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Project Title: Propagation, cultural practices, genetic and biochemical diversity of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (CS)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Naalamle Amissah
Overall Goal: To make available propagation protocols and optimum management practices for the domestication of select species Cryptolepis sanguinolenta.
Specific Objectives:
Collect genotypes (varieties) from their natural habitat for analysis and use as planting material.
Assess collection for genetic and biochemical diversity and the effectiveness of the bioactive compounds.
Establish optimum management practices for the cultivation of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta.
Develop propagation protocols for the multiplication of select genotypes.
Outputs
A cropping cycle for the cultivation of CS developed
Genetic diversity of the CS populations in Ghana established
Protocols for in vitro propagation of CS and CM developed
The efficacy of bioactive compounds of cultivated plants established
4 Students (3 MPhil and 1 BSc) Trained on the project
Funded by VW Foundation, Germany (2011-2015)
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Publications
Opoku-Agyemang, F., Dodoo, J. N. O., Hlomador, T. E., Gilday, K., & Amissah, J. N. (2022). Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. In Herbs and Spices-New Advances. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108249
Amissah JN, Hadziabdic D, Boggess SL and Trigiano RN (2022) Genetic diversity and population structure of the antimalarial plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta in Ghana. Front. Conserv. Sci. 3:1020981. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.1020981
Amissah, J. N., Alorvor, F. E., Okorley, B. A., Asare, C. M., Osei-Safo, D., Appiah-Opong, R., & Addae-Mensah, I. (2022). Mineral Fertilization Influences the Growth, Cryptolepine Yield, and Bioefficacy of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt. Plants, 11(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11010122
Amissah, J.N., Wadl, P.A., Hadziabdic, D., Boggess, S.L and Trigiano, R.N. (2016). Characterization of thirteen microsatellite loci from the Ghanaian antimalarial plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 10 (14), 183-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/JMPR2016.6047
Monney, M.A.D., Amissah, N., and Blay, E. (2016). Influence of BA and IBA or NAA combinations on micropropagation of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. American Journal of Plant Sciences 7 (3), 572-580. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2016.73050
Amissah, J.N., Osei-Safo, D., Asare, C.M., Missah-Assihene, B., Danquah, E.Y., Addae Mensah, I. (2016). Influence of age and staking on the growth and cryptolepine concentration in cultivated roots of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 10 (9), 113-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/jmpr2015.5793
Amissah, J.N., Spiller, M., Oppong, A., Osei-Safo, D., Owusu-Darko, R., Debener, T., Danquah, E.Y., & Addae-Mensah, I. (2016). Genetic diversity and cryptolepine concentration of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt from selected regions of Ghana. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 3, 34-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2015.12.005
Videos: In addition, through collaborations with DOW Chemical Company from (May - December 2013) with funding from VW Foundation dissemination materials (a production brochure and videos in Twi and English) were developed.
Inspiring UG; Malaria in focus. https://orid.ug.edu.gh/sites/orid.ug.edu.gh/files/inspiring-ug/feb-19/Inspiring_UG_feb.2019[1].pdf [pg 7]
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