Michael O. Adu
- Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2015per ORCID
Publishing since 2010, latest 2026
I'm interested in rhizosphere interactions and mechanisms underlying resource acquisition and utilisation by crops. My research also focuses on agronomic practices that enhance availability and acquisition of resources by crops in low-input farming systems. From ORCID
- Plant Science
- Soil Science
- Ecology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Food Science
In their own words
- Agriculture
- Agronomy
- Ecophysiology
- Plant nutrition
- Plant breeding
- Plant Roots
- Phenotyping
- Rhizosphere
- Abiotic Stress
- Crop Physiology
- Publications
- 832010–2026
- Citations
- 1,383to those papers
- h-index
- 21i10-index 35
- Field-weighted impact
- 1.651.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 21%14 of 66 scored papers
- Open access
- 68%45 of the 66 whose access is recorded
13 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 1,824 citations, h-index 25 and i10-index 42 (1,343 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 14, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
By year
Papers, and the citations to them
Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress
Positions
- Lecturer, Crop ScienceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2015
Education
- MSc / PhD, BiosciencesUniversity of Nottingham2009–2014
- MSc / PhD, BiosciencesUniversity of Nottingham2009–2014
Publications
83 in all
- Characterising shoot and root system trait variability and contribution to genotypic variability in juvenile cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) plants
2018HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding44 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00665
- Systematic review of the effects of agricultural interventions on food security in northern Ghana