A5086817763- Agricultural pest management studies
- Peanut Plant Research Studies
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Coconut Research and Applications
- Soybean genetics and cultivation
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Phytase and its Applications
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Food composition and properties
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Nuts composition and effects
- Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Banana Cultivation and Research
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
2015-2024
Field Crops Research Institute
2018-2019
Cowpea, an important protein food, is used for its nutritional and functional properties. A study was carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of seeds 3 local cowpea varieties (‘Nhyira’, ‘Adom’ ‘Tona’) in Ghana assess their potential use food industry. Seed length, minor diameter, major 100-grain weight were range 7.73-7.67 mm, 4.51-4.86, 5.75-6.30 13.16-15.16 g, respectively. Moisture, crude protein, fat, fibre, ash, carbohydrate dry matter 9.15-9.83, 26.53-29.00, 2.50-3.99,...
In order to combat food insecurity in Ghana and Africa as a whole, efforts are being made by the Crops Research Institute, of Council for Scientific Industrial (CSIR), Ghana, produce new bean varieties with improved characteristics such high yield, disease resistance nutritional value. Some lima (Phaseolus lunatus) accessions collected include: Koloenu white, brown, Nsawam black Ohwam Mampong small white. The objective present work was evaluate proximate composition, minerals content...
Climate change poses a significant threat to various sectors, including agriculture, affecting men and women unevenly. Although gender-based perceptions of climate have been studied, there remains gap in understanding how these influence the adoption adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers production leguminous crops sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated gender differences bean cowpea Ghana. The findings revealed that socioeconomic institutional factors significantly influenced...
Groundnut is the most important legume in Ghana. The crop grown all agroecologies country; from dry savannah regions to moist forest areas. Several food preparations incorporate groundnut improve protein level, taste and flavour. Despite importance of crop, chemical compositions varieties by farmers have not been analyzed according their nutritional quality. Oil, fatty acids, protein, oleic/linoleic (O/L) acid ratio, iodine value free soluble sugars were studied 20 Ghana determine quality...
Foliar application of fertilizers can guarantee nutrient availability to beans, leading higher yield and seed quality. Different approaches including glycine have been used improve mineral status plants toward safer products improved human health. However, limited research has undertaken understand the response beans amino Zn Mg foliar fertilizer in Ghana. This study was conducted investigate effect zinc, magnesium, combined zinc magnesium on two common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties...
Iron and zinc deficiencies cause high health risk to young children expectant mothers in sub Saharan Africa. The development of biofortified common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties could address the acute micronutrient with associated improvement nutrition women, adults. objective this study was determine mode gene action genetic advance iron levels bean. Field experiment carried out using six generations two populations made crosses between pairs low iron, moderate genotypes (Cal 96 ˣ...
Abstract Cultivated peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a grain legume grown in many developing countries by smallholder farmers for food, feed, and/or income. The speciation of the cultivated species, that involved polyploidization followed domestication, greatly reduced its variability at DNA level. Mobilizing diversity prerequisite any breeding program overcoming main constraints plague production and increasing yield farmer fields. In this study, Groundnut Improvement Network...
Ten new accessions of groundnut (<i>Arachis hypogea</i>) were oven dried and processed into full fat powdered forms analysed for the proximate functional properties using AOAC official methods. The crude protein ranged 20.7-25.3%, 31- 46%, ash 1.2-2.3%, fiber 1.4 -3.9%, carbohydrate 21-37% moisture 4.9-6.8 %. Energy values between 525 kcal/100g 606 kcal/100g. ash, moisture, carbohydrate, all proved to be significantly different whereas there was no significant difference amongst at p ≤ 0.05....
<p>This study was set to investigate the germinability and storability of newly released cowpea genotypes secondly influence different storage materials under ambient condition on seed vigour germination over time. The experiment laid in a Split-split plot design with four replicates. main duration (0, 30, 60 90 days), while Storage material (polyethylene bag, cotton bag glass container) sub were sub-sub plot. Results from showed that irrespective used, percentage significantly...
Crop models are useful tools for simulating the impact of climate change on crop growth, development and yield. This study assesses cowpea yield in soils with low levels phosphorous content mainly Sudan Savanna Forest Transition Zone West Africa. A model solution within general modelling framework SIMPLACE combination output four 3 contrasting shared socio-economic scenarios (SSP126, SSP370, SSP585) was used to simulate climatic phenology, above ground biomass parameters cowpea. The...
African Journal of Biotechnology Vol.7(4), pp.xxx-xxx,19 February, 2008 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org.AJB ISSN 1684-5315 C2008 Academic
Aims: This study was conducted to enhance the tolerance of common beans drought events occurring at reproductive stage, from a soil improvement perspective.
 Study Design: Split plot completely randomized design used.
 Place and Duration Study: in screen-house Legumes Oil Seeds Division CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Ghana, September 2021 January 2022.
 Methodology: Municipal Solid Waste Compost inorganic fertilizer combinations were applied pot experiment. They included...
In developing countries, aflatoxin-contaminated peanut wastes are often used as mulching materials or soil amendments, which introduce aflatoxins and aflatoxin-producing mould into subsequent farming seasons. This research evaluated the effectiveness of composting a means aflatoxin decontamination using highly-contaminated meal model matrix at 40 °C for 6 w. The methods caused 72.2-154.9 (41.9-75.1%), 7.4-17.6 (37.9-72.0%), 1.2-6.9 (77.1-100.0%), 0.0-2.1 (0.0-100.0%) μg/kg reduction in...
The objective of this study is to identify cowpea genotypes that are tolerant both phosphorous and drought stresses on highly weathered soil. It hypothesized (1) have the highest grain yield under optimum conditions do not perform best P or water stress (2) also well combined stress. An experiment was conducted in humid forest zone Ghana during two dry seasons (2017 2018). Ten were evaluated response four combinations fertilizer treatments. treatments included 0 kg ha−1 + (0P WS; control...
ABSTRACT An indirect, passive, wooden dryer, with a galvanized steel panel (4.5 m2) and four wire mesh shelves (2.62 m2 each), was constructed in Kumasi, Ghana. The dryer evaluated for its capacity drying of freshly-harvested in-shell peanuts on single layer (8.5 Kg), then up-scaled to layers (4x18 Kg). Equal amounts peanuts, dried simultaneously concrete floor under the open sun, served as comparisons. moisture content solar decreased from 35.85-5.25% 32.00 %-4.25% single-layer four-layer...
ABSTRACT New technologies combined with improved genetics and farmer access are important components required to improve productivity efficiencies of cropping systems. The ability the public private sector provide these farmers often vary considerably can be challenging because limited resource allocation investment in institutions designed services. Partnerships among national programs where resources external entities an effective platform deliver cultivars production pest management...