Emmanuel Babatunde Alo (born April 15, 1950) is a Nigerian professor of applied

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

ecosystems An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the syste ...

entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

and

parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it fo ...

Background

Alo is noted for his research work on the transmission patterns of the

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune ...

virus in the

ABO The ABO blood group system is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B antigens on erythrocytes. For human blood transfusions, it is the most important of the 43 different blood type (or group) classification system ...

and Rhesus blood groups. Alo's extensive research work on the almost extinct species of Dennettia tripetala is carried by the

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's National Science and Technology Library, the Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST) of the

French National Center for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

(CNRS) and the United Kingdom's

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

. In 1991 Alo was appointed as the first Dean and founder of the School of Postgraduate Studies at the

Federal University of Technology Yola Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola is a public research university in Girei, a town in Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. It is one of the four federal technology universities established with the sole purpose of advancing sc ...

. He went on to serve as the university's Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 1996 to 2000, and as interim Vice-Chancellor in 2001. He is also a chair member of the Executive Leadership Board of

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District 9125.

Selected works

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' ''Aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts'', Volume 19,(Published 1989),

integrated pest management Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the econ ...

for developing countries (

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, 2007) Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology, Volume 2 (Wiley-Blackwell;edition 1, November 5, 2004), *''Advances in Virus Research'', Vol. 53 Academic Press; 1 edition (October 25, 1999) and Extension Services in Wildlife Conservation: The Extension Agent and Information Worker, 22:267-269

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. * Current advances in ecological & environmental Sciences 1996, Volume 22, Issues 1–6. * The effect of plant density on incidence of the maize streak virus and its vectors Cicadulina spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics 10(2): 77–81. Alo, E. B. (1993). * Harmonization of HIV testing in Nigeria: A missing step in HIV/AIDS control. Abdulazeez AA, Alo EB, Nassar AS. Nig J. Biomed Sci. 2006; 2: 23-26 * Mosquito species and their micro-habitats; Disease and vector management, 4:254-261 Ogidi, J.A., Muazu, A.D. and Alo, E.B. (2002). * The Biochemistry of the larval Stages of Meloidogyne incognita (Nematoda). Technology and Development (Journal of Scientific and Technological Research) 2: 92–98. * ALO, E.B; S.L ASOMBA and C.O.E ONWULIRI (1986). A survey of the abundance of insect fauna of various soil samples within Jos Metropolis. The 19th Annual Conference of the Entomological Society of Nigeria at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife held 5–9 October 1986. * Entomology abstracts, Volume 30 1999, Issues 1-3 By Information Retrieval Limited,

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, Inc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alo, Emmanuel Nigerian entomologists Nigerian parasitologists Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola faculty 1950 births Living people