Martin Hill
Head of Entomology
Zoology and Entomology
Rhodes University
South Africa
Biography
Prof. Hill completed his PhD at Rhodes University in 1995. He worked at the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI) in Pretoria from 1995 to 2002 and moved to Rhodes University as Head of Entomology from 2002 to the present. His research interests include the biological control of invasive alien aquatic weeds and insect pests. He has worked extentisvely throughout Africa on the control of aquatic weeds such as water hyacinth, salvinia, water lettuce, red water fern and parrot’s feather. Recent research includes the development of microbial agents (entomopathogenic fungi and viruses) for the control of pests in citrus and other crops.
Research Interest
"Biological control of weeds Agricultural entomology Insect functional anatomy Insect predators and parasitoids"
Publications
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Burke, A.M., Coetzee, J.A.and Hill, M.P. 2014. Effect of nutrient quality and leaf age of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, on the development of its co-evolved herbivore, Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Hemiptera: Miridae). African Entomology, 22(4): 896-899.
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"Knox C, Luke GA, Moore SD, Hill MP (2015) Baculovirus-based strategies for the management of insect pests. Biocontrol Sci Tech 25: 1-20. "
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Goble TA, Hill MP, Conlong DE (2015) The virulence of South African isolates of Beauveria brongniartii and B. bassiana against sugarcane white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). J Appl Entomol 139: 134-145.
