Samuel Aduse Poku [BSc.(UDS), Msc.(Turkey), PhD (Japan)]

Dr. Samuel Aduse Poku is a Lecturer in the Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana. He had his undergraduate education in Agricultural technology at the University for Development Studies (UDS). Dr. Aduse Poku obtained his Msc. degree (Agricultural Biotechnology, Plant biotechnology option)  from Ondokuz Mayis University (OMU), Turkey in 2016 and a PhD (Environmental Horticulture) from Chiba University, Japan in 2021.

Dr. Aduse Poku served as a research assistant at both OMU and Chiba University. In 2019, as a member of the host university for the Japanese Society of Breeding’s annual conference, he was actively involved in the conference’s organization. He has also attended and presented at a number of scientific conferences.

Dr. Aduse Poku is a member of the Japanese Society of Breeding and the Japanese Society of Plant Biotechnology (formerly, the Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular biology). He has research expertise in plant physiology, plant tissue culture and plant molecular breeding. His past research project on the study of the molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological performance of olives was supported by research funds from the Turkish government through the Ondokuz Mayis University (grant number, PYO.ZRT.1904.15.006).

Awards

Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) - 2017 – 2021.

Turkish Government Scholarship -  2013 – 2016

Overall best student and valedictorian of the 2011 graduating class of the University for Development Studies.

 Scholarship, FINATRADE Foundation (FINATRADE scholar) - 2007 – 2011

List of Publications

1.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

2. Aduse Poku, S., Nkachukwu Chukwurah, P., Aung, H. 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

3. Chukwurah, P.N., Poku, S.A., Yokoyama, A., Fukuda, H., Shishido, M. and Nakamura, I. (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

4. 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

5. Poku, S.A., Seçgin, Z. and 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