Browsing Masters Degrees (Crop Science) by Title
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The use of bioslurry for fodder production in sustainable crop and livestock production system by smallholder farmers.
Livestock play a major role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the rural areas of South Africa. In these areas livestock are continuously grazed in the natural rangelands (veld) for most of the year. This exerts ... -
Vertical hydroponic production of leafy vegetables with human-excreta-derived-materials (HEDMs) from decentralised sanitation technologies.
(2020)Hydroponic production of leafy vegetables with human-excreta-derived-materials (HEDMs) extracted by decentralised sanitation technologies is projected to reduce food shortages while improving sanitation services in peri-urban ... -
Water productivity of selected sorghum varieties.
(2014)The majority of people living in rural communities rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Under these conditions, water stress through drought or uneven rainfall distribution is a major limitation to ... -
Water use and nutritional water productivity of taro (colocasia esculenta L. Schott ) Landraces.
(2020)Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a vital drought tolerant crop with the ability to produce corms of high nutritional quality, but it still occupies low levels of utilisation and research in South Africa. Information on crop ... -
Water use characteristics of selected South African maize (Zea mays L.) landraces compared with commercial hybrids.
(2014)In South Africa, maize is the staple food, especially in rural areas. The majority of people in these areas rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Traditional maize landraces are still a feature of the ... -
Water use efficiency of three common subsistence legume crops in relation to soil type under controlled environment conditions.
Water scarcity in agriculture is the primary reason for poor crop yield and quality. The study's primary aim was to determine the effect of water stress on the growth and development of grain legumes in relation to the ... -
Wild watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) landrace production in response to three seedling growth media and field planting dates.
(2010)The challenge of food security requires that agricultural production is no longer based on a narrow genetic material present in conventional crops. Whereas conventional crops have been genetically improved to suit management ... -
Yield, protein and oil content of selected groundnut cultivars grown at two locations in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
(2013)The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa has climatic conditions which differ from region to region. The groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars, as it is the case with other crops, do not always perform equally well ...