Courses

Light quality in different ecosystems - sensing of light in plants;  Photorceptors - structure and physiology of action perception of light quality and quantity, directions;  photoperiodism; selected responses to light - modulation of growth,...

The internal environment and plant growth and development. Methods and techniques for the extraction, separation, isolation, purification, identification and quantification of phytohormones in higher plants - auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene and...

Soil as a substratum for plant growth - formation, texture, water holding capacity, incipient wilt, ion exchange, pH, permanent wilting percentage; role of water in plant growth  a n d development - special properties of water, plant-water relations,...

The soil biota; Ecology of soil bacteria, cyanobacteria, green algae and fungi;  Microbial interactions and survival of the soil microflora;  Microbiological processes and nutrient cycling;  Root mucilages and their importance in soil; ...

Industrial Applications of Fungal Biotechnology.

The extraction and purification of plant viruses; Viral nomenclature; The ecology and transmission of plant viruses in Ghana; Factors influencing dispersal of viruses;  History of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot virus in Ghana and the importance of the virus in...

Including induction of host resistance by Elicitors, Phytoalexins, Host-selective host-specific toxins.  Post infectinal structures and Plant Disease Resistance.  Molecular interactions between pathogen and host plants.

Systematic approach to diagnosis.  Epidemiology;  Dynamics of interacting pathogen and host populations;  Effect of biotic and Physical factors on disease.  Disease forecasting and epidemic modelling.  Compound and Simple Interest...

Occurrence, distribution and biology of mistletoes (Tapinanthus spp.) dodders (Cuscuta and Cassytha spp.) witchweed (Striga spp.) and Thonningia sanguinea in West Africa. Biological, cultural and chemical control methods and their appraisal.  Pre-and...

Population genetics:  Hardy-Weinberg law and evolutionary factors; inbreeding; balanced Polymorphism:  genetic distances between populations.