Dr. Tarekegn Fite Duressa

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions,Animal Systematics and Morphology
Keywordsmitogenome, distribution, biodiversity, phylogeny, barcoding
Honours and awards

2023: Training on THE BIOSECURITY CONTINUUM AND TRADE - TOOLS FOR THE PRE-BORDER, BORDER AND POST BORDER BIOSECURITY, India

2016: Biostatistics training, Kenya

2016: Grant Proposal writing workshop, Kenya

2016: Regional Training on Migratory Pest Control, Port Sudan

2015: International Training on Integrated Pest Management & Food Safety, Netherlands

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityKarlsruhe
InstitutionStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin HusemannStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2024

Program(s)

2023Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2022Tarekegn Fite, Tadele Tefera, Martin Husemann, Gezahegne Getaneh, Jandouwe Villinger: Genetic Variation and Population Structure of the Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Ethiopia. In: Environmental Entomology, 51, 2022, 859–869
2022Tarekegn Fite, Tadele Tefera, Muluken Goftishu, Tebekew Damte: Genetic diversity and demographic history of the Old World Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Ethiopia inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences. In: Ecology and Evolution, 12, 2022, e8907
2022Megersa Kebede and Tarekegn Fite: RNA interference (RNAi) applications to the management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Its current trends and future prospects. In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, 2022,
2021Gezahegne Getaneh,Tadele Tefera,Fikre Lemessa,Seid Ahmed,Tarekegn Fite andJandouwe Villinger: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Didymella rabiei Affecting Chickpea in Ethiopia. In: Journal of Fungi, 7, 2021, 820