Dr. Banful Ben Kwaku
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Dr. Banful Ben Kwaku

Professor
Department of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Agronomy from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Agronomy
62%
Agricultural Science
90%
Horticulture
75%
Agroforestry System
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
2
Articles
54
Abstracts
3

Selected Publications

  1. Tueche, R., S. Hauser, B. Banful and G. Cadisch, 2011. Influence of different plantain cropping systems on soil physical properties and plantain bunch yield. Arch. Agron. Soil Sci., (In Press). 10.1080/03650340.2010.485986.
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  2. Mochiah, M.B., B. Banful, K.N. Fening, B.W. Amoabeng and K. Offei Bonsu et al., 2011. Botanicals for the management of insect pests in organic vegetable production. J. Entomol. Nematol., 3: 85-97.
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  3. Egyir, I.S., E. Owusu-Benoah, F.O. Anno-Nyako and B. Banful, 2011. Assessing the factors of adoption of agrochemicals by plantain farmers in Ghana. J. Enterprising Communities People Places Global Econ., 5: 83-97.
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  4. Bortey, H.M., N.S. Olympio and B. Banful, 2011. Quality of farmer- saved tomato seeds and its effect on fruit yield in Ghana. Ghana J. Horticulture, (In Press). .
  5. Banful, B., P.Y. Adjei and N.K. Achiaa, 2011. Effect of seed drying on germination behaviour and seedling growth of sweetsop (Annona squamosa). J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 5: 443-447.
  6. Banful, B., P.Y. Adjei and I.A. Idu, 2011. The influence of two pre and post-planting fungicides on the growth and fruiting of MD2 pineapple (Ananas comosus. L. (Merr). Agric. Biol. J. North Am., (In Press). .
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  7. Banful, B. and S. Hauser, 2011. Changes in soil properties and nematode population status under planted and natural fallows in land use systems of southern Cameroon. Agroforestry Syst. J., 82: 263-273.
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  8. Adjei, P.Y., B.K. Banful and I.A. Idun, 2011. Seed size and seed cut length effects on germination behavior and seedling growth of avocado (Persea americana Merr.). Int. J. Agric. Res., 6: 399-405.
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  9. Adjei, P.Y., B. Banful and Y.A. Asante, 2011. Pre- seed treatment effects on avocado (Persea americana L.) seedlings health and growth before side-grafting in Ghana. J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 5: 346-351.
  10. Osei, M.K., B. Banful, C.K. Osei and M.O. Olouch, 2010. Morphological characterization of African eggplants in some African Countries. J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 4: 33-37.
  11. Ennin, S.A., B. Banful, E. Andoh-Mensah, R.N. Issaka and J.N. Lamptey et al., 2009. Food crop intercropping alternatives for replanting coconut farms destroyed by lethal yellowing disease. J. Food Agric. Environ., 7: 581-587.
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  12. Banful, B., F.O. Anno-Nyako, G. Bolfrey-Arku, O.B. Hemeng and E. Akyeampong, 2009. Sixteen years (1991-2006) of agronomic and plant health research on plantain in Ghana: Outputs and impact on national production. Ghana J. Horticul., 7: 117-128.
  13. Baafi, E., G.W. Quansah, B. Banful and E.E.E. Mac-Amoo, 2009. Effect of different combinations of nitrogen and potassium on fruit yield and quality of MD-2 pineapple in the forest ecozone of Ghana. Ghana J. Horticulture, 7: 35-43.
  14. Banful, B., S. Hauser, K. Ofori and F. Kumaga, 2008. Nematodes and weeds control effects of Pueraria phaseoloides and Flemingia macrophylla fallows on establishment, survival and yield of plantain. West Afr. J. Applied Ecol., 4: 15-32.
  15. Banful, B., S. Hauser, F. Ngo Kanga, F. Kumaga and K. Ofori, 2008. Soil population of Helicotylenchus multicinctus under Pueraria phaseoloides, Flemingia macrophylla and natural bush fallows and their effect on plantain yield in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon. Biol. Agric. Horticulture, 25: 209-221.
  16. Banful, B., K. Ofori, F. Kumaga, S. Hauser and R. Ndango, 2008. Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of Pueraria phaseoloides, Flemingia macrophylla and Chromolaena odorata leaf residue in tropical land use systems. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., 41: 11-22.
  17. Lamptey, J.N.L., B.M. Dzomeku, F.O. Anno-Nyako, B. Banful and J.D. Hughes, 2007. Banana streak disease survey in three plantain growing regions of Ghana. Int. J. Virol., 3: 96-99.
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  18. Banful, B., S. Hauser, K. Ofori and F. Kumaga, 2007. Weed biomass dynamics in planted fallow systems in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon. Agroforestry Syst., 71: 49-55.
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  19. Banful, B., S. Hauser, F. Kumaga, K. Ofori and R. Ndango, 2007. Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of Pueraria phaseoloides and Flemingia macrophylla under two rainfall regimes. Agric. Food Sci. J. Ghana, 6: 485-500.
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  20. Banful, B., A. Dzietror, I. Ofori and O.B. Hemeng, 2000. Yield of plantain alley cropped with Leucaena leucocephala and Flemingia macrophylla in Kumasi, Ghana. Agroforestry Syst., 49: 189-199.
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  21. Banful, B., G.E.K. Bolfrey-Arku, K. Adu-Tutu and J.S. Asante, 1999. Response of False horn plantain to different plant densities and frequency of handweeding. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., 32: 177-183.
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  22. Banful, B., A. Dzietror, I. Ofori and O.B. Hemeng, 1998. Nematode populations as influenced by Leucaena leucocephala and Flemingia congesta in an alley cropping system. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., 31: 21-25.
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  23. Ahenkora, K., M.A. Kyei, E.K. Marfo and B. Banful, 1996. Nutritional composition of False horn Apantu pa plantain during ripening and processing. Afr. Crop Sci. J., 4: 243-247.
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  24. Hemeng, O.B., B. Banful, D.K. Yeboah, E.K.S. Ahiekpor and R.S.B. Ferris, 1995. Overview of Plantain Research in Ghana: 1991-1994. Proceedings of the conference on Postharvest Technology and Commodity Marketing in West Africa, Nov. 2 - Dec. 1, 1995, Accra, Ghana, pp: 140-148.
  25. Hemeng, O.B., B. Banful and J.K. Twumasi, 1995. Plantain production in Ghana. Proceeding of the Regional Workshop on Plantain and Banana Production and Research in West and Central Africa, Sept. 23-27, 1995, IITA, Nigeria, pp: 39-42.
  26. Peprah, S.A., Y.O. Amankwatia and B. Banful, 1994. Effects of fallow on the growth and yield of a succeeding maize crop in rotation. Proceedings of the 1st National Workshop on Food and Industrial Crops, Oct. 25-27, 1994, Kumasi, Ghana, pp: 106-111.
  27. Banful, B. and O.B. Hemeng, 1993. Growth and yield of plantain under different planting dates and mulching materials in the forest zone of Ghana. Proceedings of the 2nd National Workshop on Root and Tuber Crops and Plantains, Kumasi, Ghana, Oct. 21-22, 1993, pp: 11-15.
  28. Adu-Tutu, K., O.B. Hemeng and B. Banful, 1993. Effect of hand weeding on the growth and yield of plantain: Preliminary results. Proceedings of the 2nd National Workshop on Root and Tuber Crops and Plantain, Oct. 21-22, 1993, Kumasi, Ghana, pp: 29-33.