This research output established that a significant proportion of the global population lives in low-income communities mostly in the Global South. These communities face severe water scarcity and persistent sanitation ...
Zanamwe, Pesanai; Tong, Rene(Horticultural Association of Kenya (HAK), 2023-10-21)
Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. Breeze cassus that is widely grown as a commercial pot plant in South Africa grow short and branch poorly under the usual photoperiodic conditions. It was hypothesised that understanding ...
Jimu, F.; Mapuranga, R.; Mubvekeri, W.; Kutywayo, D.(Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, 2023-05-11)
Bollworms management remains one of the major constraints to higher cotton productivity in Zimbabwe. Field trials to investigate the efficacy of Spinosad 48 SC on Diparopsis castanea (Hubner) and Herlicoverpa amigera ...
Jimu, F.; Mapuranga, R.; Mubvekeri, W.; Ngara, B.; Kutywayo, D.(Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, 2023-05-11)
Cotton aphids are major cotton pests causing significant yield losses of more than 65% in Zimbabwe. Field experiments to investigate the effectiveness of cowpea as a trap crop in reducing aphid pressure on cotton were ...
Light attenuation within a row of crops such as cotton is influenced by canopy architecture, which is defined by size, shape and orientation of shoot components. Level of light interception causes an array of morpho-anatomical, ...
Banda, Annabel; Gandiwa, Edson; Muboko, Never; Mutanga, Chiedza N.; Mashapa, Clayton(Taylor and Francis Group [Commercial Publisher] Taylor and Francis [Imprint], 2022-03-03)
This study investigated the level of awareness and practices of local communities on Yersinia pestis
plague disease in Nkayi and Umzingwane districts, south-western Zimbabwe. The research used
a two-way case study where ...
Banda, Annabel; Gandiwa, Edson; Muboko, Never; Muposhi, Victor K.(Wiley, 2021-04-12)
The present study assessed the rodent-flea diversity and their
association in Nkayi and Umzingwane districts, south-western
Zimbabwe. Although both districts occur in the same agriculture
region IV zone, they, however, ...
Several anthropogenic activities exposure humans to the risk of rodent-borne diseases. These activities are but not limited to logging, clearing land for crop cultivation, and consuming rodents. Rodents are a highly diverse ...
Sorghum is a cereal crop with key agronomic traits of drought and heat stress tolerance,
making it an ideal food and industrial commodity for hotter and more arid climates. These stress
tolerances also present a useful ...
Plants reprogram gene expression as an adaptive response to survive high temperatures.
While the identity and functions of intracellular heat stress-responsive proteins have been extensively
studied, the heat response ...
Tibugari, Handsen; Mafere, Gerald; Dube, Sinikiwe; Chakavarika, Murawu; Mandumbu, Ronald; Musara, Joseph P.; Mapuranga, Rangarirai; Gumbo, Tapiwa; Banda, Annabel; Mathema, Ndabanye; Goche, Tatenda; Zvigumbu, Bernard M.; Mpofu, Nkosentsha(Cogent OA, part of Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-08-10)
Vegetable cultivation using river water, which may be polluted with heavy
metals, can cause health problems to consumers. A study to establish cadmium and
lead levels in water from Msasa, Manyame; Mukuvisi and Nyatsime ...
Tibugari, Handsen; Chikasha, Tinei; Manyeruke, Ngonidzaishe; Mathema, Ndabanye; Musara, Joseph P.; Dlamini, Dumisa; Mapuranga, Rangarirai; Mapanje, Olga; Banda, Annabel; Parwada, Cosmas(Cogent OA, part of Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-11-04)
High cost of hybrid seed can affect food self-sufficiency. A study was
conducted to investigate the structure, conduct and performance of the hybrid
maize seed industry in Zimbabwe to determine whether the level of ...
Chapepa, Blessing; Mapuranga, Rangarirai; Manjeru, Pepukayi(Cogent OA, part of Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-05-25)
Accurate morphological characterisation of plants is used for selecting
the best performing varieties. The morphological markers can be visualised without
molecular techniques making it the easiest way of identifying ...
Domestic and international crops and livestock
trade remain fragile among Zimbabwean smallholder
farmers. Commercial crop-livestock integration in climate
change vulnerable areas is low and sparsely documented.
Practice, ...
This study assessed the prevalence of plague
bacterium (Yersinia pestis) among rodents captured in
Umzingwane and Nkayi districts, south-western Zimbabwe.
A total of 44 rodents were captured on three consecutive
days ...