by Carien Daffue | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Picture a flawless potato season in South Africa, where neither early- nor late blight dares to truncate a crop’s vibrant cycle. Plants push boundaries, stacking 5 to 7 tons per hectare weekly in those crucial late stages, as revealed by Dr Christine Jones of...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
JACQUES FOUCHÉ Hoof: NexusAG Tegniese Afdeling Monitering bly een van die hoekstene van geïntegreerde plaagbeheer (GPB). Dit behels die inspeksie van gewasse en of gebiede vir plae. Monitering geskied deur die direkte waarneming van plae en siektes op gewasse deur...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Export markets are tightening, chemical control options are becoming increasingly limited, and global scrutiny around food production practices is intensifying. For South African growers, the need to adopt an integrated approach, with biological crop protection at its...
by Carien Daffue | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Recently, Tiger Brands hosted its annual Heritage Day event at the University of Pretoria (UP), a celebration of South African agriculture and food security. This year’s focus was on the journey of small white beans, from local farms to the iconic KOO Baked...
by Carien Daffue | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lenticel breakdown is a common postharvest disorder in apples that significantly affects fruit quality, leading to reduced marketability and economic losses. This disorder manifests as darkened pits around the lenticels, small pores on the apple’s skin...
by Carien Daffue | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Meer kultivars wat lietsjies van hoë kwaliteit lewer en wat ‘n langer oestyd het, bevoordeel die Suid-Afrikaanse lietsjiebedryf na jare se navorsing met ingevoerde kultivars. Tydens die SA Lietsjiekwekersvereniging se navorsingsimposium in Mbombela het navorsers...
