Dr. Naalamle Amissah

Work Experience

• 2010 – 2013
  Programme Coordinator, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)
  
  

• Since 2009
  Lecturer, Crop Science Department, University of Ghana, Legon
  
  

• 2007 – 2008
  Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Southern Asia
  
  

• 2002 – 2004
  Weekend Arborist, Cornell University Community Forestry Outreach Program
  
  

• 2002 – 2004
  Administrative Assistant, Institute for African Development (IAD), Cornell University
  
  

• 2001 – 2004
  Teaching Assistant, Horticulture Department, Cornell University
  
  

Education

• 2007
  PhD. Cornell University, Department of Horticulture, Ithaca, NY
  
  

• 2003
  M.S. Cornell University, Department of Horticulture, Ithaca, NY
  
  

• 1999
  BSc. University of Science and Technology, Agriculture Department, Kumasi, Ghana
  
  

• Agyeman, C., Okorley, B.A., Amissah, J.N. and Nyaku, S.T. (2021). Evaluation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Pectomech') grafts against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Acta Hortic. 1302, 177-184. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1302.24

• Amissah, J.N. (2019). Loss of Indigenous Crop Species: Implications for Crop Diversity and Food Security in Ghana. Science and Development 3: 64-83.

• Nyawudzo, G. Amissah, J.N., Kusi, F. & Ofori, K. (2019). Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Frafra Potato (Solenostemon rotundifolius) Accessions in Ghana. Science and Development 3: 1-19.

• Osei-Tutu, C., Amissah, J.G.N., Amissah, J.N. & Saalia, F.K. (2019). Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Bread Made from Wheat-Frafra Potato (Solenostemon rotundifolius) Composite Flour Science and Development 3: 20-29.

• Nyaku, S. T., & Amissah, N. (2019). Grafting: An Effective Strategy for Nematode Management in Tomato Genotypes. In: Recent Advances in Tomato Breeding and Production. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82774 [Book Chapter].

• Hua, L. Hadziabdic, D., Amissah, N., Nowicki, M., Boggess, S., Teng, N & Trigiano, R. N. (2018). Characterization of fifteen microsatellite loci and genetic diversity analysis for the Ghanaian food security crop Solenostemon rotundifolius (Frafra potato). Afr. J. Biotechnology Vol.17(47), 1352-1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJB2018.16666

• Okorley, B., Agyeman, C., Amissah, N., & Nyaku, S. (2018). Screening Selected Solanum Plants as Potential Rootstocks for the Management of Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita). International Journal of Agronomy. 6, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6715909

• Propagation, cultural practices, genetic and biochemical diversity of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta

• Grafting as a means to control Meloidogyne infestation in tomato genotypes.

• The potential of indigenous crop species to promote food security in the face of climate change

• Member of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), since 2017

• Member of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), since 2016

• Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), since 2010

• Cultivation of Cryptolepsis sanguinolenta: a Medicinal Plant Used in the Treatment of Malaria, Cambridge-Africa Programme, 2016

• Interview on Cambridge Africa Day 2016 – Nalaamle Amissah and Huw Jones, Cambridge-Africa Programme, 2016

• Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Harvard Center for African Studies, February – June 2018

• Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Agricultural Botany, U.K., March – July 2016

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