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 ...

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. ...

Poor soil fertility caused by inadequate supply of nutrients on soil is one of the major constraints limiting crop production especially in the Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa. Therefore, management ...

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 ...

Planting chickpea genotypes at different dates within the same season may expose the crop to different environmental factors (temperature and moisture) during their vegetative and reproduction stages. Thus, knowledge of ...

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, ...