Browsing Research Articles (Plant Production and Soil Science) by Title

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  • Differential acclimation capacity to frost in sugarcane varieties grown under field conditions 
    Van Heerden, Philippus Daniel Riekert (Springer, 2014-03)
    In certain sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) production regions of the world, including South Africa, frost frequently occurs. Great demand exists for frost tolerant sugarcane varieties as production in these areas could ...
  • Differential metabolic reprogramming in paenibacillus alvei-primed sorghum bicolor seedlings in response to fusarium pseudograminearum infection 
    Carlson, Rene; Tugizimana, Fidele; Steenkamp, Paul A.; Dubery, Ian A.; Labuschagne, Nico (MDPI, 2019-07)
    Metabolic changes in sorghum seedlings in response to Paenibacillus alvei (NAS-6G6)-induced systemic resistance against Fusarium pseudograminearum crown rot were investigated by means of untargeted ultra-high performance ...
  • Diseases of eucalypts in Paraguay and first report of Teratosphaeria zuluensis from South America 
    Silva, Ximena; Roux, Jolanda; Asiegbu, Fred O. (MDPI, 2020-09)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The global forest economy is threatened by eucalypt pathogens which are often latent or cryptic species that escape common quarantine and detection methods. Plantation forestry using eucalypts ...
  • Distance decay 2.0 – a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities 
    Graco-Roza, Caio; Aarnio, Sonja; Abrego, Nerea; Acosta, Alicia T.R.; Alahuhta, Janne; Altman, Jan; Angiolini, Claudia; Aroviita, Jukka; Attorre, Fabio; Baastrup-Spohr, Lars; Barrera-Alba, Jose J.; Belmaker, Jonathan; Biurrun, Idoia; Bonari, Gianmaria; Bruelheide, Helge; Burrascano, Sabina; Carboni, Marta; Cardoso, Pedro; Carvalho, Jose C.; Castaldelli, Giuseppe; Correa, Gilsineia; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jurgen; Dolezal, Jiri; Domingos, Patricia; Eros, Tibor; Ferreira, Carlos E.L.; Filibeck, Goffredo; Floeter, Sergio R.; Friedlander, Alan M.; Gammal, Johanna; Gavioli, Anna; Gossner, Martin M.; Granot, Itai; Guarino, Riccardo; Gustafsson, Camilla; Hayden, Brian; He, Siwen; Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob; Heino, Jani; Hunter, John T.; Huszar, Vera L. M.; Janisova, Monika; Jyrkankallio-Mikkola, Jenny; Kahilainen, Kimmo K.; Kemppinen, Julia; Kozub, Lukasz; Kulbiki, Michel; Kuzemko, Anna; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; De Lima, Domenica Teixeira; Lopez-Urrutia, Angel; Lukacs, Balazs A.; Luoto, Miska; Mammola, Stefano; Marinho, Marcelo M.; Menezes, Luciana S.; Milardi, Marco; Miranda, Marcela; Moser, Gleyci A.O.; Mueller, Joerg; Niittynen, Pekka; Norkko, Alf; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Ometto, Jean P.; Ovaskainen, Otso; Overbeck, Gerhard E.; Pacheco, Felipe S.; Pajunen, Virpi; Palpurina, Salza; Picazo, Felix; Campos, Juan Antonio; Rodil, Iván F.; Sabatini, Francesco M.; Salingre, Shira; De Sanctis, Michele; Segura, Angel M.; Da Silva, Lucia H.S.; Stevanovic, Zora D.; Swacha, Grzegorz; Teittinen, Anette; Tolonen, Kimmo T.; Tsiripidis, Ioannis; Virta, Leena; Wang, Beixin; Wang, Jianjun; Weisser, Wolfgang; Xu, Yuan; Soininen, Janne (Wiley, 2022-07)
    AIM : Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β-diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β-diversity is to evaluate directional variation ...
  • Distribution of alternaria leaf blight of sunflowers caused by Alternaria alternata in South Africa 
    Kgatle, Mahlane Godfrey; Flett, Bradley; Truter, Mariëtte; Ramusi, Moses; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry) (Kassel University Press, 2019)
    Alternaria leaf blight (ALB) has been shown in recent years to be one of the major potential disease threats of sunflower capable of causing yield losses in all major production areas. The aim of this study was to determine ...
  • Distribution of microarthropods across altitude and aspect in the sub-Antarctic : climate change implications for an isolated oceanic island 
    Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Acarologia, 2018-09-28)
    Current climate change is altering the distribution of species across both broad and fine scales. Examining contemporary species distributions along altitudinal gradients is one approach to predicting species future ...
  • Disturbance impacts on the persistence niche of key species in the Baikiaea–Guibourtia–Pterocarpus woodlands of north-western Zimbabwe 
    Chichinye, Angella; Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes; Chirwa, Paxie W. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2022)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Diterpenoids from the leaves of Casearia kurzii showing cytotoxic activities 
    Liang, Yue; Zhang, Qi; Yang, Xueyuan; Li, Ying; Zhang, Xuke; Li, Yuhao; Du, Qing; Jin, Da-Qing; Cui, Jianlin; Lall, Namrita; Tuerhong, Muhetaer; Lee, Dongho; Abudukeremu, Munira; Xu, Jing; Shuai, Ling; Guo, Yuanqiang (Elsevier, 2020-05)
    A phytochemical investigation to obtain bioactive substances as lead compounds or agents for cancer led to the obtainment of six new and two known clerodane diterpenoids from the leaves of Casearia kurzii. Their structures ...
  • Diversity and seasonality of fungal communities in soil from the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa 
    Pieterse, Zelda; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Jacobs, Adriana; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    The fungal rhizosphere communities associated with soil surrounding Aizoaceae plants in the Namaqua National Park in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa, were analysed by culture-dependent and ...
  • Diversity of Cladobotryum mycophilum isolates associated with cobweb disease of Agaricus bisporus in the south African mushroom industry 
    Chakwiya, Alinesi; Van der Linde, E.J.; Chidamba, Lizyben; Korsten, Lise (Springer, 2019-07)
    Cladobotryum species and strain diversity of isolates collected from cobweb symptomatic Agaricus bisporus or infected casing soil were investigated due to increased incidences of the disease in the South African mushroom ...
  • Do NO, N2O, N2 and CO2 fluxes differ in soils sourced from cropland and varying riparian buffer vegetation? An incubation study 
    Dlamini, Jerry Celumusa; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Verbeeck, M.; Loick, N.; Louro-Lopez, A.; Hawkins, J.M.B.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Dunn, R.M.; Collins, A.L.; Cardenas, L.M. (Wiley, 2024-01)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Dodder, die plantdoder - probleemplante (Deel 11) 
    Reinhardt, Carl Frederick (Charlie); Truter, Wayne Frederick (Plaas Publishing, 2012-12)
    Dodder (genus Cuscuta) dek om en by 100 tot 170 parasitiese spesies wêreldwyd. Dit behoort aan die Convolvulaceae- plantfamilie. Dit kom oor die hele wêreld voor en is by gematigde, subtropiese en tropiese toestande aangepas. ...
  • Does allelopathy explain the invasiveness of Campuloclinium macrocephalum (pompom weed) in the South African grassland biome? 
    Goodall, Jeremy; Witkowski, Ed T.F.; Ammann, Sigrun; Reinhardt, Carl Frederick (Charlie) (Springer, 2010-10)
    Campuloclinium macrocephalum is an Asteraceous alien weed that invades roadside vegetation and grassland in South Africa. The role of allelopathy and competition in its invasiveness was investigated using Eragrostis curvula ...
  • Does land use type impact the demographic and spatial structures of Adansonia digitata L. in the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari in Northern Benin? 
    Assogba, Orgely Doris Imeilda; Salako, Kolawole Valere; Fantodji, Benjamin; Assede, Emeline Sessi Pelagie; Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem; Chirwa, Paxie W. (CIRAD, 2020-06)
    Changes in land use type (LUT) are a major driver of biodiversity loss and species decline. Responses to changes in LUT are species-specific, which may in turn be context-dependent. Understanding such responses is ...
  • Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Berger, David Kenneth; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Lim, Hye-Jin; Duong, Tuan A.; Bluhm, Burton H.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; De Vos, Lieschen; Fourie, Gerda; Naidoo, Kershney; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Van de Peer, Yves; Joubert, Fourie; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Swart, Velushka; Soal, Nicole Christine; Tatham, Catherine; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2017-11-21)
    The genomes of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens, and Ophiostoma ips are presented in this genome announcement. Three of these genomes are from plant pathogens and ...
  • Drought and heat affect common bean minerals and human diet—what we know and where to go 
    Losa, Alessia; Vorster, Barend Juan; Cominelli, Eleonora; Sparvoli, Francesca; Paolo, Dario; Sala, Tea; Ferrari, Marika; Carbonaro, Marina; Marconi, Stefania; Camilli, Emanuela; Reboul, Emmanuelle; Waswa, Boaz; Ekesa, Beatrice; Aragao, Francisco; Kunert, Karl J. (Wiley, 2022-02)
    Global climate change, causing large parts of the world to become drier with longer drought periods, severely affects production of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The bean is worldwide the most produced and consumed ...
  • Drought stress responses in soybean roots and nodules 
    Kunert, Karl J.; Vorster, Barend Juan; Fenta, Berhanu A.; Kibido, Tsholofelo Reineth; Dionisio, Giuseppe; Foyer, Christine H. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-07-12)
    Drought is considered to be a major threat to soybean production worldwide and yet our current understanding of the effects of drought on soybean productively is largely based on studies on above-ground traits. Although ...
  • The dual-purpose use of orange-fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas var. Bophelo) for improved nutritional food security 
    Nyathi, Melvin K.; Du Plooy, Christiaan Phillipus; Van Halsema, Gerardo E.; Stomph, Tjeerd Jan; Annandale, John George; Struik, Paul C. (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) leaves can be utilised as a fresh green leafy vegetable, in addition to the traditional use of storage root; therefore, OFSP can be seen as a “dual-purpose’’ crop. We hypothesized that ...
  • Dung beetle activity improves herbaceous plant growth and soil properties on confinements simulating reclaimed mined land in South Africa 
    Badenhorst, Jessica; Dabrowski, Jacqueline; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Truter, Wayne Frederick (Elsevier, 2018-12)
    Mining activities contribute greatly to economic growth and development in South Africa. However, post-mining soils have limited land-use potential due to low fertility, deficiency in organic matter content and poor physical, ...
  • A dynamic, web-based resource to identify rust fungi (Pucciniales) in southern Africa 
    McTaggart, Alistair R.; Beasley, Dean R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wood, Alan R.; Pretorius, Zakkie A.; Drenth, Andre; Shivas, Roger G.; Roux, Jolanda (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-09-15)
    Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are some of the most important plant pathogens that cause diseases of agricultural and tree crops. There are approximately 8,000 described species worldwide. The rust fungi of South Africa were ...