Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) is not native to Africa. Based on the presence and persistence of A. palmeri populations, its invasive status in southern Africa is classified as “naturalized.” Globally, A. ...

Oxygen is best known as a life-giving gas without which life as we know it, would not be possible. Apart from the oxygen (O2) humans and animals inhale when they breathe and that which plants release during ...

There have been previous calls for, and efforts focused on, realizing the power and potential of weed genomics for better understanding of weeds. Sustained advances in genome sequencing and assembly technologies now make ...

Xanthium behoort tot die Asteraceae- familie wat insluit asters en sonneblomme. Dit is ’n eenjarige plant wat slegs deur middel van saad voortplant. Beide soorte wat hier behandel word, kom van Suid-Amerika (waarskynlik ...

Satansbos, Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav, is ’n uitheemse indringerplant met sy oorsprong in die halfwoestynagtige Amerikas. Die Engelse naam vir satansbos is silverleaf nightshade. Dit het die vermoë om vinnig te ...

Sekelbos, oftewel Dichrostachys cinerea, is 'n inheemse plant wat waardevolle weiding en harde, duursame hout voorsien. Daar is twee subspesies van Dichrostachys cinerea : subspesie africana (variëteit africana en variëteit ...

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Wetenskaplikes op die gebied van plantekologie het tot die 1970’s die unieke spesiesamestelling van verskillende plantgemeenskappe hoofsaaklik toegeskryf aan: • Kompetisie tussen plante vir water, lig en ...

The term ‘wicked’ weed is borrowed from the field of sociology where a wicked problem is defined as one without clear causes or solutions, and thus difficult or impossible to solve (Shaw, 2016, Weed Science: Special Issue, ...