Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) is an important food legume which originated from South America. In South Africa, it is cultivated by smallholder growers mainly in the drought prone Sekhukhune District of Limpopo ...
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) is an important grain legume that originated in the Indian sub-continent. In South Africa, it is grown either as single plants or as a hedge, mainly in Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, and ...
A few strategies have been utilized in plant phenology to observe the starting date of the life cycle events and the basic temperature for development and improvement of perennial plants. The study of phenophases on plant ...
South African soils contain lesser percent organic carbon content compared to soils from many parts of the world. The loss in organic carbon content reduces soil fertility and drives an ever increasing demand for the use ...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) are essential
legumes which provide food for many people in South Africa. However, the productivity
of these major tropical legumes in Limpopo Province ...
Soil degradation is a major challenge affecting agricultural production around the world in the
twenty-first century. Alternative approaches including the use of biochar and the introduction
of legumes that will fix ...
Most of the available knowledge about soil structure degradation through crust formation is limited to two-dimensional geometry. However, soil is a natural three-dimension body. The objective of the study is to assess soil ...
Excessive and unnecessary tillage without residue retention can degrade the soil’s physical quality, decrease soil organic carbon contents and crop yields. Although the benefits of improved tillage methods and mulching ...
Understanding the spatial variability of selected soil fertility indicators could make it possible to optimize the use of agricultural inputs with the reduction of economic and environmental risks. The aim of this study ...
Soil erosion and runoff are a major threat to soil productivity since it is associated with the removal of the top layer, depletion of essential plant nutrients, and reduces infiltration of water into the soil. Soil aggregate ...
Agricultural production under rain-fed conditions is largely dependent on the availability of water stored in the soil during rainfall events. The production of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) under rain-fed conditions ...
Soil resilience is the ability of a soil to recover its function or capacity after applied stress such as crusting. Some soils have high potential for recovery while others have poor resilience. Soils with poor resilience ...
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) is adapted to cool-seasons and its organs are of high nutritive value and serve as cheap sources of protein, especially in developing countries. Chickpea crop is mainly grown for human consumption, ...
Chickpea (Cicer aritienum L.) is an ancient crop that originated in South-Eastern Turkey and belongs to the genus Cicer, tribe Cicereae, and family Fabaceae. Chickpea has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N) for its ...
Application of industrial wastes in agricultural fields as sources of plant nutrients has become a common practice in agriculture. In other countries and recently South Africa, steel plant slag (SPS) (an industrial waste) ...
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume in the world, ranking second after soybean (Glycine max L.). It accounts for a substantial proportion of human dietary nitrogen intake and plays a crucial role in ...
Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Rhamnaceae) is an indigenous tree that serves multipurposes to rural communities and wildlife across Africa. The tree is considered important because of its useful parts for various ...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is widely grown in the semi-arid regions of South Africa mainly for its grain that is used for direct human consumption, feed for animals and raw materials for the industries. The challenges of soil ...
Compaction limits soil productivity especially plant growth. However, the effect of compaction in various South African soils on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers is not well understood. The purpose of this study was ...
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the minor pulse crops in South Africa, but there is hardly any commercial chickpea production in South Africa and the rest of Southern Africa despite its increasing domestic demand. ...