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Isolation and characterisation of leaf endophytic bacteria from weed plants for enhancing salinity stress tolerance in Brassica napus
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
In an ever changing environment, plants are constantly challenged by various abiotic stresses such as salinity, which limits global crop production. This directly affects food availability for the global population, which ...
Methylgyoxal signalling in Phaseolus vulgaris under phosphate deficiency
(UWC, 2020)
In this study, we observed that phosphate (P) deficiency stunted plant growth and produced plants with poor morphological characteristics (yellow and small leaves). Furthermore, we treated plants with 0.8 mM (control) and ...
Evaluation of agronomic and drought response traits in two cultivars of soybean for cultivation in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Drought is a major stress that affects the productivity of plants across the globe. The consequences of drought are posed to continue reducing agricultural productivity as world climate changes. This makes it imperative ...