Amaranth species are a highly popular group of vegetables rich in primary and secondary metabolites, with potential to significantly reduce food insecurity and malnutrition. Yet, their production levels in South Africa ...
Onion is the third most important staple vegetable in South Africa, due to the gross
value of vegetable production and export revenues. Almost all of South Africa's
provinces grow onions, but the Western Cape (Ceres), ...
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of citric acid
supplementation on growth performance, carcass and physicochemical features of
male Venda chickens. Day-old chicks were vaccinated against diseases ...
The agricultural sector is a vital component of the South African economy. The industry has the ability to contribute to rural growth, eliminate poverty, improve food security, create jobs, and narrow income disparities. ...
Titanium-based shape memory alloys have attracted a lot of attention due to their important technological applications including actuator devices, electronics, and medical stents. This is due to their shape memory effects ...
Worldwide, second to water, tea is in the upper class of the most consumed beverages and has greater popularity. The increased consumption and popularity of tea is associated with its health promoting properties and medicinal ...
The vast majority of typical cathode materials for lithium ion batteries suffers from severe specific capacity due to structural changes that occur during the process of cycling, which may lead to fractures within the ...
Maize (zea maize) is the most important crop in South African grain production, providing nutrients to both humans and animals. It is a basic raw material for producing fuel, starch, oil and alcoholic beverages, as well ...
Poultry eggs are an essential source of animal protein, and their consumption has expanded drastically in recent decades. The study aimed to determine the relationship between egg weight and egg quality traits, ovarian ...
Using “gravimetric analysis, potentiodynamic polarisation (PDP), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), an investigation into the corrosion prevention properties of the metals aluminium (Al), mild steel (MS), ...
In South Africa, land use planning has received limited attention in areas perceived as suitable for agricultural production. In the lack of reliable soil type and fertility status information, crop yields remain lower ...
The agricultural sector plays an important role in South Africa regardless of the small contribution of 1.88% it has to the GDP of the Country. Small-scale maize farmers’ decisions to adopt adaptation options in response ...
Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of citric acid inclusion level in the diet on growth performance, carcass weight, tibia bone breaking strength and ash content of male Ross 308 broiler chickens aged ...
The development curve of Venda chicken fed with various amounts of citric acid was
evaluated using nonlinear models in an experiment. to ascertain the effects of citric
acid supplementation level on feed intake, body ...
Plants are not only an important source of medicines, but also play a significant role
in drug development for the treatment of diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB). TB is a
pulmonary disease that is caused by Mycobacterium ...
Runner beans are extremely sensitive to root-knot (Meloidogyne species)
nematodes. Phytonematicides had been consistently used in managing population
densities of Meloidogyne species in various crops, with the application ...
The process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims at identifying the significant
environmental, social, and economic impacts of a proposed project before a decision is
made of whether a project should commence. ...
Understanding the factors that influence farmers' decisions to take preventive measures
against natural hazards provides insight that can be used to develop user-specific
interventions to support their adaptation ...
In use of phytonematicides as an alternative to synthetic chemical nematicides, the
major challenge had been the development of appropriate application technologies,
which are currently limited to the ground leaching ...
Currently Copepoda consists of 14 600 species of which 2 275 species are members
of the Siphonostomatoida. Siphonostomatoida consists of 40 families, with 17 families
symbiotic on fish. Sphyriidae has 44 accepted species ...