Research Projects (Current and Past)
- The application of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool in designing novel transgenic mitigation strategies to reduce the risks of gene flow using a rice-weedy rice model.
- Stacking Aphid Resistance Genes into Preferential Elite Cowpea Cultivars Through Marker-Assisted Backcrossing in Ghana.
- Genetics of cowpea seed coat color and earliness
- Studies of combining ability of extra-early maize inbred lines for grain yield and drought tolerance
- Breeding of common beans for drought and phosphorus-deficiency tolerance in Ghana
- Breeding for fall armyworm tolerance in maize
- Genome mapping, map-based cloning, and molecular characterization of quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying seed dormancy and seed longevity in rice.
- QTL mapping for salt tolerance in rice
- Unraveling the genetic control of important quantitative traits of agronomic importance such as resistance to flower bud thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti) in cowpea, pro-vitamin A in maize, seed quality traits in groundnut, and seed shattering in rice
- The application of cryopreservation techniques in the production of virus-free planting materials for clonally propagated crops such as cassava.
- In vitro propagation and conservation of the genetic resources of cassava, water yam, plantain, and cocoyam.
- Studies on genotype by environment interactions and grain yield stability of extra-early maize (Zea mays) hybrids and open-pollinated varieties in Ghana.