Completed projects

Pfano Mbedzi

BSc (Hons) Biotechnology 

2015

Determining the genetic diversity of Conyza bonariensis (L) Cronquist populations in South Africa.

Johan Bestbier

MSc Biotechnology (cum laude)

2016

HPLC and colourimetric quantification of shikimic acid levels in crops after glyphosate treatment.

Garikai Marava

MSc (Agric) Agronomy

2016

Assessment of weed control methods for maize production by emerging farmers on commercial farms

Munting Hamman

MSc (Agric) Agronomy

2017

Conyza bonariensis glyphosate tolerance as affected by origin, temperature and growth stage

Magunya Kalimashe

MSc (Agric) Agronomy

2019

Germination of the grass weed Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. population as affected by temperature light and its response to glyphosate

Martha Okumu

PhD Agronomy

Glyphosate resistance in Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist: a morphological, physiological, and molecular perspective

2021

Nonthlanthla Malindzisa

MSc (Agric) Agronomy

2022

Evaluation of glyphosate and 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid combinations for the control of glyphosate-resistant Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist

Adelaide Simelane

MSc Plant Science

2022

Molecular characterization of herbicide resistance in Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats) populations in South Africa