Desmond Darko Asiedu

PhD Candidate (He/His)

Desmond is a specializing in Plant Breeding and Genetics. His expertise includes maize breeding, quantitative genetics, machine learning, and predictive breeding. His research focuses on unraveling the genetic architecture of Fusarium stalk rot using testcrosses derived from European maize landraces.

Research Interests

Fusarium diseases in maize.
Predictive breeding.
Genomic wide association studies.

Publications

Main Publications

Asiedu, D.D.; Akohoue, F.; Frank, S.; Koch, S.; Lieberherr, B.; Oyiga, B.; Kessel, B.; Presterl, T.; Miedaner, T. Comparison of four inoculation methods and three Fusarium species for phenotyping stalk rot resistance among 22 maize hybrids (Zea mays). Plant Pathology 2024, 73, 1060–1071, doi:10.1111/ppa.13874.