A5055983691- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Healthcare and Venom Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Working Capital and Financial Performance
University of Cape Coast
2012-2024
James Madison University
2013
Ecological intensification, or the improvement of crop yield through enhancement biodiversity, may be a sustainable pathway toward greater food supplies. Such increases especially important for 2 billion people reliant on small farms, many which are undernourished, yet we know little about efficacy this approach. Using coordinated protocol across regions and crops, quantify to what degree enhancing pollinator density richness can improve yields 344 fields from 33 pollinator-dependent systems...
Cocoa is strictly entomophilous but studies on the influence of ecosystem insect pollinators in cocoa production systems are limited. The abundance and pod-set as influenced by a gradient farm distances from natural forest proportion plantain/banana clusters or adjacent to farms were therefore investigated. trapped predominantly ceratopogonid midges hence, analyses based their population. Variation distance did neither midge nor pod-set. However, we found positive relationship between...
This study investigated the position of staminodes around style cocoa flowers and stability relative to pollination seasonality. Cocoa were categorized into converging, ≤1.20 mm; parallel, 1.21–2.40 mm, splay ≥2.41 depending on distance between staminode style. Some hand pollinated while others not excluded from insect visitors. Proportions converging (56.0%), parallel (37.5%), (6.5%) remained similar along vertical plane trees. Although rates with lowest, overall success trees was...
Insect pollinators provide a critical ecosystem service by pollinating many wild flowers and crops. It is therefore essential to be able effectively survey monitor pollinator communities across range of habitats, in particular, sample the often stratified parts habitats where insects are found. To date, wide array sampling methods have been used collect insect pollinators, but no single method has habitat types throughout spatial structure habitats. Here we present 'aerial pan-trapping' that...
The larvae of the black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), are promising candidates to be utilized in alternative organic waste management and for fish livestock feed production. scalability this technology Ghana will depend on a steady source large numbers BSF larvae. objectives study were identify most attractive manure dumps or heaps area trapping wild egg clutches assess effect local environmental conditions laboratory rearing BSF. compared number clutch...
The efficacy of the conjunctival application a crude concentration stingless bee honey (SBH) for treatment bacterial conjunctivitis was investigated in an animal model. Bacterial caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced Hartley guinea pigs. SBH gentamicin used treatment, and results this were compared with control values. Inflammatory signs, duration infection (ie, positive culture), time complete resolution S. P. shortened 1 drop (70 µL) twice daily. potency...
Abstract Shea ( Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) is a fruit tree of domestic and industrial importance in arid semi‐arid regions Sub‐Saharan Africa. Fruit set largely dependent on insect pollination but recent studies have revealed pollen deficit. The introduction managed bees into orchards an effective approach for enhanced services temperate climates. However, there limited information to guide the adoption this practice agroforestry parklands. This study investigated effect honey bee...
Stingless bees are key insects in the tropics, both as pollinators of crops and contributors to maintenance floral diversity through pollination wild plants. This study investigated nesting ecology threats three stingless bee species: Meliponula bocandei (Spinola), ferruginea (Lepeletier) Dactylurina staudingeri (Gribodo) landscapes characterized forest with logging honey hunting; farmlands that experience annual fires a national park. The was carried out July 2011 February 2012. A total 93...
Pollinator decline, driven primarily by habitat degradation, has the potential to reduce quantity and quality of pollinator-dependent crops produced across world. Vitellaria paradoxa, a socio-economically important tree which grows sub-Saharan drylands Africa, produces seeds from shea butter is extracted. However, habitats in this are threatened with potentially impacting its ability attract sufficient pollinators produce seeds. The flowers V. paradoxa insect-pollinated, we investigated...
Aims: To assess the effect of organic waste and their formulations on development black soldier fly larvae. Study Design: The experiment used one time feeding (lump feeding) feedstocks obtained from market fractions combinations. arrangement composting containers followed a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), replicated three times. Place Duration Study: study took 3 months was conducted at BSF laboratory Soil Environmental Science Research Centre, Biotechnology Nuclear Agriculture...
Ananas comosus var (L.) Merr. is the third most important tropical fruit in world production and leading foreign exchange earner among fresh fruits exported from Ghana. A survey was conducted pineapple farms Central region of Ghana to identify floral visitors their activities on flowers. Nectar concentration energetics effect were determined. Fourteen species butterflies one ant main insect as well four sunbirds. The mean nectar 23.3% (± 0.39, SE) pollination limitation did not significantly...
Abstract Shea ( Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. ) is a multipurpose tree species indigenous to the Sudano Sahelian zone of Africa and occurs as most abundant economic in northern Ghana. The edible oil (shea butter) extracted from shea kernel ranked product species. Although fruit set yield are known be influenced by insect pollination, actual contribution pollinators its reproductive success has rarely been studied. This study estimated percentage pollinator dependence monetary value...
The indigenous knowledge on stingless bees was assessed using questionnaires and semi-directive methods from five farming communities around the Kakum National Park in Central Region ofGhana. Stingless are very good pollinators of both wild cultivated crops also produce honey propolis that medicinal. Even though these African origin, unlike Southand America as well Australia where have been studied extensively for pollination services hive products, studies almost non existent Africa....
The phylogenetic relationships among members of long tongue bee tribe Anthidiini (Megachilidae: Megachilinae) were investigated at the Department Entomology and Wildlife, University Cape Coast (Ghana) Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria (South Af-rica) from July, 2006 to May, 2007. Ten museums located in three continents loaned 990 specimens used for studies. Thirty-three ingroup taxa out 37 known genera world’s two outgroup genera, included a cladistic analysis based on 51 adult...