Dr. Vincent Logah
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Dr. Vincent Logah

Lecturer
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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

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Biography

Prof. Vincent Logah is a Soil Scientist in the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, KNUST. He was the Head of the Department from 2017-2019. He is an Affiliate Professor with UM6P, Morocco and Co-Promoter with Wageningen University, Netherlands. He holds two grant awards with the Royal Society and with many other reputable funding bodies. He has rich experience in PhD and postgraduate training.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Soil Science
62%
Soil Management
90%
Soil Conservation
75%
Fertilizer
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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0
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Abstracts
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Selected Publications

  1. Shaaban, H., A. Edris and A. Ramadan, 2021. Boosting the antimicrobial activity of highly diluted aqueous alcoholic sanitizers by fortification with essential oil components: i-carvacrol. Egypt. J. Chem., 10.21608/ejchem.2021.57361.3249.
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  2. Issifu, H., P. Vergeer, G.K.D. Ametsitsi, J. Klijn and P. Sartorelli et al., 2021. Responses of tropical tree seedlings in the forest–savanna boundary to combined effects of grass competition and fire. Biotropica, 53: 1082-1095.
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  3. Farouk, A., M. Mohsen, H. Ali, H. Shaaban and N. Albaridi, 2021. Antioxidant activity and molecular docking study of volatile constituents from different aromatic lamiaceous plants cultivated in madinah monawara, Saudi Arabia. Molecules, Vol. 26. 10.3390/molecules26144145.
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  4. Anokye, J., V. Logah and A. Opoku, 2021. Soil carbon stock and emission: estimates from three land-use systems in Ghana. Ecol. Processes, Vol. 10. 10.1186/s13717-020-00279-w.
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  5. Allito, B.B., N. Ewusi-Mensah, V. Logah and D.K. Hunegnaw, 2021. Legume-rhizobium specificity effect on nodulation, biomass production and partitioning of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Sci. Rep., Vol. 11. 10.1038/s41598-021-83235-8.
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  6. Bashagaluke, J.B., V. Logah, J. Sakordie‐Addo and A. Opoku, 2020. Nutrient uptake and productivity of four tropical cropping systems under biochar amendment. Agron. J., 112: 2664-2675.
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  7. Ametsitsi, G.K.D., F.V. Langevelde, V. Logah, T. Janssen and J.A. Medina-Vega et al., 2020. Fixed or mixed? variation in tree functional types and vegetation structure in a forest-savanna ecotone in west Africa. J. Trop. Ecol., 36: 133-149.
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  8. Allito, B.B., N. Ewusi-Mensah and V. Logah, 2020. Legume-rhizobium strain specificity enhances nutrition and nitrogen fixation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Agronomy, Vol. 10. 10.3390/agronomy10060826.
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  9. Agbeshie, A.A., V. Logah, A. Opoku, H.O. Tuffour, A. Abubakari and C. Quansah, 2020. Mineral nitrogen dynamics in compacted soil under organic amendment. Sci. Afr., Vol. 9. 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00488.
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  10. Tetteh, E.N., A.A. Abunyewa, H.O. Tuffour, J.N. Berchie and P.P. Acheampong et al., 2019. Rubber and plantain intercropping: effects of different planting densities on soil characteristics. PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, 10.1371/journal.pone.0209260.
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  11. Okebalama, C.B., E.Y. Safo, E. Yeboah, R.C. Abaidoo and V. Logah, 2019. Vegetative and reproductive performance of maize to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in Plinthic acrisol and gleyic plinthic acrisol. J. Plant Nutr., 42: 559-579.
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  12. Ewusi-Mensah, N., P.W. Mensah, V. Logah and P. Ofori, 2019. Compost inoculated with Azotobacter sp: impact assessment on eggplant (Solanum melongena) productivity and soil nutrient status in Ghana. Arch. Agron. Soil Sci., 66: 208-219.
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  13. Bashagaluke, J.B., V. Logah, A. Opoku, H.O. Tuffour, J. Sarkodie‐Addo and C. Quansah, 2019. Soil loss and run‐off characteristics under different soil amendments and cropping systems in the semi‐deciduous forest zone of Ghana. Soil Manage., 35: 617-629.
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  14. Herrera-Victoria, A.M., M. Zuluaga-Egas, V. Rojas-Díaz, L.A. Valenzuela and G.H. Kattan, 2018. The dynamics of tent-roosts in the palmsabal mauritiiformisand their use by bats in a montane dry forest. Biotropica, 50: 282-289.
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  15. Bashagaluke, J.B., V. Logah, A. Opoku, J. Sarkodie-Addo and C. Quansah, 2018. Soil nutrient loss through erosion: impact of different cropping systems and soil amendments in Ghana. PLOS ONE, Vol. 13. 10.1371/journal.pone.0208250.
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  16. Camara, J., V. Logah, E.A. Osekre and C. Kwoseh, 2017. Leaf nutrients content of tomato and incidence of insect pests and diseases following two foliar applications. J. Plant Nutr., Vol. 41. 10.1080/01904167.2017.1382524.
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  17. Blessing, O.C., A. Ibrahim, E.Y. Safo, E. Yeboah, R.C. Abaidoo, V. Logah and U.I. Monica, 2017. Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies. Afr. J. Agric. Res., 12: 1169-1176.
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  18. Robert, A., A.O. Enoch, L. Vincent and A.B.J. Eudes, 2016. Economic benefits of biological control of cassava green mite (CGM) in Ghana. J. Dev. Agric. Econ., 8: 172-185.
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  19. Okebalama, C.B., E.Y. Safo, E. Yeboah, R.C. Abaidoo and V. Logah, 2016. Fertilizer microdosing in the humid forest zone of Ghana: An efficient strategy for increasing maize yield and income in smallholder farming. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 80: 1254-1261.
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  20. Baah, F., E. Osekre, M. Mochiah and V. Logah, 2015. Effect of different levels of nitrogen in liquid fertilizer on the population dynamics and within plant distribution of aphis gossypii and thrips palmi and yield of eggplant. Am. J. Exp. Agric., 9: 1-10.
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  21. Ewusi-Mensah, N., V. Logah and E.J. Akrasi, 2014. Impact of different systems of manure management on the quality of cow dung. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 46: 137-147.
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  22. Danso, I., B.N. Nuertey, F. Danso, S.A. Okyere and E. Andoh-Mensah et al., 2014. The economics of using phosphate rock under matured oil palm in the semi-deciduous forest zone in Ghana. Res. J. Applied Sci. Eng. Technol., 7: 210-213.
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  23. Logah, V., F.K.M. Tetteh, E.Y. Safo, C. Quansah and I. Danso, 2011. Comparative evaluation of short term organic carbon sequestration under different nutrient managements during cropping cycles on a Ferric Acrisol in Ghana. Proceedings of the International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation, June 17-19, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp: 308-312.
  24. Logah, V., E.Y. Safo and C. Quansah, 2011. Evaluation of nitrogen mineralization dynamics following amendments application under cropping systems on a ferric acrisol in Ghana. Int. J. Env. Sci. Dev., 2: 133-137.
  25. Logah, V., 2011. Chemical properties of maize residues under application of organic and inorganic nutrient sources. Int. J. Env. Sci. Dev., 2: 344-349.
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  26. Ewusi-Mensah, N., V. Logah and J.O. Fening, 2011. Short-term effects of organic and inorganic fertilizer applications on soil microbial properties. South Asian J. Exp. Biol., 1: 202-207.
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  27. Logah, V., E.Y. Safo, C. Quansah and I. Danso, 2010. Soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics under different amendments and cropping systems in the Semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana. West Afr. J. Applied Ecol., 17: 121-133.
  28. Danso, I., B.N. Nuertey, T.E.O. Asamoah, F.M. Tetteh and F. Danso et al., 2010. The effect of rock phosphate on soil nutrient dynamics, growth, development and yield of oil palm in the Semi-deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana. J. Sci. Technol., 30: 30-44.
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