A5016608647- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Pineapple and bromelain studies
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
- Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
- Plant responses to water stress
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
Agricultural Research Council of South Africa
2019-2025
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2020-2023
Improvement Service
2020
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2006-2016
South African Sugarcane Research Institute
2015-2016
Plant regeneration through indirect organogenesis was obtained from pieces of in vitro shoots, produced on semi-solid and RITA® systems, Eucalyptus grandis E. × urophylla clones. Pieces shoots (with axillary buds removed) developed callus when cultured MS salts vitamins, 30 g l− 1 sucrose, 4 Gelrite, 5 mg IAA 0.25 BAP. This callus, although small amounts, formed the same medium. Rooting achieved regenerated were presence 1/4 MS, 15 0.1 biotin, calcium pantothenate, 0.5 IBA l Gelrite for...
To-date, assessments of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) sugarcane have not included the contribution its components, uptake (NUpE) and utilization (NUtE). This study determined these values, based on biomass plant (N) content, in two four-month-old pot-grown genotypes. The treatments six N regimes, with nitrate (NO3—N) or ammonium (NH4+-N) supplied alone, as NO3−-N for first 6 weeks then NH4+-N until harvest, each 4 20 mM. Regardless form, NUE was higher at four than mM due to significantly...
Although a profusion of indigenous fruits occur in South Africa, knowledge their uses lies mainly with the local people. This study was aimed at filling void scientific literature by investigating nutritional value and characteristics lesser known wild fruit, Kei apple (Dovyalis caffra). The colour assessed, addition to chemical (total soluble phenolics, protein, volatiles, antioxidants) fruits. results indicate that fruit is rich source amino acids good antioxidant properties. Although,...
Molecular techniques have developed from using isozymes as markers to the latest technologies involving DNA and RNA sequencing. The application of molecular in litchi research has paralleled technological advancements field. Marker been undertaken for a range applications including cultivar verification, establishing degree genetic diversity populations/collections, developing core-subsets breeding, determination parentage, etc. In recent years, development New Plant Breeding Technologies...
Livestock farming with sheep represents an important income stream. With climate change, domestic are being exposed to heat stress which can have adverse effects on growth. Here, data regarding behaviour in response high temperature was analysed using the Euclidean distance method integrate all variables into a single representative outcome that could summarize behaviour. We studied of two shepherding conditions either or without provision shade. The number animals eating grass, ruminating...
SummaryThe present study reports the development of in vitro micropropagation protocols for Ekebergia capensis Sparrm., a species that produces unstorable recalcitrant (non-orthodox) seeds. Suitable were established shoots generated from nodal segments excised vitro-germinated seedlings, and adventitious intact roots. Difficulties experienced when attempts made to micropropagate germplasm saplings. The developed have important applications conservation (cryopreservation clonal...