Book of Abstracts - 2016

Compiled by:  Margaret Sraku-Lartey and Stella Britwum Acquah
This publication is a compilation of articles written by CSIR-FORIG Scientists in 2016. The aim is to bring these articles together in one publication so that colleague Scientists can be made aware of them. The publication is for non-commercial purposes and all sources have been duly acknowledged. Some articles accepted in 2016 but published in early 2017 however have been included. Others were submitted in 2016 but were back dated by the publishers due to publication challenges.

A total of 44 journal articles were published by scientists of CSIR-FORIG in peer reviewed journals worldwide. Some articles were joint publications with partners and colleagues others were sole publications by Scientists. The names of each CSIR-FORIG Scientists have been highlighted in the citations. All sources have been duly acknowledged and follow the publishers’ guidelines on the re-use of their journal articles

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Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

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