Tropical root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne enterolobii, M. incognita and M. javanica, are highly damaging and difficult pests to manage in agricultural crops. The use of resistant cultivars had been the most promising ...

Indigenous teas are receiving much attention and global interest as a result of their nutraceutical and pharmaceutical benefits. Most of these tea plants are still collected from the wild and their domestication has become ...

The study was carried to find out the perceptions that emerging cattle farmers hold regarding the importance of agricultural extension, the role and the impact of extension advisors in improving the welfare of their ...

Since 1994, the South African government has prioritised rapid economic growth. Despite theorists’ contradicting views, the country considered the global market as one of the gateways to accelerated economic growth. In the ...

Sheep farming is practiced country wide, including in dry areas of Northern Cape, Western Cape and Limpopo Province. This study assessed the existence of production objectives, breeding practices, trait preferences of sheep ...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate threonine supplementation levels for optimal performance and carcass quality of male Ross 308 broiler chickens aged 22 to 42 days and fed diets mixed with a cellulase enzyme. The ...

This study explored the affordances and hindrances of grade 11 Life Sciences learners‟ understanding of fermentation when learning through the integration of indigenous knowledge. Situated Learning theory (SLT) was used ...

This study sets out to evaluate the outcomes of an institutional intervention to mobilize livestock owners in the Gideon Cluster of Blouberg Municipality of Capricorn District in Limpopo Province. The intervention from ...

Rangeland contribute about 70% of the feed that sustain livestock throughout the year. However, due its degradation arising from among others woody plant encroachment, a shift of savanna and grassland biomes to closed ...

Identification of pathogens is a crucial step in the diagnosis of livestock diseases. An insight of bacterial diversity may enable decisions on appropriate treatment and shield farmers from tremendous losses due to disease ...