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Agriculture and food sciences
First Lady of fruit retires
Prof Karin Theron, since 2014 the Hortgro Research Chair in Applied Pre-harvest Decidious Fruit Research in the Department of Horticultural Science, has retired...
Agriculture and food sciences
New handbook focuses on fertilisation of citrus trees in SA
Issues such as the nutritional needs of citrus trees, the sampling and interpretation of soil, leaf and water samples, the fertilisation of bearing and non...
Agriculture and food sciences
Postharvest fruit physiology research chair
Leaders in the South African fruit industry believe that the creation of the new Post-Harvest Physiology Research Chair in Deciduous Fruit at Stellenbosch...
Agriculture and food sciences
Right hand man - Eben Stal
On any given day one might find research assistant Eben Stal working in an orchard in Grabouw, and a few hours later in another in Ceres. Blitzing around the...
Agriculture and food sciences
Seb-WRC Award 2021
The Water Research Commission hosted its 5th Knowledge Tree Awards on the 23rd of September 2021 in Sandton Johannesburg.
The category of Human Capital...
Agriculture and food sciences
SU academics named Highly Cited Researchers
Three eminent academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) have been named Highly Cited Researchers, according to the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from the...