ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was done during 2010 and 2011 as a component study within a long-term
crop rotation/soil tillage trial that was started in 2007 at the Langgewens Research
Farm near Moorreesburg in the Western ...
Cairns, Andrew Lawrence Patrick(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1984-08)
INTRODUCTION: The study of seed dormancy and germination has for centuries occupied the minds of agronomists, physiologists, brewers,
bakers and, more recently, weed scientists. The agronomist
requires that the seed that ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The potential importance of soilless production, particularly in tomatoes, in an increasingly
water scarce South Africa prompts a need for research under local conditions. In soilless
production systems ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Glyphosate remains an important herbicide in weed control. This is due to several positive
attributes it has including sytemicity, wide spectrum of weed control and environmental
friendliness. Its ...
Fourie, Johan Hendrik Petrus(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus Roth.) is a weed that causes great problems
in the most wheat and grain producing areas and also in livestock practices.
Until recently (1995) there were no registered ...
Du Randt, Marius Louis(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Little is known about the nutrient requirements of broccoli grown for seed production. During 2006
and 2007 broccoli were grown for seed production in sand bags in a net structure, using a drain to
waste ...
Maali, Safiah Hasan(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A long term experiment was conducted at the Langgewens Experimental Farm, near Malmesbury in the Western Cape province of the Republic of South Africa. The
effect of soil tillage, crop rotation and ...
Van der Westhuizen, Rykie Jacoba(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of capacitance water sensors for the scheduling of irrigation for hydroponic tomato and
cucumber crops grown in coir was investigated in a series of laboratory and glasshouse experiments
in the ...
Langenhoven, Petrus(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1999-03)
The Western Cape is one of the most important onion producing regions in South
Africa. It is well suited for the production of intermediate daylength onion cultivars.
Annually about 2500 ha are planted with a yield of ...
Shoko, Munashe(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Continuous cropping without replenishing the nutrient component of soils will eventually lead to the depletion of soil nutrients. Small scale farmers in Zimbabwe often do not have the financial means to ...
Nambili, Julia Nghituvali(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
The development of herbicide resistance in weeds is one of the major factors hampering
profitable crop production worldwide. In South Africa resistance to herbicides in weeds is also
a big problem, in particular in the ...
Tolmay, John Peter Cleggenett(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
The adoption of the no-till planting method brought about changes to the way the wheat crop is
established in the Mediterranean climate of the Western Cape. Row widths have to increase
from the normal narrow rows (170-180 ...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp. Fabaceae) is indigenous to the fynbos botanical biome of the Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa. The increase in the international demand for honeybush tea for health benefits, concern over ...
De Villiers, Johannes Jacobus(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
The use of hydroponic strawberry production systems is increasing worldwide.
Although higher planting densities are possible in vertical production systems, these
higher planting densities may have a negative effect on ...