Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Laker, Michiel Christiaan"

Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Laker, Michiel Christiaan"

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  • Conservation agriculture farming systems in rainfed annual crop production in South Africa 
    Van Antwerpen, R.; Laker, Michiel Christiaan; Beukes, D.J.; Botha, J.J.; Collett, A.; Du Plessis, M. (Informa UK Limited and NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2021)
    South Africa is, relative to the rest of the world, a water scarce country with a limited amount of arable land, especially land with a long-term sustainable agricultural production potential. Agriculture should therefore ...
  • Conservation agriculture in rainfed annual crop production in South Africa 
    Strauss, J.A.; Swanepoel, P.A.; Laker, Michiel Christiaan; Smith, H.J. (Informa UK Limited and NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2021)
    Pressures from population growth, changing diets and climate change are driving transformation of our global food production to ensure more efficient, reliable and sustainable production. In South Africa, arable land for ...
  • Quantifying the impact of off-road driving on root-area distribution in soils 
    Nortje, Gerhardus P.; Van Hoven, Wouter; Laker, Michiel Christiaan; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce); Louw, Michelle Anne (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2016-04)
    Studies on the effects of off-road driving on soils were conducted in the Makuleke Contractual Park of the Kruger National Park. The studies were conducted on three different soils with different textures and soil ...
  • Review of existing knowledge on soil crusting in South Africa 
    Laker, Michiel Christiaan; Nortje, Gerhardus Petrus (Elsevier, 2019)
    Soil crusting (surface sealing) is a widespread and serious problem throughout all nine provinces of South Africa and in neighboring countries, like Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It is a problem in extensive ...
  • Review of existing knowledge on subsurface soil compaction in South Africa 
    Laker, Michiel Christiaan; Nortje, Gerhardus P. (Elsevier, 2020)
    This paper reviews the existing knowledge on subsurface compaction in South Africa. Subsurface soil compaction is an extremely widespread and serious problem throughout all nine provinces of South Africa and neighboring ...