PROF. ISAAC KWAHENE ADDAIAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCEFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Isaac Kwahene Addai (PhD) is an Associate Professor in Plant Breeding and Head of Crop Science Department. He studied at the University for Development Studies, Tamale, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi and the University of Sussex, UK. He has served as Faculty Quality Assurance Officer, member of the Planning Committee for organizing Harmattan School and Annual Interdisciplinary Conferences for the University for Development Studies. He has more than 20 years professional experience with the University for Development Studies, and has provided instruction in Advanced Plant Breeding, Crop Physiology, Experimental Design and Analysis, and Principles of Plant Breeding at the undergraduate level. At the postgraduate level, he teaches Environmental Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, and Research Design and Statistics. He undertakes research in the areas of experimental mutagenesis for increased crop yield, application of NPK fertilizer formulations to cereals to determine their effects on growth and yield, influence of planting dates and/or nutrition management regimes on growth and yield of rain-fed onion and sweetpotato (ipomoea batatas (l.) lam.) breeding for improved agronomic traits in northern Ghana. He also researches into tolerance of soybean (Glycine max L.) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm to abiotic stresses. He has been involved in collaborative researches with MoFA and MADE. He was a member of the team that drafted the Seed, fertilizer, plant protection and pesticide regulations under the Plants and Fertilizer act 2010 (Act 803), member of the committee that developed strategies to address the yield gap between potential and actual yields of maize and rice in Ghana, and a member of the team that screened and selected the 2021 National Best Farmers in Ghana.
Karikari, B., Maale, M.D., Anning, E., Akakpo, D.B., Abujaja, A.M. and Addai, I.K. (2023). Cowpea cropping systems, traits preference and production constraints in the upper west region of Ghana: farmers’ consultation and implications for breeding. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, http://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00159-1.
Addai, I. K., Asare, A. G. and Dumor, P. M. (2023). On-station multilocational evaluation of mutant groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) lines for improved growth and yield. Ghana Journal of Horticulture, 16 (1): 79 – 97.
Addai, I. K., Maganoba, C. and Dumor, P. M. (2023). On-station multilocational evaluation of mutant soybean (Glycine max L.) lines for improved agronomic traits. Ghana Journal of Horticulture, 16 (1): 30 – 44.
Addai, I.K., Bisuki, B.K. and Bawa, A. (2022). Response of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Accessions to Fertilizer Application. Asia Pacific Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Energy (APJSAFE), 10 (2) 46-54.
Addai, I. K., Bisuki, B. K. and Bawa, A. (2022). Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana. Advances in Agriculture, Article ID 4194746, 10 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4194746
Acheremu, A., Quainoo, A.K. and Addai, I.K. (2022). Multi-locational studies of selected sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [l.] Lam.) genotypes for improved agronomic traits. International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research, 10 (3): 52-69.
Addai, I.K., Bawa, A and N-Yanyi, B. (2022). Mutagenesis for improvement of growth and yield of groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) in the Guinea Savannah agro-ecology of Ghana. Int. J. Plant Breed. Genet., 16: 10-17.
Addai, I.K., Bawa, A. and Asamoah Jnr, K. (2022). Evaluation of Mutant Generations of Irradiated Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) in the Guinea Savannah Agroecology of Ghana. Int. J. Plant Breed. Genet., 16: 1-9.
Kankam, F., Addai, I. K., Larbi-Koranteng, S and Asamane, T. A. (2021). Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) Infestation and Reproduction on Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) Treated with Varying Doses of Gamma Rays. Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana, 13: 1197 – 1207.
Kankam F., Kojo, K.Y., Addai, I. K. (2020). Evaluation of groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) mutant genotypes for resistance against major diseases of groundnut. Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology, 32 (1): 2020 – 61-69.
Wahab I.A., Adu-Acheampong, S. and Addai, I.K. (2020). Soybean [Glycine max (L.) merrill] shows no change in predatory arthropods population after mutagenesis in northern Ghana. Agricultural Science Digest - A Research Journal, 40 (2): 159 – 162
