Prof. Dr. Ana Beloqui Garcia
Education, Health, Nanomedicine, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
University of Ghana
Agriculture, Education
Plant propagation, urban horticulture, vegetable grafting, medicinal plant research, tissue culture, climate change & indigenous crop species
My research interests include the selection, evaluation and propagation of economically important plants that are either difficult-to-propagate, neglected or at risk of extinction (several medicinal plant, vegetables and indigenous crop species fall within this category), and the development of improved technologies to ensure their successful establishment.
Cambridge Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx) Fellowship Award, 2016
Volkswagen Foundation Junior Fellowship Grant Award, 2011 – 2014
William Fredrick Dreer Travel Award (Cornell University): “Experiential Learning in the Spice and Orchid Industries of Southern Asia”, February 2007
Matthias Prager Homan Graduate Research travel award, June 2007
First place in graduate student paper competition; American Society for Horticultural Science, Northeastern Region Chapter, January 2006
English
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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Education, Health, Nanomedicine, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Agriculture, Water management, Ecosystem services, Agro-ecological landscape change and transformation in sub Sahara Africa, South Asia
Agriculture, Environment, Humanities, Social and behavioural sciences, Rural development, Environmental studies, Gender, Race and ethnicity studies, Feminist studies, Political ecology, Transdisciplinary science and participatory methodologies
Architecture and construction, Arts, Education, Design and construction studio
Theory and history of architecture
Theory and history of urbanism