Posted on October 09, 2015
The newly appointed Head of the School of Plant and Crop Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), Prof Nigel Barker, would like the new School to do its best to cure 'plant blindness'.
Posted on September 15, 2015
Rabia Mathakutha won the People's Choice award for her presentation at the recent SAEON conference
Posted on August 14, 2015
Dr. Barnabas Daru was awarded a prize at the 2015 New Phytologist Symposium
Posted on August 13, 2015
The research component of the Monsanto/BE at UP Collaborative Research Programme aims to monitor whether glyphosate-resistance in weeds is developing and to assess the plant mechanisms involved.
Posted on July 13, 2015
Dr Michelle Greve from the Department of Plant Science accompanied by two MSc students, visited Marion Island from the 12th of April until the 15th of May this year. They conducted research concerning alien plant species on the island.
Posted on June 11, 2015
Where better to get to know you plants, than right in the middle of Dinokeng, surrounded by trees, shrubs and grasses with the roar of lions in your ears. This is just what happened on the weekend of the 24 to the 26 of April to the Plant Science Third Year excursion students.
Posted on June 11, 2015
The theme for Open day this year of the Department of Plant Science was Fascinating Plants. A vibrant atmosphere of excitement, curiosity and expectation filled the air as learners from various schools and ages, accompanied by their parents flocked to the Rautenbach Hall. Just to be astonished by...
Posted on June 09, 2015
The Ezemvelo Nature Reserve is situated on the border between Gauteng and Mpumalanga in the Rand Highveld Grassland and Loskopdam Mountain Bushveld. The reserve is approximately 11 000 ha of which 400 ha is covered by grassland and 600 ha by savannah, an excellent locality for the students to get...
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