PhD (ongoing)
- University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, 2025-
- Subject: Mathematical modeling, analysis and
- control of African cassava mosaic disease
- Supervisors: J.J. Tewa, F. Grognard, S. Touzeau
Context
- Cassava
- major staple food in the tropics
- about 700 million people depend on cassava
- African cassava mosaic disease
- viral disease transmitted by the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
- can also affect other plants
- Control methods
- resistant/tolerant cassava plants, with different resistance levels
- phytosanitation, including the use of healthy cuttings and roguing
- biological control based on natural enemies
Objectives
- Develop an epidemiological model representing the African cassava mosaic disease transmission
- Design efficient control strategies, based on the deployment of cassava resistance combined with other control methods.
Results
- Literature review of cassava mosaic disease models
- Original model, taking into account wild plants acting as virus reservoirs, vector and tool-mediated virus transmission, and cassava resistance deployment
- Preliminary model analysis
A.B. Kenne Meli, J.J. Tewa, S. Touzeau, F. Grognard. Mathematical modeling, analysis and control of African cassava mosaic disease. In: MPDEE’25 – Conference on Models in Population Dynamics, Ecology, and Evolution, Bilbao, Spain, May 2025. Poster.
Misc
- EPITAG visit in France
- March-May 2025
- Conference
- MPDEE 2025, Bilbao, Spain
