Miss. Patience Mansa Gakpetor

Position: Assistant Research Scientist

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Tel: +233-240927205/ +233-545167685

Professional fields of interest

Forest Genetics and tree breeding, Biotechnology, Domestication and Conservation, Agroforestry, Rehabilitation of and restoration of degraded of landscapes, Forest Plantations and Silviculture etc

Professional Background

2015-2017 MSc. Plant Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
2009-2013 BSc. Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Research Projects
Tree Conservation Project by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on Aubregrinia taiensis.
I am part of the Forest Improvement Project (FIP) on vegetative propagation of Triplochiton scleroxylon, Entadrophragma candolei and Terminalia ivorensis.

Selected Publications
Periclinal chimera technique: new plant breeding approach P.M. Gakpetor1, H. Mohammed1, D. Moreti2 and N.M.A. Nassar3 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/gmr16039790
Conference papers
 
Periclinal chimera technique: new plant breeding approach P.M. Gakpetor1, H. Mohammed1, D. Moreti2 and N.M.A. Nassar3 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/gmr16039790
Awards/Fellowships
Intra-ACP Academic mobility Scholarship
Affiliations
Member, African Plant Breeders Association
Member, African Students and Alumni Forum

About us

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Contact us

The Director
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box UP 63 KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana

Tel :+233-(0)3220-60123/60373
Fax :+233-(0)3220-60121
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