PROJECT TITLE: The evaluation of rest breaking agents on table grapes and development of a model to optimise their application Project leader: Jan Lombard Duration: 1 October 1996 - 31…
PROJECT TITLE: Determination of optimum irrigation scheduling during ripening of table grapes under intensive irrigation to ensure maximum grape quality and production Project leader: Philip Myburgh (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij) Duration: 1…
PROJECT TITLE: Optimum plant spacing for table grapes Project leader: Jan Avenant (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij) Duration: 1 April 1992 - 1 October 2002 Project Summary: Plant spacing has a…
PROJECT TITLE: Mass culture and formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes for improved field application against key insect pests Project leader: Antoinette Malan (Stellenbosch University) Contact: apm@sun.ac.za Duration: …
PROJECT TITLE: Implementation of biological control options against false codling moth in the field Project leader: Pia Addison (Stellenbosch University) Contact: pia@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021 Problem identification and project objectives: Several biological control…
PROJECT TITLE: Banded fruit weevil taxonomy and field management Project leader: Pia Addison (Stellenbosch University) Contact: pia@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 October 2019 to 31 December 2021 Problem identification and project objectives: Recent preliminary research, using molecular techniques, has shown…
PROJECT TITLE: Mass culture and formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes for improved field application against key insect pests Project leader: Antoinette Malan (Stellenbosch University) Contact: apm@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022 Problem identification and project objectives:…
PROJECT TITLE: Sequencing the genome and transcriptome of false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta, for pest management Project leader: John Terblanche (Stellenbosch University) Contact: jst@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021 Problem identification and project objectives: …
PROJECT TITLE: Determining the effect of netting on water use of table grapes in the Lower Orange River region Project leader: Eunice Avenant (Stellenbosch University) Contact: avenant@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021 Problem identification and…
PROJECT TITLE: False codling moth population genetics: gene flow in agricultural environments Project leader: John Terblanche (Stellenbosch University) Contact: jst@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021 Problem identification and project objectives: Previous work on the population…
PROJECT TITLE: Detection and identification of viruses in South African table grapes Project Leader: Gerhard Pietersen (University of Stellenbosch) Contact: gpietersen@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2019 Problem identification and project Objectives: In South…
PROJECT TITLE: Bunch rot disease monitoring in table grape vineyards using visual and microscopic identification, weather indicators and molecular technology, to ascertain disease development and severity risks of plant pathogens associated with table grape production as, to develop appropriate decay…
