Professor OLATUNDE, Ganiyu Olatunji B.Sc. (Hons) Msc,Ph.D
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- Ph.D. University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Prof. Olatunde , Ganiyu Olatunji ia an experienced scholar and award winning Lecturer in Applied Entomology, a member Entomological Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Society of Plant Protection and Agricultural Society of Nigeria. He has been actively involved in many professional development activities which are research studies on problems of stored foods and cash crops, and pest control/fumigation services for companies and government parastatals.
PREVIOUS POSTS:
- Lecturer II - Associate Professor, University of Agriculture,Abeokuta,Nigeria
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan, Nigeria
- Research Officer ,Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Lagos, Nigeria
- Director of Academic Planning, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
- Acting Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University, Nigeria
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:
- Natural Resistance of four Nigerian Timber species to Termites
- Damage threshold studies of Cletus fuscescens on Amaranthus
- A review of Insect Pests of Cowpeas and their Control
- Studies on Cowpea Resistance to the Pod Sucking Bug, Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
- Identification of sources of resistance in cowpeas, Vigna unguiculata L Walp. to Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal. (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Insect Science & Applications. 12(4): 455 – 61.Olatunde, G. O.; Odebiyi, J. A.; Chiang, H. S. and Jackai, L. E. N. (1991).
- Cowpea antixenosis to the pod sucking bug, Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal. Olatunde, G. O.; Odebiyi, J. A. and Jackai, L. E. N. (1991).