• Facilitating the recovery of natural evergreen forests in South Africa via invader plant stands 

  Geldenhuys, C.J. (Coert Johannes); Atsame-Edda, Angeline; Mugure, M.W. (Margaret) (SpringerOpen, 2017-12)

  Contrary to general belief, planted and naturalized stands of introduced species facilitate the recovery of natural evergreen forests and their diversity. Forest rehabilitation actions are often performed at great cost: ...
• Comparing the usefulness and applicability of different water footprint methodologies for sustainable water management in agriculture 

  Le Roux, Betsie; Van der Laan, Michael; Gush, Mark B.; Bristow, K.L. (Keith) (Wiley, 2018-12)

  The lack of sustainability of our water resources threatens food security in many places worldwide. Different water footprint (WF) methodologies were investigated for their ability to improve water management at various ...
• Impact of ripeness on the infection and colonisation of Penicillium digitatum and P-expansum on plum 

  Louw, Johannes Petrus; Korsten, Lise (Elsevier, 2019-03)

  Penicillium digitatum was recently identified as a postharvest pathogen of plum. Little is known of this host-pathogen association. Disease occurrence and severity was higher on older fruit. This study aimed to determine ...
• Isolation of flavonoids and flavonoid glycosides from Myrsine africana and their inhibitory activities against mushroom tyrosinase 

  Kishore, Navneet; Twilley, Danielle; Blom van Staden, Analike; Verma, Praveen; Singh, Bikram; Cardinali, Giorgia; Kovacs, Daniela; Picardo, Mauro; Kumar, Vivek; Lall, Namrita (American Chemical Society, 2018-01)

  Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanol extract of the shoots of Myrsine africana led to the isolation of the new compound myricetin 3-O-(2″,4″-di-O-acetyl)-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (9) and 11 known compounds. The known ...
• The effect of land use change and management on the vegetation characteristics and termite distribution in Malawian Miombo woodland agroecosystem 

  Nyirenda, Harrington; Assédé, E.P.S. (Eméline); Chirwa, Paxie W.; Geldenhuys, C.J. (Coert Johannes); Nsubuga, F.W.N. (Francis Wasswa Nkugwa) (Springer, 2019-02)

  Different land uses result in different vegetation condition and macro-fauna distribution in a landscape. Information on land use condition is paramount for development of strategies that enhance biodiversity conservation ...
• Restoration potential of invaded abandoned agricultural fields : what does the seed bank tell us? 

  Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); Delport, Christopher; Kakembo, Vincent; Mashiane, K.K. (Katlego); Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Wiley, 2019-01)

  Soil seed banks can play an important role in the restoration of degraded ecosystems, especially where indigenous species are well represented in, and invasive species are largely absent from, the seed bank. Here, we studied ...
• Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic evaluation of two underutilised food plants : Averrhoa bilimbi L. (Oxalidaceae) and Phyllanthus acidus L. Skeels (Phyllanthaceae) 

  Seebaluck-Sandoram, Roumita; Lall, Namrita; Fibrich, Bianca; Blom van Staden, Analike; Saleem, Hammad; Mahomoodally, Mohamad Fawzi (Elsevier, 2019-03)

  Averrhoa bilimbi (P1) and Phyllantus acidus (P2) are traditionally used in the management of various diseases in several cultures. Leaf (L) and fruit (F) extracts (decoction, hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate- EtOAc ...
• Control of Alternaria leaf spot of coriander in organic farming 

  Mangwende, E.; Kritzinger, Quenton; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry) (Springer, 2019-02)

  Increased consumer awareness on the means of production of food in recent decades has intensified pressure for growth of organic farming particularly for its benefit on the environment due to minimal use of synthetic ...
• Learning strategies for first-year biology : toward moving the “murky middle” 

  Kritzinger, Angelique; Lemmens, Juan-Claude; Potgieter, Marietjie (American Society for Cell Biology, 2018-09-01)

  Higher education faces the challenge of high student attrition, which is especially disconcerting if associated with low participation rates, as is the case in South Africa. Recently, the use of learning analytics has ...
• Growth, phenological, and yield response of upland rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Nerica 4®) to water stress during different growth stages 

  Alou, I.N.; Steyn, J.M. (Joachim Marthinus), 1963-; Annandale, J.G. (John George), 1959-; Van der Laan, Michael (Elsevier, 2018-02)

  Rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in uplands is exposed to variable soil water conditions and unpredictable periods of water stress (WS). The study was conducted to determine the impacts of WS imposed at different phenological ...
• Water footprints of vegetable crop wastage along the supply chain in Gauteng, South Africa 

  Le Roux, Betsie; Van der Laan, Michael; Vahrmeijer, J.T.; Annandale, J.G. (John George), 1959-; Bristow, Keith L. (MDPI Publishing, 2018)

  Food production in water-scarce countries like South Africa will become more challenging in the future because of the growing population and intensifying water shortages. Reducing food wastage is one way of addressing ...
• Growth, development, leaf gaseous exchange, and grain yield response of maize cultivars to drought and flooding stress 

  Mangani, Robert; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Bellocchi, Gianni; Hassen, Abubeker (MDPI Publishing, 2018-09-29)

  The prevalence of extreme drought and flooding is posing a threat to the food security of Sub-Saharan African countries. There are national and international calls for actions to investigate the level of resilience of ...
• Elemental assessment of vegetation via portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry 

  McGladdery, Candice; Weindorf, David C.; Chakraborty, Somsubhra; Li, Bin; Paulette, Laura; Podar, Dorina; Pearson, Delaina; Kusi, Nana Yaw O.; Duda, Bogdan (Elsevier, 2018-03)

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• Structural characterization, reproductive phenology and anthropogenic disturbance of mangroves in Costa do Sol, Bons Sinais Estuary and Pemba-Metuge from Mozambique 

  Amade, F.M.C. (Faura); Chirwa, Paxie W.; Falcão, Mario P.; Oosthuizen, C.J. (Carel) (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  Mangrove forests are among the most important ecosystems with high ecological and economic value. In order to better understand and conserve this ecosystem, we aim to provide an overview of mangrove structure along the ...
• Socio-economic factors influencing land-use and land-cover changes in the miombo woodlands of the Copperbelt province in Zambia 

  Handavu, Ferdinand; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Syampungani, Stephen (Elsevier, 2019-03)

  This study examined socio-economic factors that influence land-use and land-cover dynamics in the Copperbelt miombo woodlands of Zambia. Data were collected through household surveys and focus group discussions. All ...
• The effect of natural long-term packaging methods on antioxidant components and malondialdehyde content and seed viability Moringa oleifera oilseed 

  Fotouo Makouate, Helene; Vorster, Barend Juan; Du Toit, Elsa Sophia; Robbertse, P.J. (Petrus Johannes), 1932- (Elsevier, 2018-11)

  There have been increased interest to propagate Moringa oleifera because of its multipurpose uses. However there are still no appropriate guidelines for long-term storage of Moringa seed because diverse results are reported ...
• Application of chloroplast phylogenomics to resolve species relationships within the plant genus Amaranthus 

  Viljoen, Erika; Odeny, Damaris A.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Berger, David Kenneth; Rees, David J.G. (Springer, 2018-04)

  Amaranthus species are an emerging and promising nutritious traditional vegetable food source. Morphological plasticity and poorly resolved dendrograms have led to the need for well resolved species phylogenies. We ...
• Genetic diversity of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) in the Americas and Hawaii : global implications for invasive threat assessments 

  Stewart, J.E.; Ross-Davis, A.L.; Graҫa, R.N.; Alfenas, A.C.; Peever, T.L.; Hanna, J.W.; Uchida, J.Y.; Hauff, R.D.; Kadooka, C.Y.; Kim, M.-S.; Cannon, P.G.; Namba, S.; Simeto, S.; Pérez, C.A.; Rayamajhi, M.B.; Lodge, D.J.; Arguedas, M.; Medel-Ortiz, R.; López-Ramirez, M.A.; Tennant, P.; Glen, M.; Machado, P.S.; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Carnegie, A.J.; Klopfenstein, N.B. (Wiley, 2018-02)

  Since the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) was first reported (as Puccinia psidii) in Brazil on guava (Psidium guajava) in 1884, it has been found infecting diverse myrtaceous species. Because A. psidii has ...
• The effect of seeding densities on old cultivated fields in Marakele National Park, Thabazimbi, South Africa 

  Van Staden, Piet J.; Bredenkamp, George J.; Bezuidenhout, Hugo; Brown, Leslie R. (Wiley, 2018-06)

  Large areas of the bushveld bioregion are converted from natural rangeland to cultivated fields for economic purposes. Conversion of grasslands to agricultural land alters the vegetation structure, plant species composition ...

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