Posted on June 20, 2025
Who would have thought that the curiosity sparked during a family holiday at a game reserve would lead to endless research possibilities in the Waterberg? In 2021, Prof Nigel Barker from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences received almost R4.5m from the Foundational Biodiversity...
Posted on June 10, 2025
The NAS Faculty newsletter's first edition for 2025 (May 2025), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on December 12, 2024
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on October 09, 2024
In a first for precision agriculture, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers, in association with collaborators from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have produced maps of smallholder farms in Gauteng that highlight maize plants in green and weeds in red. The maps were...
Posted on August 16, 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) has been part of a groundbreaking international study to understand how plants found in drylands have adapted to these extreme habitats. The results of this large-scale study, which involved 120 scientists from 27 countries, were recently published in scientific...
Posted on August 02, 2024
UP researchers stumbled upon the blood-thinning potential of South Africa’s indigenous lavender tree “by accident” while trying to establish the safety of an oral rinse, and they say a local sweet-smelling herb could fight inflammation in the lungs. The findings were...
Posted on June 03, 2024
The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.
Posted on March 25, 2024
With unpredictable electricity, rainfall and municipal water supply, South African farmers may need faith like potatoes to manage crop irrigation. New app will tell potato farmers exactly when, where and how much to water.
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