Agrotechnology

5^th International Conference on Agriculture & Horticulture

June 27-29, 2016 Cape Town, South Africa

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• Food security through plant health management

  M P Srivastava

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• Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria as alleviators for soil degradation

  Metin Turan and Nurgul Kitir

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• Adaptation measures initiated due to climate change in southern India

  Jagadeeshwara K, Shankara M H and Shivamurthy M

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• Tissue culture: A boon for agriculture

  Shubhangi Salokhe

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• Climate change status in Mutale local municipality: A case study of smallholder farmers in Vhembe district, Limpopo province

  Phokele Maponya

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• An assessment of on-the job level of satisfaction of extension officers in Limpopo Province, South Africa - Ordinal regression approach

  PK Chauke and EM Zwane

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• The effects of harvesting methods of Shea fruit (Vitellaria paradoxa) on chemical and physical properties of Shea butter

  Tame V T, Hassan I and Gungula D T

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• Factors enhancing market participation: A case of small holder farmers in Zululand district, KwaZulu Natal in South Africa

  Phokele Maponya

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• Evaluation of Neem seed and ginger rhizome extracts in control of postharvest tuber rot fungi of Irish potato in Yola

  Hycenth Nahunnaro, O EOlufeagba and K Ayuba

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• Assessing the host range of Dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck) among crops in Adamawa State, Nigeria

  Mustapha A B and N A Gworgwor

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• Agrohomeopathy: New practice in agriculture from seed germination to field trial

  Sandhimita Mondal

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• Pesticides in management of plant diseases: Public perception and ground realities

  M P Srivastava

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• Particulate and active soil nitrogen fractions in response to sheep grazing in dryland cropping systems

  Upendra M Sainju, Joy L Barsotti, Andrew W Lenssen and Patrick G Hatfield

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• Comparative analysis and upscaling of integrated farming systems among resource poor farmers in peninsular India

  K Jagadeeshwara, Y Nagaraju, Bhagyavathi and M Shivamurthy

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• Agricultural policies and food system transformation: Has post apartheid South Africa done better?

  Hosu Y S

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• Physiological and proteomic analyses in graft junction reveal novel insight into mechanisms involved in adaptation to different day/night temperature regimes in two tomato cultivars

  Byoung Ryong Jeong, Sowbiya Muneer, Chung Ho Ko, Hao Wei, Yuze Chen and Prabhakaran Soundarajan

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• Identification and description of some common ornamental plant species at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria

  Sani Y A, Babaji B A, Barnabas S, S Isah and Yahaya R A

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• Influence of growth stage harvest on the quality of baby spinach during postharvest storage

  Mudau F N and Mudau A R

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• Does the modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) extend quality of baby spinach leaves on postharvest shelf life?

  Mudau A R and Mudau F N

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• Bio humic application effects on soil degradation

  Nurgul Kitir and Metin Turan

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• Irrigation water management and food security

  Ransford Opoku Darko

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• De novo assembly and characterization of Monsonia burkeana leaf transcriptome

  Adugna A Woldesemayat, Khayalethu Ntushelo and David M Modise

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• Assessing soil health status of Sutherlandia frutescens plants cultivated at ARC-VOPI (Roodeplaat), Pretoria

  Makgato Manaka

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• Variation in antioxidant activity and soluble sugars of Wild ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus L.) in response to water and nitrogen levels

  Salmina N Mokgehle, Samson Z Tesfay, Hintsa T Araya and Ian C Du Plooy

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• Development and performance testing of a passive vegetable dryer with movable heat storage system

  J T Liberty and W I Okonkwo

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