by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Jaco Marais KOMMERSIËLE EN BEMARKINGSBESTUURDER – NOORDE Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is ‘n voordelige bakterie wat as ‘n biologiese insekdoder gebruik word. Dit berus op die werking van Cry-proteïene en spore om sekere soorte insekplae mee te beheer. Die...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Daar is vordering met nuwe kultivars,” sê Bram Snijder, voorsitter van die SA Lietsjiekwekersvereniging (SALKV). Tydens die SALKV se navorsingsimposium in Mbombela het Andani Mmboyi van die Landbounavorsingsraad (LNR) verslag gedoen oor die evaluering van nuwe...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
South Africa’s citrus exports are experiencing significant headwinds due to rising global protectionism and the proliferating use of non-tariff measures (NTMs). This shift from conventional tariffs, significantly reduced by the surge in preferential or free...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
WHP Boshoff, B Visser, CM Bender en ZA Pretorius Departement Plantwetenskappe, Universiteit van die Vrystaat Roes, veroorsaak deur swamspesies van die genus Puccinia, is lank reeds bekend op uiegewasse (Allium spesies) in Suid-Afrika (SA). Beide die roespatogene...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
At the recent Hortgro Technical symposium, Gerhard Pietersen from Patho Solutions spoke to delegates about the importance of keeping deciduous trees free from scheme viruses. Gert Pietersen founded Patho Solutions in 2016 and has established labs in Pretoria and...
by Carien Daffue | Feb 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bigbucks, the improved Gala mutation from South Africa, known for its beautiful wine red colour, entered a new chapter after it was recently granted plant breeders’ rights in Australia. “If anybody in Australia wants to plant a Gala-type apple, and they don’t consider...
