Thursday Morning Seminar

Chairperson: Vaylen Hlaka

Nwabisa Ngwentle: Isolation, identification and characterisation of plant growth promoting microorganisms from the rhizosphere of wheat.

Nomfundo Shinga: Manipulating flowering time with plant growth regulators as a possible escape strategy from Sclerotinia head rot (SHR) in sunflower.

Johan Cilliers: The effect of planting date on major foliar fungal diseases in maize.

Jabulile Mahlangu: Comparative population genetics of Exserohilum turcicum, a foliar pathogen of maize in smallholder farms in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa.

Question panel: Cheyenne Theron, and Lente van Zyl