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Kwadwo O. Ayeh BSc. Cand.Scient. (MSc), PhD

Kwadwo O. Ayeh BSc. Cand.Scient. (MSc), PhD
Senior Lecturer
koayeh@ug.edu.gh

 

Dr. Ayeh is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Plant and Environmental Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana. He received his BSc (Hons) degree from The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana in 1992. He was awarded MSc (Plant Biotechnology) and PhD (Biology) degrees from the University of Oslo (UiO) and The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) respectively. He worked as a Research Scientist from 2000-2005 at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) in The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Kwabenya. He also worked as an Environmental Project Coordinator in Edmonton-Canada. He took up appointment with the University of Ghana as a Lecturer in 2014. He was a Research Associate at the International Laboratory for Tropical Agriculture Biotechnology (ILTAB) in St. Louis- Missouri, USA. He has attended many training programmes in Plant Biology, including The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) programme in Plant Molecular Markers, Seibersdorf-Austria.

Dr. Ayeh has publications in some reputable journals including Frontiers in Plant Sciences and BMC Plant Biology.

Dr. Ayeh is a reviewer for the Ghana Journal of Science. He has served on a number of committees at the University of Ghana. He is responsible for activities of the Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Laboratory at The Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana.

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Plant Physiology
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Plant Tissue Culture
  • Plant Stress Biology

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Biotic Stress
  • Abiotic Stress
  • Abscission and Senescence
  • Involvement of Plant Hormones in Plant Growth and Development of Higher Plants
  • Micropropagation
  • Somatic Embryogenesis
  • Screen-house research

CURRENT RESEARCH

Biotic and abiotic stress factors stress continue to engage the attention of Plant scientist because it a major problem affecting growth and development of plants. These stress factors reduce yield, contributing to greater monetary losses. In our research group, we study the morphological, physiological and biochemical effects of plant viruses, salinity and drought on major agronomic crops such as Cowpea, Groundnuts and Okra. Our research involves the controlled application of these biotic and abiotic stress factors in screen house. The research also involves understanding the ameliorating effects of plant growth regulators such as Salicylic acids, Polyamines and Jasmonic acids on plants experiencing drought and salinity stress.

COLLABORATORS

1. Dr. Andrews S. Appiah: Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Agency

2. Dr. Peck Dorleku: Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana.

3. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

TEACHING-UNDERGRADUATE

  • PEBO 207: Growth and Developmental Biology of Higher Plants
  • PEBO 209: Growth and Development of High Plants (Practical)
  • PEBO 302: Whole Plant Physiology
  • PEBO 308: Plant Biotechnology
  • PEBO 314  Virology I
  • PEBO 400: Project Work
  • PEBO 403: Cell Ultra Structure and Function
  • PEBO 404: Environmental Physiology
  • PEBO 405: Economic Botany
  • PEBO 411: Plant Hormones

TEACHING-GRADUATE

  • BOTN 604: Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
  • BOTN 642: Plant Growth and Development

MEMBERSHIP

  • Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS)
  • Ghana Science Association
  • Alberta Society for Professional Biologist

Some publications

  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh, Anning Kwame Peter, Adoteye Emmanuella Grace and Lewis Enu-Kwesi (2021). Physiological, developmental and growth responses to desiccation induced stress in four seed coat colour varieties of Vigna unguiculata (L. Walp). African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 17(4), pp. 642-657.
  1. Nkrumah, P., Amadu, A.M., and K.O. Ayeh (2021). Influence of salicylic acid and potassium nitrate on plant height and flowering time of groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) under varying salinity and drought- induced stresses Ghana J. Sci. 62 (1), 2021, 26 - 36
  1. Ellis Dzandu, Lewis Enu-Kwesi, Carol Merley Markwei, Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh (2021). Screening for drought tolerance potential of nine Cocoa (Theobroma cacao l.) genotypes from Ghana. Heliyon 7 (11), 2021, e08389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08389
  1. Adoteye Emmanuella Grace, Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh, Enu-Kwesi Lewis, Andrew Zarkodie Appiah (2021). Interactive effects of Groundnut Rossette Disease infection and drought stress on growth and performance of groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea). Manuscript submitted and accepted by Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology (AJAB).
  1. Ayisha Marfo Amadu , Andrews S. Appiah and Kwadwo O. Ayeh (2021). Screening of commercially grown okra cultivars for resistance and susceptibility to two biotic virus sap isolates from southern Ghana using mechanical sap inoculation method. Manuscript in preparation to be submitted to Plant Physiology and Pathology
  1. Irene Agblesi Adukonu, Elizabeth Acheampong, Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh Preliminary investigations into In-vitro multiplication of Croton membranaceus Müll.  Arg, a medicinal important crop, to manage prostatic hyperplasia through shoot tip and nodal cultures. Manuscript in preparation
  1. YeonKyeong Lee, Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh, Mike Ambrose and Anne Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide (2016). Immunolocalization of pectic polysaccharides during abscission in pea seeds (Pisum sativum L.) and in abscission less def pea mutant seeds. BMC Research Notes20169:427 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2231-z  
  1. Janatu V. Sesay, Kwadwo O. Ayeh, Prince E. Norman1 and E. Acheampong (2016). Shoot nodal culture and virus indexing of selected local and improved genotypes of cassava (Manihot esculenta) from Sierra Leone. International Journal of Biotechnology & Molecular Biology Research. Vol. 7 (2) pp. 20-28, June 2016. DOI: 10.5897/IJBMBR2015.0245
  1. Anne Kathrine (Trine) Hvoslef-Eide, Cristel M. Munster, Cecilie Anita Mathiesen, Kwadwo O. Ayeh, Tone I. Melby, Paoly Rasolomanana and YeonKyeong Lee Y (2015). Primary and secondary abscission in Pisum sativum and Euphorbia pulcherrima – how do they compare and how do they differ? Front. Plant Sci. 6:1204. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01204  2011
  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh, YeonKyeong Lee, Mike J Ambrose, and Anne Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide (2011). Growth, seed development and genetic analysis in wild type and Def mutant of Pisum sativum L BMC Research Notes, 9:76doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-489.
  1. K.E. Danso, D. K. Asare, V. Oduro, S. Amiteye, Kwadwo O. Ayeh, and F. A. Bah (2010). Starch Yield and Mosaic Virus Infestation in Rain-fed Cassava Genotypes in a Coastal Savannah Agro-Ecological Environment of Ghana. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 6 (1): 2010. ISSN 1817-3047. © IDOSI Publications.
  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh, YeonKyeong Lee, Mike J Ambrose, and Anne Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide (2009). Characterization and structural analysis of wild type and a non-abscission mutant at the development funiculus (Def) locus in Pisum sativum L, BMC Plant Biology, 9:76doi:10.1186/1471-2229-9-76.
  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh; Selliah, R.; and Hvoslef-Eide, A.K. (2009). Effect of media on some in vitro and ex vitro parameters in micropropagation of Gypsophila paniculata L. Academic Journal of Plant Sciences 2 (4): 260-266
  1. Hvoslef-Eide, Anne Kathrine; Lee, YeonKyeong; Mathiesen, Cecilie Anita; Munster, Cristel; Ayeh, Kwadwo Owusu; Moe Roar (2008). Using the important pot plant poinsettia as a model for studying abscission. XVI Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB); 2008-08-22.
  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh and Jon N. E. Ramsell (2008). The use of biolistic inoculation of cassava mosaic begomoviruses in screening cassava cultivars from Ghana for resistance/susceptibility to cassava mosaic disease. African Journal of Biotechnology. Vol 7 (14): pp 2353-2358, 18th July, 2008.
  1. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh (2008). Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): Emerging Molecular Marker tools for improving agronomic traits in plant biotechnology. African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 7 (4), pp331-341, 19th February.
  1. K.E. Danso, Kwadwo O. Ayeh, V.Oduro, S. Amiteye and H.M. Amoatey (2008). Effect of 6-Benzylaminopurine and Naphthalene Acetic Acid on In vitro Production of MD2 Pineapple Planting Materials. World Applied Sciences Journal 3(4): 614-619. 2006
  1. Ayeh, Kwadwo Owusu; Lee, YeonKyeong; Ambrose, Mike; Hvoslef-Eide, Anne Kathrine. Structural elucidation of an abscissionless mutant Pea and wild type. The NBS 42nd Contact Meeting; 2006-01-19 - 2006-01-22
  1. Hans R. Gislerød, Ravichandra Selliah, Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh & Anne Kathrine Hvoslef- Eide. Macro- and micronutrient nutrition of plants in greenhouses, Hydroponic stems, and in vitro culture on gelled media. In: Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation (Eds) Anne-Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide and Walter Preil. Springer Publication-2005. p. 475-492.