Dr. James Abangah Timbilla
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Dr. James Abangah Timbilla

Assistant Professor
City University of New York, USA

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Biography

Dr. James Abangah Timbilla is currently working as Assistant Professor at City University of New York, USA. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His main area of interest focuses on Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Plant and Soil Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Entomology, Biological Control. His area of expertise includes Entomology, Pest Control, Plutella Xylostella, Pest Management, Biological Control, Integrated Management, Chromolaena Odorata, Weed Control, Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids, Zonocerus Variegates, Insects, and Ecology. He has 38 publications in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Zonocerus Variegatus
62%
Plant Protection
90%
Agricultural Science
75%
Entomology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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0
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Selected Publications

  1. Timbilla, J.A. and B.W. Lawson, 2014. Herbivore-plant interactions: Case of Zonocerus variegatus and Chromolaena odorata in Ghana. J. Applied Sci., 14: 3472-3478.
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  2. Griffith, T., C. Meddles-Torres and J.A. Timbilla, 2013. Are sanitization stations reservoirs for contamination? Procceedings of the 11th Annual NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate Program Student Research Seminar, May 22, 2013, Queensborough Community College, USA -.
  3. Wang, L., T. Beuerle, J. Timbilla and D. Ober, 2012. Independent recruitment of a flavin-dependent onoozygenase for safe accumulation of sequestered pyrrolizidine alkaloids in grasshoppers and moths. PLos ONE, Vol. 7. 10.1371/journal.pone.0031796.
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  4. Braimah, H., M. Owusu-Akyaw, F.O. Nyarko and J.A. Timbilla, 2009. Bio-ecological studies or the mango stone weevil in Southern Ghana. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., Vol. 42. .
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  5. Timbilla, J.A., K. Yeboah-Gyan and B.W. Lawson, 2008. Attraction of Zonocerus variegatus (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) to pyrrolizidine alkaloids: A potential novel approach to its management. J. Entomol., 5: 103-112.
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  6. Timbilla, J.A., K. Yeboah-Gyan, B.W. Lawson and E. Woode, 2007. Screening of chemical insecticides for the development of pyrrolizidine alkaloid-based attracticides for the management of Zonocerus variegatus. J. Entomol., 4: 218-224.
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  7. Timbilla, J.A., B.W. Lawson and K. Yeboah-Gyan, 2007. Field evaluation of a novel pyrrolizidine alkaloid attracticide for the management of Zonocerus variegatus on cabbage. J. Applied Sci., 7: 575-579.
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  8. Timbilla, J.A., 2006. Management of the African grasshopper, Zonocerus variegatus (L.) (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) in Ghana: The role of Chromolaena odorata. Ph.D. Thesis. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana, pp: 174..
  9. Timbilla, J.A. and K.O. Nyarko, 2006. A survey of cabbage production and constraints in Ghana. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., 37: 93-101.
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  10. Timbilla, J.A., C. Zachariades and H. Braimah, 2003. Biological Control and Management of the Alien Invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata in Africa. In: Biological Control in IPM Systems in Africa, Neuenschwander, P., C. Borgemeister and J. Langewald (Eds.). CABI International, Wallingford, UK., pp: 145-160.
  11. Braimah, H. and J.A. Timbilla, 2002. A decade of successful biological control of siam weed, Chromolaena odorata in Ghana: Lessons and future plans. Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on the Biological Control and Management of Chromolaena odorata, Durban, South Africa, October 23-25, 2000, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, pp: 58-65.
  12. Timbilla, J.A. and K.O. Nyako, 2001. Efficacy of intercropping as a management tool for the control on insect pests of cabbage in Ghana. Tropicultura, 19: 49-52.
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  13. Timbilla, J.A. and H. Braimah, 2000. Establishment, spread and impact of Paruechaetes pseudoinsulata (Lepridoptera: Arctiidae) an exotic predator of the siam weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae: Eupatoriae) in Ghana. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, July 4-14, 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA., pp: 105-111.
  14. Timbilla, J.A., 1998. Effect of biological control of Chromolaena odorata on biodiversity: A case study in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on the Biological Control and Management of Chromolaena odorata, October, 1996, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, pp: 97-101.
  15. Timbilla, J.A., 1996. Status of Chromolaena odorata biological control using Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata in Ghana. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, January 19-26, 1996, Stellenbosch, South Africa, University of Cape Town, pp: 327-331.
  16. Braimah, H. and J.A. Timbilla, 1991. Studies towards an effective control of the Siam weed, Chromolaena odorata in Ghana. Proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the African Association of Insect Scientists, September 23-27, 1991, Accra, pp: 67-71.
  17. Braimah, H. and J.A. Timbilla, 1991. Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata released. Cropsearch, 1: 5-6.