Mr. Anthony Antwi-Wiredu

Position: Assistant Research Scientist

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Tel: +233-242836219

Professional fields of interest:

Agriculture, Plant Tissue Culture & Propagation, Plant Genetics & Breeding, Plant Biotechnology 

Professional background

2013-2015 MPhil Nuclear Agriculture (Biotechnology and Mutation Breeding), University of Ghana, Legon.

2006-2010 BSc. Agriculture, University of Cape Coast.

Research Project

  1. Pomegranate varietal trials in Ghana: assessment of the growth performance of two introduced Pomegranate varieties (Hicaz & Wonderful) at four different sites. Funded by Northstone Investment Ltd.
  2. Paulownia provenance and vegetative propagation trials in Ghana. Regeneration of Paulownia planting materials from cuttings for provenance trials in four ecological zones. Funded by FC Industry Plantation

Selected Publications

  1. Antwi-Wiredu, A., Amiteye, S., Asare, A.T., Kusi-Adjei, R., Diawuoh, R.G., Aryee, C.O., and Klu, G.Y.P. (2019). The Use of Microsatellite Markers in Genetic Variation Analysis of Some Introduced Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) Clones Cultivated in Ghana. Journal of Agriculture Sciences-Sri Lanka, 14 (1): 8-16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jas.v14i1.8452
  2. Antwi-Wiredu, A., Amiteye, S., Diawuoh, R.G., Asumeng, A.K. and Klu, G.Y.P. (2018). In vitro propagation of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) using shoot-tip and nodal cutting explants, International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (IJASRE). 4 (6): 17.
  3. Antwi-Wiredu, A., Amiteye, S., Diawuoh, R.G. and Klu, G.Y.P. (2018). Ex vitro propagation of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) using stem cuttings. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB).3(3): 846

 

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
Email : [email protected]