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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Production and Soil Science

Sustainable plant production - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Wu HC, du Toit ES: 2010. Effects of temperature, light conditions and gibberellic acid on the in vitro germination of Protea cynaroides L. embryos. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9 (47) / Nov, pp 8032-8037, Full Text

Quinion A, Chirwa PW, Akinnifesi FK, Ajayi OC: 2010. Do agroforestry technologies improve the livelihoods of the resource poor farmers? Evidence from Kasungu and Machinga districts of Malawi. Agroforestry Systems, 80, pp 457-465.

Ferreira MI, Reinhardt CF: 2010. Field assessment of crop residues for allelopathic effects on both crops and weeds. Agronomy Journal, 102 (6), pp 1593-1600.

Benchabane M, Schluter U, Vorster BJ, Goulet M, Michaud D: 2010. Plant cystatins. Biochimie, 92, pp 1657-1666.

Goodall J, Witkowski TF, Ammann S, Reinhardt CF: 2010. Does allelopathy explain the invasiveness of Campuloclinium macrocephalum (pompom weed) in the South African grassland biome?. Biological Invasions, 12, pp 3497-3512.

Robbertse PJ, Grobbelaar N, du Toit ES: 2010. Origin of the coleorhiza in cycad seedlings and its structural homology with that of the poaceae. Botanical Review, 77 (1), pp 1-10.

Rakaumbo ZJ, du Toit ES, Soundy P, Olivier J: 2010. Indigenous knowledge system of bush tea from the local people in Venda (2009). Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IAJIKS), 8 (2), pp 158-162.

Stirzaker RJ, Stevens JB, Annandale JG, Steyn JM: 2010. Stages in the adoption of a wetting front detector. Irrigation and Drainage, 59 (4) / Oct, pp 367-376.

Chirwa PW, Ham C, Maphiri S, Balmer M: 2010. Bioenergy use and food preparation practices of two communities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 21 (4), pp 26-31, Full Text

Singels A, Annandale JG, De Jager JM, Schulze RE, Inman-Bamber NG, Durand W, van Rensburg LD, Van Heerden PS, Crosby CT, Green GC, Steyn JM: 2010. Modelling crop growth and crop water relations in South Africa: Past achievements and lessons for the future. Plant and Soil, 27 (1), pp 49-65.

Janse van Rensburg NG, Claassens AS, Beukes DJ: 2010. Evaluation of the effect of soil acidity amelioration on maize yield and nutrient interrelationships using stepwise regression and nutrient vector analysis. South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 27 (2), pp 117-125, Full Text

Syampungani S, Geldenhuys C, Chirwa PW: 2010. The use of species-stem curves in sampling the development of the Zambian miombo woodland species in charcoal production and slash and burn regrowth stands. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 72 (2), pp 83-89.

 

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