Sara Salgado Astudillo

Entomology Masters Candidate

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Office: F16, First Floor, Life Science Building
Email: sarasalgado96@hotmail.com
BSc, Agriculture, Zamorano 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, Honduras (2017)

Thesis title: Post release evaluation of Megabruchidius tonkineus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) a biological control agent for Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae) in South Africa

Supervisors: Dr. Grant Martin

Sara Salgado Astudillo, is an Ecuadorian who completed her undergraduate at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Zamorano in Honduras. She completed two internships at 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Florida (2017) and 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Nebraska-Lincoln (2018) on "Hypersensitive Response of the Exotic Plant, Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi) to Calophya spp. & Monitoring dispersal of the parasitoid Trichogramma ostriniae in cornfield to improve western bean cutworm management.  Sara started a Masters degree in 2019 in Entomology under the 'Tree and Higland Weeds Programme' in the CBC.

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