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Host-pathogen studies of wheat leaf rust resistance in Triticum turgidum
(University of the Free State, 2003-05)
English: Wheat and the wheat leaf rust pathogen Puccinia tritieina co-evolved for several
millennia. The frequency by which host resistance genes are overcome by the
pathogen has lead to a constant search for new genes, ...
FarmRec: 'n geïntegreerde ekstensiewe veeboerdery rekordhoudingstelsel
(University of the Free State, 2003-04)
English: Extensive farmers in South Africa do not generally keep records of their farming activities, and
if they do, it only entails financial record keeping for the Receiver of Revenue. Resources for
farm record keeping, ...
Environmental, manpower and financial analysis of locust control in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2000-03)
English: The brown locust, Locustana pardalina (Walker), has regularly recurring outbreaks in
the region Karoo region of South Africa. The endemic region comprises an area of
approximately 40 million hectares. The locusts ...
Experimental determination of rock hydrological properties using elastic parameters
(University of the Free State, 2007-11)
English: As groundwater becomes increasingly vital as a viable source of fresh water in arid
or remote areas, where surface water supplies are insufficient to sustain life,
agriculture and industry, it has become important ...
Determination of the malting and milling performance of sorghum cultivars
(University of the Free State, 2001-05)
English: Consumer demands for sorghum food acceptability stress the need for quality
evaluation of milled and malted products. The aim of this study was to determine the
milling and malting quality of sorghum cultivars ...
Reactions of polyphenols with α-keto acids
(University of the Free State, 2007-01)
English: Novel methods of carbon-carbon bond formation are of considerable theoretical and
practical interest to synthetic organic chemists. This work investigates the formation
and synthetic potential of a methine bond ...
Genotype by environment interaction for oil quality in high oleic acid sunflower lines
(University of the Free State, 2007-10-17)
English: High oleic acid sunflower hybrids have been available on the market for a few years, but research on the stability of these genotypes for oil quality traits in South African production areas is limited. General ...
Biochemical and molecular analysis of the early response of Triticum aestivum infected with Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici
(University of the Free State, 2005)
English: The aim of this study was to establish the oxidative burst and the involvement of
protein kinases in the early responses involved in the resistance of a resistant wheat
cultivar (Yr1) to Puccinia striiformis f. ...
Forensic entomology: the influence of the burning of a body on insect succession and calculation of the postmortem interval
(University of the Free State, 2009)
Forensic entomology is the application of the study of insects and other arthropods which are associated with legal issues and certain suspected criminal events. Successional studies have been successfully applied in ...
Reconstruction of contact metamorphism of the Uitkomst Complex, near Badplaas, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, based on mineralogical and petrological investigations of the contact aureole
(University of the Free State, 2009)
This study presents petrological, mineralogical and geochemical data from the country rocks surrounding the basic to ultrabasic Uitkomst Complex in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The investigations resulted in a ...