Doctoral Degrees (Soil Science)
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Comparative characteristics of biochar types from human faecal wastes and pine-bark and sorption of selected heavy metals from effluent and their mobility in an amended loam soil.
(2018)Heavy metals from industrial effluents poses risks to the environment and human health. Pyrolysis of locally available organic wastes could address solid organic waste management and produce a biochar that could immobilise ... -
Application of soil indigenous knowledge in rural communities of eastern South Africa.
(2018)This study investigated ethnopedological knowledge related to classification, fertility and non-agricultural uses of soil in four villages in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ethnographic methods elicited ... -
Long-term fertilizer and sugarcane residue management effects on structural stability of two soil types in South Africa.
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Nutrient recovery from wastewater in intensive agricultural systems by duckweed and the value of the biomass as an organic fertilizer.
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An evaluation of the fertilizer requirements of Chicory (Cichorium intybus var. sativum) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Land use and land management impact on CO2 emissions from soils in selected smallholder farming systems.
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Evaluation of extraction based fertilizer recommendations.
(2015)There is a need to improve methods by which nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are currently recommended. There is a considerable lack of mechanistical justifications for the methods used to recommend these nutrients. Lack ... -
Grassland degradation and rehabilitation of soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks.
(2014)Land degradation is widely considered to adversely affect soil fertility, soil quality, constrain productivity, subsequently leading to a decline in soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrients in soils, yet little is known ... -
Characteristics of sesquioxidic soils.
(1974)Sesquioxidic soil clays from Oxisols in South Africa, Australia and Brazil, and two clays from Andosols in Japan and New Zealand, were investigated by XRD, OTA, IR, EM and quantitative mineralogical analysis. The ... -
Soil acidity and liming in Natal.
(1970)1. Effects of Aluminium Toxicity and Phosphorus Fixation on Crop Growth on Oxisols in Natal Simple, routine methods for estimating exchangeable Al and P fixing capacity of acid soils are described. A glass-house study ... -
Factors affecting nitrogen utilization by sugarcane in South Africa.
(1972)TIhe response of sugarcane to applied N in South Africa varies considerably from one soil to another, particularly in the plant crop. Responses to fertilizer N by ratoon cane are generally much greater than those given ... -
Soil physical factors affecting root growth and maize yield in four Rhodesian soils.
(1976)The platinum microelectrode technique for measuring oxygen flux in soils has been reviewed. Shortcomings in the existing technique and instrumentation have been discussed. The new instrumentation, electrode standardization ... -
Occurrence and properties of iron and titanium oxides in soils along the eastern seaboard of South Africa.
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Estimation of hydrological properties of South African soils.
(1983)A computer simulation model of the soil water regime can be a useful research, planning and management tool, providing that the data required by the model are available. Finite difference solutions of the general flow ... -
Some mineralogical, physical and chemical properties of volcanically affected soils under irrigated sugarcane in Tanzania.
(2013)TPC is a 16 000 hectare estate located in Moshi, Tanzania and is currently planted under 8 800 hectares of sugarcane and produces over 60 000 tons of sugar per annum. The influence of volcanic parent material and volcanic ... -
The effect of various crop residue management practices under sugarcane production on soil quality.
(2003)This study examined the influence of different management practices under sugarcane production on soil chemical, biological and physical properties on a long-term (59yr) field experiment in KwaZulu-Natal. These ... -
A laboratory and glasshouse evaluation of an anaerobic baffled reactor effluent as a nutrient and irrigation source for maize in soils of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2012)Scarcity of water for irrigation is a serious hindrance for small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of good quality water for irrigation has resulted in increasing pressure on such water which has prompted ...
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