Adolé Glitho-Akueson

Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson (born 4 May 1949) is a Togolese entomologist who is Professor of Animal Biology at the University of Lomé. She is the chair of UNESCO's "Women, Science and Sustainable Water Management in West Africa and Central Africa" committee and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

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Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson talk about Insect solutions in Africa precisely Togo

• Mology is the study of insects and other arthropods, including those that cause diseases or spread organisms that infect people or damage crops.
• Insecticide resistance by mosquitoes is a major challenge.
• Several termite species are pests that cause damage to crops and forest products, affect soil productivity and landscape architecture.
• Termites that feed on dead wood, grass, leaf litter and micro epiphytes; termites that consume highly decomposed wood or soil with a high organic content; and termites that feed on soil with a low organic content.
• We have 100 species of termites, belonging to 30 genera and eight subfamilies, and recorded two potentially new species (Amitermes sp. and Eremotermes sp.).
• The correlation between termite species and soil quality is important in agriculture.