Research Report 2008/2009

Annexure I

List of approved research projects
Title and Researcher Institution
National soybean cultivar trials.
Mr JL Erasmus		 ARC-Grain Crops Institute
The increase in soybean production on the Highveld.
Mr WF van Wyk		 Protein Research Foundation
Effect of SO2 and its interaction with drought, on growth, physiology and biochemistry of soybean (Glycine max), studied in an OTC system.
Dr PDR van Heerden		 North-West University
Phenotypic markers for nodulation capacity of soybean cultivars.
Prof K Kunert		 University of Pretoria
Establishment of an early warning system for soybean rust.
Dr M Craven		 ARC-Grain Crops Institute
Determining the epidemiological value of resistance to rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi in soybeans lines.
Prof NW McLaren		 University of the Free State
The effect of silicon on the control of soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) on soybeans.
Dr PM Caldwell		 University of KwaZulu-Natal
Generating management orientated maps for longterm soybean rust susceptible areas in South Africa.
Prof P Caldwell		 University of KwaZulu-Natal
Study of inoculation and disease evaluation techniques for Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean.
Prof NW McLaren		 University of the Free State
Super Soya Competition, KwaZulu-Natal.
Mr C Havenga		 Protein Research Foundation
Cultivar evaluation of oil and protein seeds in the winter rainfall area.
Mr PJA Lombard		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
An investigation into the production dynamics of eight crop rotation systems, including wheat, canola, lupins and pasture species in the Swartland, Western Cape.
Dr MB Hardy		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
Economic sustainability of short- and long rotation crop / pasture production systems in the Southern Cape.
Dr MB Hardy		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
The identification of soil parameters as indicators of sustainable dryland crop production systems for the shale derived soils of the western Cape: tillage practice, crop rotation, soil quality and crop production.
Dr J Labuschagne		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
Assessing canola seed losses during seed ripening and harvesting in the Western Cape Province.
Dr J Strauss		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
The promotion of canola as a rotational crop within a conservation farming system in the dry land planting region of the Swartland and southern Cape, through the use of a producer competition.
Mr IF Slabbert and Mr CL van Rooyen		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
N-fertilization of canola based on N-mineralisation and N leaching.
Prof GA Agenbag		 Stellenbosch University
Optimal soil tillage methods and N-fertilizer rates to be used in a wheat / canola / wheat / lupin and wheat monoculture crop rotation system in the Swartland production area.
Prof GA Agenbag		 Stellenbosch University
Management of herbicide resistance in the Western Cape.
Dr PJ Pieterse		 Stellenbosch University
Characterization and management of Rhizoctonia on canola and lupin in cropping systems in the Western Cape Province.
Dr SC Lamprecht		 ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute
Insect and other pests of canola.
Dr G Tribe		 ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute
Calibration of near infrared spectrometry for amino acid analysis in animal feed.
Dr M Ciacciarello		 University of KwaZulu-Natal
The effect of lighting on the efficiency of utilisation of dietary protein by Cobb and Ross broiler strains used in South Africa.
Prof RM Gous		 University of KwaZulu-Natal
The evaluation of raw soybeans in diets of growing ostriches.
Prof TS Brand		 Department of Agriculture: Western Cape
Income and cost budgets.
Mr JSG Joubert		 Protein Research Foundation
Models: APR- and Nieuwoudt / McGuigan model.
 University of KwaZulu-Natal
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