Department Of Agricultural Biotechnology Explore our departments and programmes
Prof. FREDERICK KANKAM
PROF. FREDERICK KANKAM HEAD OF DEPARTMENT - DEPARTMENT OF Agricultural Biotechnology
Introduction

The teaching and research foci of Department of Agricultural Biotechnology includes the following.

  1. Molecular characterization of fungal pathogens
  2. Fungal and nematode management
  3. Phytoalexin and toxin degradation
  4. Biological control of diseases
  5. Demand-driven crop breeding by conventional and molecular strategies
  6. Phosphorus-use efficient crop breeding 
  7. Marker-assisted breeding for climate resilient crops
  8. Unravelling functions of genes by CRISPR/Cas9 technology
  9. Linkage and association mappings in crops
  10. Demand-driven crop breeding by conventional and molecular strategies
  11. Phosphorus-use efficient crop breeding 
  12. Marker-assisted breeding for climate resilient crops
  13. Unravelling functions of genes by CRISPR/Cas9 technology
  14. Linkage and association mappings in crops
  15. Germplasm collection, characterisation, conservation, and utilisation
  16. Evaluating rhizobacteria performance on cop nutrition and antifungal activities 
  17. Bioprospecting and cultivation of microbes from soils, water bodies  
  18. Rhizobium-legume symbioses  
  19. Study the effect of microbial inoculation on the phytochemical compounds of vegetables and field crops
  20. Production of hybrid seeds; Protection of seed on field and storage
  21. Bacterial isolation and identification; Quantifying microbial burden of sample; Antibiogram; Polymerase chain reaction
  22. Storage on the beany flavour, physicochemical and sensory properties of soy yoghurt.

Programmes

  1. BSc. Agriculture Technology (Biotechnology Option)
Teaching and Research Staff
# Staff Name Designation
1 Prof. Frederick Kankam Associate Professor
2 Dr. Benjamin Karikari Lecturer
Undergraduate Programmes
# Programme Degree Awarded
1 BSc Agriculture Technology (Biotechnology) Bachelor Of Science In Agriculture Technology (biotechnology)
Who We Are

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.

Contact
Email: foafcs@uds.edu.gh Telephone: +233-54-232-1088 Postal address: P. O. Box TL1350 Digital address: NT-0272-1946 Tamale, Ghana
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