Dr. Samuel Aduse Poku

Contact info sadusepoku@ug.edu.gh

About

Dr. Samuel Aduse Poku is a Lecturer in the Department of Plant and Environmental Biology at the University of Ghana. He completed his undergraduate education in Agricultural Technology at the University for Development Studies (UDS) and earned an MSc in Agricultural Biotechnology with a focus on Plant Biotechnology from Ondokuz Mayis University (OMU). He further advanced his studies by obtaining a PhD in Environmental Horticulture from Chiba University.

Throughout his academic journey, Dr. Aduse Poku has gained valuable research experience, serving as a research assistant at both OMU and Chiba University. He has been a beneficiary of prestigious awards such as the Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) from 2017 to 2021 and the Turkish Government Scholarship from 2013 to 2016.  Dr. Aduse Poku has presented at several international conferences and has published in and reviewed for reputable academic journals.

Education

B.Sc. (UDS), M.Sc. (Turkey), Ph.D. (Japan)

Research Interest

  • Plant Stress Physiology
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Utilization and Conservation of Underutilized Crops and Wild Crop Relatives.

Publications

  1. Keteku, A. K., Yeboah, P.A., Yeboah, S., Dormatey R., Agyeman, K., Brempong, M.B., Ghanney, P., Poku, S.A., Danquah, E.O., Frimpong, F., Addy, S. (2024). Plant nutrition in relation to water-use efficiency in crop production: a review. AGRICA, 17 (1), pp. 67-95, 10.37478/agr. v17i1.3547.
  2. Keteku, A. K., Amegbor, I. K., Frimpong, F., Dormatey, R., Blege, P., Yeboah, S., Agyeman, K., Brempong, M. B., Poku, S. A., Amankwaa-Yeboah, P., Danquah, E. O., Ghanney, P., Addy, S., Bosompem, F., & Aggrey, H. (2024). Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Enhancing Rice Yield and Reducing Methane Emissions in Degraded Soils via Soil Amendments and Silicon Application. International Journal of Agronomy, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5928777.
  3. Opoku Appiah, C. S., Aduse Poku, S., & Ayeh, K. O. (2024). Comparative morphological   and physiological responses of three cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) cultivars to induced water, salinity and combined water and salinity stresses. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 56(5). https://doi.org/10.30848/pjb2024-5(22).
  4. Ayarna, A., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Tsukagoshi, S., Ulzen, J., Sintim, H., Poku, S., Bukari, M., and Nkansah, G. (2024). Grafting experience and shade influence graft take of avocado scions. Philippine Journal of Science, 153(1): 113–120.
  5. Zheng, X., Ratnasekera, D., Fan, J., Henry, R. J., Song, B., Olsen, K. M., Joshi, B. K., Banaticla- Hilario, M. C. N., Pusadee, T., Melaku, A. G., Loko, Y. L. E., Vilayheuang, K., Oppong, G. K., Poku, S. A., Wambugu, P. W., Ge, S., Merotto, A., Aung, O. M., Venuprasad, R., . . . Qian, Q. (2024). Global Wild Rice Germplasm Resources Conservation Alliance: WORLD WILD-RICE WIRING. Molecular Plant. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.03.001
  6. Aung, H., So, M., Hiroko, T., Poku, S., Yo-ichiro, S., Ikuo, N. (2022) A large deletion within intron 20 sequence of single-copy PolA1 gene as a useful marker for the speciation in Oryza AA- genome species, Breeding Science, Volume 72, Issue 3, Pages 267-273.
  7. Poku, S., Chukwurah, P., Aung, H. and Nakamura, I. (2021) Knockdown of GmSOG1 Compromises Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Soybean Lines. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 12, 18-36. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2021.121003.
  8. Poku, S., Chukwurah, P., Aung, H., and Nakamura, I. (2020). Over Expression of a Melon Y3SK2-Type LEA Gene Confers Drought and Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco Plants. Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 9(12), 1749. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121749
  9.  Chukwurah, P., Poku, S., Yokoyama, A., Takeda, A., Shishido, M. and Nakamura I. (2019). Mitigating root knot nematode propagation on transgenic tobacco via in planta hairpin RNA expression of Meloidogyne incognita—Specific PolA1 Sequence. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 866-884. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2019.105062.
  10. Chukwurah, P., Poku, S., Yokoyama, A. et al. (2019) Expression of Meloidogyne incognita PolA1 hairpin RNA reduced nematode multiplication in transgenic tomato. Plant Biotechnol Rep, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11816-019-00552-1

  11.  Poku, S., Seçgin, Z. & Kavas, M. (2019) Overexpression of Ks-type dehydrin gene OeSRC1 from Olea europaea increases salt and drought tolerance in tobacco plants. Mol Biol Rep, https://doi.org /10. 1007/s11033-019-05008-x