Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Plant Production and Soil Science
Steyn, JM
MSc Agric (UFS), PhD (Pret) - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3880
Fax number: 012 420 4120
E-mail address: martin.steyn@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Sustainable plant production
Soil water relations and plant water use
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Beletse YG, Annandale JG, Steyn JM, Hall I, Aken ME: 2008. Can crops be irrigated with sodium bicarbonate rich CBM deep aquifer water? Theoretical and field evaluation. Ecological Engineering, 33 (1), pp 26-36.
Eiasu BK, Soundy P, Steyn JM: 2008. High irrigation frequency and brief water stress before harvest enhances essential oil yield of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium capitatum x P. radens). Hortscience, 43 (2), pp 500-504.
Eiasu BK, Steyn JM, Soundy P: 2008. Growth and essential oil yield of rose-scented geranium (Pleargonium capitatum x P. radens 'Rose') as affected by withholding irrigation at different times during regrowth. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 36 (4), p. 285 294.
Geremew E, Steyn JM, Annandale JG: 2008. Comparison between traditional and scientific irrigation scheduling practices for furrow irrigated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Ethiopia. South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 25 (1), pp 42-48, Full Text
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