School of Sciences and Agriculture: Recent submissions

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Geochemical and petrographical characteristics of the Madzaringwe formation coal, mudrocks and sandstones in the Vele Colliery, Limpopo Province, South Africa : implications for tectonic setting, provenance and paleoweathering

Denge, Elelwani; Baiyegunhi, Christopher (MDPI, 2021)

The sedimentary rocks of the Madzaringwe Formation in the Tuli Basin have been investigated using geochemical and petrographic methods to reveal their source area composition, tectonic setting, provenance and paleoweathering ...
Adaptation strategies employed by rural women in the face of climate change impacts in Vhembe district, Limpopo province, South Africa

Nyahunda, Louis; Tirivangasi, Happy Mathew. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022)

Purpose – This study documented adaptation strategies employed by rural women in Vhembe district as they reel with climate change impacts. Women are heavily plagued by climate change impacts than any other genders ...
Classification and regression tree analysis to predict calving ease in Sussex heifers using pelvic area dimensions and morphological traits

Bila, Lubabalo; Tyasi, Thobela Louis; Fourie, Pieter; Katikati, Aphiwe (Veterinarians of Bangladesh (BDvetNET), 2021)

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between pelvic measurements, namely pelvic height (PH), pelvic area (PA), and pelvic width, and linear body measurement traits, such as hindquarters ...
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of heterorhabditis indica (Nematoda: Rhabditida) nematodes isolated during a survey of agricultural soils in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

Bhat, Aashaq Hussain; Chaubey, Ashok Kumar; Shokoohi, Ebrahim; Machado, Ricardo A. R. (Springer, 2021)

Introduction Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are important biocontrol agents of insect pests. To increase the availability of locally adapted entomopathogenic nematode isolates for biocontrol programs, a survey of several ...
Use of data mining algorithms chaid and cart in predicting egg weight from egg quality traits of indigenous free-range chickens in Zambia

Liswaniso, S.; Qin, N.; Tyasi, T.; Chimbaka, I. (Creative Commons Attribution License, 2021)

This study aimed to evaluate the performance of data mining algorithms Chi-square Automatic Interac tion Detector (CHAID) and Classification And Regression Tree (CART) in predicting egg weight from different egg quality ...
Sedimentary facies, stratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Ecca Group, Karoo Supergroup in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Baiyegunhi, Christopher; Liu, Kuiwu (De Gruyter, 2021)

The stratigraphy of the Ecca Group has been subdivided into the Prince Albert, Whitehill, Collingham, Ripon, and Fort Brown Formations in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In this article, we present detailed ...
Geochemistry of the mudrocks and sandstones from the Bredasdorp Basin, offshore South Africa : implications for tectonic provenance and paleoweathering

Baiyegunhi, Temitope Love; Liu, Kuiwu; Gwavava, Oswald; Baiyegunhi, Christopher; Rapholo, Maropene Tebello Dinah (De Gruyter, 2021)

An inorganic geochemical investigation of mudrocks and sandstone from the southern Bredasdorp Basin, off the south coast of South Africa was carried out to unravel the provenance, paleoweathering, and tectonic setting of ...
Heavy metal and metalloid contamination in the sediments of the Spekboom River, South Africa

Addo-Bediako, Abraham; Nukeri, Sophy; Kekana, Millicent (Springer Nature, 2021)

The impact of anthropogenic activities such as mining, agriculture and urbanization is causing heavy metal contamination in many freshwater ecosystems. The concentrations of eight elements (As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and ...
Spatial distribution of heavy metals in the Ga- Selati River of the Olifants River System, South Africa

Addo-Bediako, Abraham; Rasifudi, Lwendo (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2021)

The Ga-Selati River is subjected to different forms of pollution from mining, industrial and agricultural activities, and human settlements. The objectives of the study were to assess heavy metal pollution and to determine ...
Spatial distribution patterns of benthic macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in two rivers of the olifants river system, South Africa

Addo-Bediako, Abraham (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2021)

Benthic macroinvertebrates play a vital role in ecosystem functioning, such as nutrient cycling, primary production, decomposition and material translocation. A study was done to determine the functional feeding groups ...
An assessment of the motivations, operations and competitiveness of local migrant informal sector entrepreneurs in Polokwane local municipality

Kgaphola, Masibane Patrick (2021)

In recent years, South Africa has been experiencing slow economic growth. This has resulted in high unemployment levels, especially among the youth, who are the most economically active and therefore in need of occupations. ...
Molecular taxonomy and subgeneric classification of tapeworms of the genus moniezia blanchard, 1891 (Cestoda, Anoplocephlidae) in nothern cervids (Alces and Rangifer)

Chilton, Neil B.; O’Callaghan, Michael G.; Beveridge, Ian; Andrews, Ross H. (Springer Verlag, 2007)

Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) was used to genetically compare Moniezia spp. collected from sheep and cattle in southern Australia. Fifteen enzyme loci were established for the genetic characterisation of individual ...
Phenotypic and genetic variation in resistance to gastro-interstinal nematodes of goats in agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province

Mohale, Lekukela Bernard (University of Limpopo, 2019)

The study was conducted to assess phenotypic and genotypic diversity in resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode (GIN) within communal goats in different agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province. Eighty goats were randomly ...
Morphological variation and molecular study of the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei

Shokoohi, Ebrahim; Divsalar, Nafiseh; Hoseinipour, Akbar; Fourie, Hendrika; Moqaddam, Esmat Mahdikhani (Russian Journal of Nematology, 2018)

During a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in the northern part of Iran, six populations of Pratylenchus thornei were studied by means of morphological and molecular characterisation. The results showed that body length ...
Sensitivity of Meloidogyne incognita second-stage juvenile hatch, motility and viability to pure cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin-containing phytonematicides

Dube, Z. P; Mashela, P. W; De Waele, D (South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 2019)

Previous claims suggested that pure active ingredients from botanicals were less effective in pest management than their fermented crude-extracts. The objective of this study was to compare the toxicity of pure (98%) ...
Effects of dietary Vachelia karroo leaf meal inclusion on meat quality and histological parameters in pedi bucks fed a Setaria verticillata hay-based diet

Brown, D.; Ng'ambi, J. W. (Applied ecology and environmental research, 2019)

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary Vachellia karroo leaf meal inclusion on growth performance, meat quality and histological parameters in bucks. A total of thirty yearling Pedi bucks with ...
Exotic plants used therapeutically by Bapedi traditional healers for respiratory infections and related symptoms in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Semenya, S. S.; Maroyi, Alfred (Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 2018)

The present study examines the use of exotic plants by Bapedi healers (THs) as medicine for respiratory infections (RIs) and related symptoms.A sample....
Modelling average maximum daily temperature using r largest order statistics: An application to South African data

Nemukula, Murendeni M.; Sigauke, Caston (Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 2018-05-02)

Natural hazards (events that may cause actual disasters) are established in the literature as major causes of various massive and destructive problems worldwide. The occurrences of earthquakes, floods and heat waves affect ...
An annotated list and molecular data on larvae of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa

Tavakol, Sareh; Scholz, Toma´sˇ; Uhrova´, Lucie; Brabec, Jan; Prˇikrylova, Iva; Masˇova´, S ˇ a´rka; S ˇ imkova´, Andrea; Halajian, Ali; Luus-Powell, Wilmien J. (Syst Parasitol, 2018-05-16)

An annotated list of larvae (metacestodes) of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa is provided with numerous new host and geographical records. Newly collected materials from ...
Stomatal Behavior of Cowpea Genotypes Grown Under Varying Moisture Levels

Munjonji, Lawrence; Ayisi, Kingsley K.; Boeckx, Pascal; Haesaert, Geert (Sustainability, 2017-12-23)

Drought is a major limitation to crop productivity worldwide. Plants lose most of their water through stomata, thus making stomata an important organ in the control of transpiration and photosynthesis. This study assessed ...

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