between cassava and okra biotypes of Bemisia tabaci on eggplant. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 25 (3): 159 - 167

Omondi AB, Obeng-Ofori D, Kyerematen R & Danquah EY. 2005. Host suitability and preference of some selected crops for two Bemisia tabaci in Ghana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 115: 393 – 400

Omondi-Aman B, Obeng-Ofori D, Danquah E & Offei S. 2004. Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci populations infesting four crop hosts in Ghana. Journal of the Ghana Science Association 6: 105 – 116

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