Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Labuschagne, N
MSc(Agric) DSc(Agric)(Pret) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3282
Fax number: 012 420 4588
E-mail address: nlabusch@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Hydroponic pathology
Integrated disease management
Soilborne disease
Phytonematology
Biochemical aspects of the quality and health properties of tea
Biocontrol of plant diseases
A survey and study of the plant pathogens reducing yields of indigenous food crops and the transmission and control of these pathogens
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N, Tamo M: 2006. Biocontrol agents in combination with Moringa oleifera extract for integrated control of Sclerotium-caused cowpea damping-off and stem rot. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 115, pp 409 - 418.
Coyne D, Tchabi A, Baimey H, Labuschagne N, Rotifa I: 2006. Distribution and prevalence of nematodes Scutellonema bradys and Meloidogyne spp.) on marketed yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa. Field Crops Research, 96 (1), pp 142-150.
Baimey H, Coyne D, Labuschagne N: 2006. Effect of fertiliser application on yam nematode (Scutellonema bradys) multiplication and consequent damage to yam (Dioscoreaspp.) under field and storage conditions in Benin. International Journal of Pest Management, 52 (1), pp 63-70.
Athman SY, Dubois T, Viljoen A, Coyne D, Labuschagne N, Ragama P, Gold C, Niere B: 2006. In vitro antagonism of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum isolates against the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Nematology, 8 (4), pp 627-636.
Nel B, Steinberg C, Labuschagne N, Viljoen A: 2006. Isolation and characterization of nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates from the rhizosphere of healthy banana plants. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 207-216.
Nel B, Steinberg C, Labuschagne N, Viljoen A: 2006. The potential of nonpathogenic< I>Fusarium oxysporum and other biological control organisms for suppressing fusarium wilt of banana. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 217-223.
Kaiser C, van der Merwe R, Bekker T, Labuschagne N: 2006. In-vitro inhibition of mycelial growth of several phytopathogenic fungi by soluble potassium silicate. South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 23 (3), pp 169-172.
Chapters in books:
Labuschagne N, Joubert D: 2006. Profile Modification as a Means of Soil Improvement: Promoting Root Health through Deep Tillage. In Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems, Taylor & Franscis Group, pp 547-558.
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