• An analysis of the behavioural persistence of tree-growing farmers in the Sudano-Sahelian Region of Cameroon 

  Chia, Eugene Loh; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Nsubuga, Francis Wasswa Nkugwa (Springer, 2024)

  Tree-growing support programs are being implemented widely to enhance farmers’ involvement in land restoration schemes. However, the reasons why farmers will continue to engage in restoration activities when support programs ...
• Maize yield response to nitrate leaching at early growth stage under crop and site-specific biosolid application 

  Ogbenna, Chioma Vivian; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  Biosolid applications based on crop nitrogen (N) demand have been widely adopted to attenuate nitrate leaching. However, due to the dependence of N supply on the mineralization rate and the early release of the majority ...
• Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis on eucalypts in Indonesia 

  Tarigan, Marthin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Marpaung, Yosep MAN; Durán, Alvaro; Pham, Nam Q. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)

  Several economically important pathogens, including species of Chrysoporthe, pose a threat to the rapidly expanding eucalypt plantation industry in Southeast Asia. During 2019 disease surveys in Riau and Kalimantan ...
• Promoting adoption of soil health related regenerative agriculture practices amongst small-scale sugarcane grower communities in South Africa 

  Van Antwerpen, R.; Watt, Derek A.; Gillespie, W.; Van Heerden, Philippus D.R. (Springer, 2024-04)

  The term ‘regenerative agriculture’ describes a rehabilitation and conservation approach to farming, which aims to enhance the sustainability of production. The approach consists of an array of practices that focus on the ...
• Aquatic mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Sub-Saharan Africa : status, impacts, and interventions 

  Mulenga, Mary; Ouma, Kennedy O.; Monde, Concillia; Syampungani, Stephen (MDPI, 2024-03)

  Mercury (Hg) pollution remains an environmental global concern due to its non-degradable and toxic nature. Natural and anthropogenic sources of Hg adversely affect the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and biological ...
• Multilocus sequence and phenotypic analysis of Pectobacterium and Dickeya type strains for identification of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae from symptomatic potato stems and tubers in Pennsylvania 

  Mainello-Land, Amanda M.; Bibi, Shaheen; Gugino, Beth; Bull, Carolee T. (Elsevier, 2024-01)

  Outbreaks of potato blackleg and soft rot caused by Pectobacterium species and more recently Dickeya species across the U.S. mid-Atlantic region have caused yield loss due to poor emergence as well as losses from stem and ...
• Validation of a simple canopy conductance model for estimating transpiration of different citrus species under non-limiting soil water conditions 

  Shongwe, Ncamsile Smangele; Taylor, N.J. (Nicolette); Annandale, J.G. (John George), 1959- (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2023-07)

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• Transpiration rates from mature Eucalyptus grandis  ×  E. nitens clonal hybrid and Pinus elliottii plantations near the Two Streams Research Catchment, South Africa 

  Kaptein, Nkosinathi David; Everson, Colin Stuart; Clulow, Alistair David; Toucher, Michele Lynn; Germishuizen, Ilaria (Copernicus Publications, 2023-12)

  Pine plantations are the dominant species currently planted within the South African commercial forestry industry. Improvements in bio-economy markets for dissolving wood pulp products have seen an expansion in fast-growing ...
• Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes in permanent upslope pasture and downslope riparian buffers with varying vegetation 

  Dlamini, Jerry Celumusa; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Dunn, R.; Evans, J.; Hawkins, Jane; Blackwell, Martin; Collins, Adrian; Cardenas, Laura (Wiley, 2023-08)

  BACKGROUND : Riparian buffers are primarily implemented for their water quality functions in agroecosystems. Their location in the agricultural landscape allows them to intercept and process pollutants from immediately ...
• Vegetation response to grazing and drought (13 yr) in a conservation area in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa 

  Geldenhuys, Conrad; Van der Merwe, Helga; Van Rooyen, M.W. (Margaretha W.), 1950- (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  Rangelands of arid ecosystems are driven by internal and external environmental controls. Grazing pressure is an important anthropogenic driver, but stochastic environmental events such as rainfall variability and prolonged ...
• Low-cost agroforestry technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa : a review 

  Assede, Emeline S.P.; Biaou, Samadori S.H.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Tonouéwa, Jesugnon F.M.F.; Velarde, Eduardo Valdes (Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement, 2023-06)

  Agroforestry encompasses a large set of techniques and practices that have the potential to improve farm productivity with minimum environmental impacts in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation (CCMA). ...
• How to transform Africa’s food system 

  Ogega, Obed M.; Korsten, Lise; Oti-Boateng, Peggy; Odongo, Dorine; Thorn, Jessica (Nature Research, 2024-02)

  In 2021, one in five people in Africa was affected by hunger, and the continent had the highest prevalence of undernourished people globally. We argue that food systems in Africa can be more resilient if their development ...
• The potential of traditional medicinal plants against targets associated with Covid-19 

  Alston, Brandon James; Kok, Anna-Mari; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  Millions of people have been negatively affected by the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic worldwide. Multiple stages characterize Covid-19 infection, initial stages include common symptoms that are milder in nature (fever, ...
• The antithrombotic potential of selected South African plants for venous thromboembolism 

  Denga, Lilitha Lwando; Diedericks, B.; Kok, Anna-Mari; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2024-04)

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• Elimination of yam mosaic virus from yam using an optimized combination of meristem culture and thermotherapy 

  Gogile, Ashebir; Markos, Tigist; Kebede, Misrak; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Abraham, Adane D. (Springer, 2024)

  Vegetatively propagated plants like yam are prone to yield losses by viruses as infection tends to build up in successive cycles of propagation. This study aimed to eliminate yam mosaic virus (YMV) from yam using an optimized ...
• Sugarcane bacilliform viruses in Ethiopia : genetic diversity and transmission by pink sugarcane mealybug 

  Abide, Mereme; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Kebede, Misrak; Abraham, Adane D. (Springer, 2023-11)

  Badnaviruses infecting sugarcane, collectively called sugarcane bacilliform viruses (SCBVs), are reported worldwide and are responsible for causing leaf fleck disease in sugarcane. SCBVs are genetically heterogeneous members ...
• A point-in-time inventory of chikanda orchids within a wild harvesting wetland area in Mwinilunga, Zambia : implications for conservation 

  Tembo, Chimwemwe; Phiri, Ethel Emmarantia; Syampungani, Stephen; Malgas, Rhoda Ronette; Maciejewski, Kristine; Dube, Thembani (Springer, 2024-02)

  Despite continued wild harvesting, there is limited data that provides estimates on the availability of African edible orchids as a resource, and that identifies the ecological drivers of their dynamics. This study was ...
• One-step synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles using cannabidiol: characterisation and cytotoxicity assessment in human keratinocyte cells 

  Josiah, Andrea Jess; Pillai, Sreejarani K.; Cordier, Werner; Nell, Margo Judith; Lall, Namrita; Twilley, Danielle; Ray, Suprakas Sinha (Wiley, 2024-02)

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• A decision support system that considers risk and site specificity in the assessment of irrigation water quality (IrrigWQ) 

  Du Plessis, H.M.; Annandale, J.G. (John George), 1959-; Benad, Nico (MDPI, 2023-11-23)

  Irrigators are increasingly challenged to maintain or even increase production using less water, sometimes of poorer quality, and often from unconventional sources. This paper describes the main features of a newly ...
• The first report of onion yellow dwarf virus infecting onion (Allium cepa) in Ethiopia 

  Abraham, Adane D.; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Holton, Timothy A. (Springer, 2023-05)

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