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Richard Akromah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Department of Biochemistry and Biotiotechnology

KNUST

Kumasi, 233

Ghana

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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Key Traits in White Fonio (Digitaria Exilis (Kippist) Stapf) Diversity in Ghana: Implications for Plant Breeding and End-User Considerations

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Richard Yaw Agyare, Doris Kanvena Puozaa, Abdul-Rashid Issah, Theophilus Kwabla Tengey, Samuel Kwame Bonsu, Yussif Baba Kassim, Ramson Adombilla, James Mantent Kombiok, Thomas Kaczmarek, Sandrine Causse, Christian Leclerc, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Alexander Wireko Kena, Adeline Barnaud, Richard Akromah and Claire Billot
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Université de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier - CIRAD, Univ Montpellier - CIRAD, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, University of Montpellier, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR)
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diversity, Fonio improvement, white fonio, qualitative and quantitative traits, food and nutritional security, multivariate analyses, Ghana

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Pyramiding Aphid Resistance Genes into the Elite Cowpea Variety, Zaayura, Using Marker-Assisted Backcrossing

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Apr 2023
Patrick Attamah, Francis Kusi, Alexander Wireko Kena, Salim Lamini, Frederick Awuku, Gloria Mensah, Zakaria Mukhtaru, Emmanuel Yaw Owusu and Richard Akromah
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
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gene pyramiding, cowpea aphid, Aphis cracivora, aphid resistance, marker-assisted backcrossing

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Heritability and Genetic Advance Estimates among some Selected Morphological Traits and Fall Armyworm Resistance in Double Cross Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.)

Journal of Plant Biology and Crop Research 2022 ISSN: 2637-7721
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Stephen Asare, Richard Akromah, Prof. Enoch A. Osekre, Dr. Alexander Kena, Stephen Amoah and Benjamin Annor
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana - Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
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Double cross; Heritability; Genetic advance; GCV; PCV; Fall armyworm

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Gains in Genetic Enhancement of Early Maturing Advanced Breeding Lines of Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp)

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jan 2025
Emmanuel Yaw Owusu, Francis Kusi, Richard Akromah, Alexander Wireko Kena, Benjamin Annor, Andrews Appiah, Frederick Awuku, Patrick Attamah, Salim Lamini and Felix Kuo
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR) and University of Cape Coast
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Broad sense heritability, Genetic advance, Grain yield, Hierarchical cluster, Principal component analysis

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Dartseq-Based Genome-Wide Snp Markers Reveal Limited Genetic Diversity and Highly Structured Population in Assembled West African Cowpea Germplasm

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Sep 2023
Ali K. Abdoulaye, Alexander K. Wireko, Benjamin Annor, Idris I Adejumobi, Fanna Maina, Abdoul-Raouf S. Maazou, Ibrahim B.Y. A. Razakou, Patrick Attamah, Francis Kusi, Ousmane Boukar and Richard Akromah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger, Kindo Seeds, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR), Kindo Seeds and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
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cowpea, genetic diversity, population structure, single nucleotide polymorphism

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Screening of Maize Inbred Lines and Evaluation of Hybrids for Their Resistance to Fall Armyworm

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Sep 2022
Stephen Asare, Richard Akromah, Prof. Enoch A. Osekre and Dr. Alexander Kena
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana - Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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natural, artificial, infestation, maize genotypes, variance

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Genotype by Phytophthora Colocaceae Isolate Interaction in Breeding for Resistance to Taro Leaf Blight Disease in Ghana

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Esther Fobi Donkor, Daniel Nyadanu, Richard Akromah and Kingsley Osei
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi
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Colocasia esculenta, Phytophthora leaf blight disease, genotype by isolate interaction

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Article Title: Multivariate Analysis on Adaptive Traits of Drought and Low Phosphorus Tolerant Common Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) for Sub-Saharan Tropical Environment

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Oct 2022
David Appiah-Kubi, James Yaw Asibuo, Louis Butare, Stephen Yeboah, Maxwell Lamptey, Alexander Wireko Kena, Henry Oppong Tuffour and Richard Akromah
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
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Key words: Drought-traits, Low-phosphorus, PCA-biplot, Yield-components, Root-characteristics.