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Keiji Takasu Last modified date:2023.11.27

Professor / Agronomy and Environmental Sciences
Department of Bioresource Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture


Graduate School
Other Organization


Homepage
https://kyushu-u.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/keiji-takasu
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Academic Degree
Ph. D. (Agriculture)
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Insect Behavior
ORCID(Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
0000-0003-1458-8418
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
06years08months
Outline Activities
In collaboration with University of Georgia, University of Florida, ICIPE (Kenya), Kasetsart University (Thailand), and Hanoi Agricultural University (Vietnam), the following research has been conducted.1) Life history and reproductive mechanisms of parasitic wasps, 2)Host and food foraging mechanisms of parasitic wasps, and 3) learning mechanisms and their application for biodetectors, 4)Biological control of insect pests uisng parasitic wasps, 5) Biological control of weed using phytophagous insects. Since 2016, JST-JICA SATREPS project " Development and Dissemination of Sustainable Production System Based on Invasive Pest Management of Cassava in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand" has been conducted as a project leader.

Education activities: lectures and research guidance of insect behavior to graduate students.

Social actnivity: International collaborative research on biological control of crop pests. International seminar and lectures at universities in foreign contries.
Research
Research Interests
  • Ecology and biological control of invasive insect pests
    keyword : Agricultural pests, natural enemies
    2006.04~2023.03.
  • Insects associated with tropical plants
    keyword : tank bromelia, aquatic insects
    2021.03~2025.03.
Current and Past Project
  • Biological control ofcoconut leaf beetles.
Academic Activities
Presentations
1. Keiji Takasu, Host- and food-foraging of parasitoids: Effects of hunger state and the distribution of food and hosts , 6th International Entomophagous Insects Conference, 2019.09.
2. Keiji Takasu, Tuan Dat Nguyen, Layheng Sam, Kazunori Matsuo, Sophary Khin,, Parasitism of the cassava mealybug by Anagyrus lopezi in Vietnam and Cambodia, Entomology 2018, 2018.11.
3. Keiji Takasu, Ecology of two egg parasitoids of the kudzu bug Megacopta cribraria in Japan, Entomological Society of America 2015 Annual Meeting, 2015.11.
4. Host and food foraging by parasitic wasps.
5. Host and food foraging by parasitic wasps.
Membership in Academic Society
  • Entomological Society of America
Educational
Educational Activities
For gradutate school of bioresource and bioenvironmental sciences, I teach Tutorials on bioresources and management, tutorial exercises on bioresources and management, .
Other Educational Activities
  • 2011.03.
  • 2009.04.
  • 2008.03.
  • 2008.09.
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  • 2003.11.
  • 2002.03.