Samuel K. Asiedu

Professor


Email: sasiedu@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 893.6674
Mailing Address: 
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
 

 

Education

  • Ph.D- McGill

Research interests

  • Tuber and Root Crop Ecophysiology
  • Potato Management Systems
  • Postharvest Physiology and Technology
  • Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management in Crops
  • Adaptation Evaluation of New Potato Cultivars
  • Food Safety and Quality
  • Biostimulants in Plant Agriculture

Teaching

  • AGRN3002 - Potato Production
  • PLSC0201 - Technology Project
  • PLSC0203 - Plant Products Physiology
  • RESM4008 - Plant Science Project - Seminar I
  • RESM4009 - Plant Science Project - Seminar II
  • INTD2000 - Food Systems in the Tropics
  • INTD3000 - Tropical Agriculture

Memberships

  • Canadian Society of Horticultural Science
  • Canadian Society of Animal Science
  • International Society of America
  • Agricultural Institute of Canada
  • Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists

Selected publications

  • Ravishankar P, Rajasekaran R. L, Asiedu S.K, Caldwell C.D, Adams A. 2006. Influence of Plant Population and Canopy volume on Greenshoulders (GS) and Internal Greening in Carrots (Daucus carota var. sativus). Sci Hortic (Submitted)
  • Ravishankar P, Rajasekaran R. L, Caldwell C.D, Asiedu S.K, Adams A. 2006. Role of Light and Etiolation in Triggering and Modulating Greenshoulders (GS) and Internal Greening in Carrots (Daucus carota var. sativus). Sci Hortic (Submitted)
  • Ravishankar P, Rajasekaran R. L, Caldwell C.D, Asiedu S.K, Adams A. 2006. Canopy volume and root length influence Greenshoulders (GS) and Internal Greening in Carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus) Genotypes. Sci Hortic (Submitted)
  • Daniels-Lake, Babara J, Prange Robert K, Nowak Jerzy, Asiedu S.K, Walsh John R, 2005. Sprout development and processing quality changes in potato tubers stored under ethylene: 1. Effects of ethylene concentration. American Journal of Potato Research 82:389-397.
  • Eisses R.D, Anglopez M.J, Caldwell C.D, Asiedu, S.K. 2005. Modernization of small farm in West Visayas, Philippines. Part 1. A focus on rice and corn production. Agriculture and Human Values (submitted)