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Doctoral Student

PETER ASIIMWE

Advisor:

Peter Ellsworth, and Steve Naranjo

Contact Info:

pasiimwe@cals.arizona.edu

Research and Interests:

My research focuses on population dynamics of whiteflies and Lygus in cotton and melons. In particular I am looking at the influences of bottom up and top down forces and how they interact to affect the population dynamics of these pests under different environmental conditions over the course of the season. I also intend to study the effects of inter-specific competition between whiteflies and Lygus bugs on their responses to bottom up and top down factors in cotton and melons.

Publications:

• P. Asiimwe., J.S. Ecaat., M. Otim., D. Gerling., S. Kyamanywa and J.P. Legg. 2007. Life table analysis of mortality factors affecting populations of Bemisia tabaci on cassava in Uganda. Entomologia experimentalis et Applicata 122: 37-44.
• P. Asiimwe., J.S. Ecaat., M. Guershon. Gerling., S. Kyamanywa and J.P. Legg. 2007. Evaluation of Serangium n.sp. (Col., Coccinellidae), a predator of Bemisia tabaci (Hom., Aleyrodidae) on cassava. Journal of Applied Entomology 131 (2) 76-80.