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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a production system that involves three principles which are minimal or zero tillage, crop rotation and mulching with plant residues. CA improves soil physical properties resulting 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 ...

Soil infertility, water scarcity, and availability of high yielding and drought tolerant crop genotypes remain major constraints for agricultural production in semi-arid regions. These constraints are major threats to ...

Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) is an important food legume originating from South America and the South-western parts of the United States. The crop is produced in many countries worldwide including South Africa. It ...

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 ...

Bush tea (Athrixia phylicoides DC.) is an indigenous herbal tea plant in South Africa with medicinal potential. Various parts of this plant are used to make herbal infusions and have been used traditionally for different ...

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an excellent utilizer of residual soil moisture in agricultural ecosystems. However, its seed quality and hence reproduction is constrained by water stress, seed size and storage conditions. ...