African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907072578	Predicting Climate Change Impacts on Sugarcane Production at Sites in Australia, Brazil and South...	Singels A., Jones M., Marin F., Ruane A., Thorburn P.	2014	Sugar Tech	16	4	10.1007/s12355-013-0274-1	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa; Embrapa Agriculture In...	Singels, A., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa; Jones, M....	Reliable predictions of sugarcane response to climate change are necessary to plan adaptation str...	Cane yield; Canopy cover; Climate change; Crop model; Global climate model	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34547670304	Larval performance of the pyralid borer Eldana saccharina Walker and stalk damage in sugarcane: I...	Kvedaras O.L., Keeping M.G., Goebel F.R., Byrne M.J.	2007	International Journal of Pest Management	53	3	10.1080/09670870601110956	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa; School of Animal, Plan...	Kvedaras, O.L., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa, School...	Applied silicon (Si) can improve resistance of plants to insect attack. We investigated the inter...	Antibiosis; Calcium silicate; Host plant resistance; Integrated Pest Management; Mechanical barri...	calcium; cultivar; host plant; integrated pest management; larval settlement; pest resistance; su...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84896742202	The Occupational Performance Measure of Food Activities: Item pool development and measurement pr...	Plastow N.A., Spiliotopoulou G., Atwal A., Gilhooly M.	2014	British Journal of Occupational Therapy	77	2	10.4276/030802214X13916969447353	Stellenbosch University, South Africa; School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel Universi...	Plastow, N.A., Stellenbosch University, South Africa, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, ...	Introduction: Occupational therapists have the knowledge and skills to improve nutritional risk i...	Aged; Food; Occupational performance	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901371918	Family evaluation for quality traits in South African sugarcane breeding programmes	Zhou M., Lichakane M., Joshi S.V.	2013	International Sugar Journal	115	1374	None	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, P/Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa	Zhou, M., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, P/Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa; L...	Family evaluation involves the selection or rejection of entire families of seedlings based on in...	Broad sense heritability; Covariance parameters; Plant breeding; Selection gains; Sugarcane	Population statistics; Sugar cane; Breeding programmes; Broad-sense heritability; Covariance para...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84916625012	Evaluation of Moddus® as a new chemical ripener for the South African sugar industry: Preliminary...	Van Heerden P.D.R.	2013	International Sugar Journal	115	1375	None	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, P/Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa	Van Heerden, P.D.R., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, P/Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, Sout...	Information from Brazil and Australia indicates that trinexapac-ethyl (Moddus®) is an excellent n...	Cane quality; Cane yield; Chemical ripening; Moddus®; Sugar yield; Sugarcane	Crops; Sugar cane; Cane yield; Chemical ripening; Combination treatments; Industry standards; Rat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899857757	Integrating soil water monitoring technology and weather based crop modelling to provide improved...	Paraskevopoulos A.L., Singels A.	2014	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	105	None	10.1016/j.compag.2014.04.007	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe 4300, South Africa	Paraskevopoulos, A.L., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecom...	Various technologies exist to support scientific irrigation scheduling, each with its own strengt...	Cane yield; Capacitance sensor; Crop model; Irrigation scheduling; Soil water content; Weather data	Benchmarking; Capacitance; Crops; Decision support systems; Plants (botany); Scheduling; Sensors;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875541585	Modelling and monitoring for strategic yield gap diagnosis in the South African sugar belt	Van den Berg M., Singels A.	2013	Field Crops Research	143	None	10.1016/j.fcr.2012.10.009	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe 4300, South Africa; ...	Van den Berg, M., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe 43...	This paper revisits the diagnostic use of industry-wide sugarcane (Saccharum sp. hybrid) modellin...	Modelling; Sugar cane; Yield gap	agricultural management; agricultural modeling; agroecology; agronomy; crop production; crop yiel...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644520644	Starch hydrolysis using α-amylase: A laboratory evaluation using response surface methodology	Schoonees B.M.	2006	International Sugar Journal	108	1286	None	Sugar Milling Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa	Schoonees, B.M., Sugar Milling Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, Sout...	The South African cane sugar mills use a thermostable amylase enzyme (produced by genetically mod...	None	Bacillus licheniformis; Enzyme concentrations; Genetically modified; Laboratory evaluation; Respo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644907191	The impact of green cane production systems on manual and mechanical farming operations	Meyer E., Norris C.P., Jacquin E., Richard C., Scandaliaris J.	2006	Zuckerindustrie	131	2	None	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, 4300, South Africa;...	Meyer, E., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, 4300, So...	Many sugar industries around the globe have moved, or are in the process of moving, to green cane...	Burnt cane; Economic implications; Green cane; Loading; Manual harvesting; Mechanical harvesting;...	Saccharum hybrid cultivar	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34250632045	Impact of harvesting practices on nematode communities and yield of sugarcane	Berry S., Spaull V.W., Cadet P.	2007	Crop Protection	26	8	10.1016/j.cropro.2006.10.022	South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, Durban, 4300, South...	Berry, S., South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe, Durban, ...	On the sandy soils in South Africa damage by plant parasitic nematodes to sugarcane occurs equall...	Harvesting practice; Hilling up; Nematodes; Stool; Stubble; Sugarcane	abundance; community structure; crop yield; harvesting; nematode; parasite; population structure;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84897468923	Impact of lower stratospheric ozone on seasonal prediction systems	Mathole K., Ndarana T., Beraki A., Landman W.A.	2014	South African Journal of Science	110	42433	10.1590/sajs.2014/20130161	South African Weather Service - Research, Pretoria, South Africa; Council for Scientific and Indu...	Mathole, K., South African Weather Service - Research, Pretoria, South Africa; Ndarana, T., South...	We conducted a comparison of trends in lower stratospheric temperatures and summer zonal wind fie...	Eddy-driven jet; ENSO; Ozone depletion; Polar vortex; Stratosphere	accuracy assessment; annual variation; atmospheric general circulation model; climate modeling; c...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-70349223924	Performance comparison of some dynamical and empirical downscaling methods for South Africa from ...	Landman W.A., Kgatuke M.-J., Mbedzi M., Beraki A., Bartman A., du Piesanie A.	2009	International Journal of Climatology	29	11	10.1002/joc.1766	South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics an...	Landman, W.A., South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Geography, Ge...	The ability of advanced state-of-the-art methods of downscaling large-scale climate predictions t...	Downscaling; General circulation model; Model output statistics; Regional climate model; South Af...	Downscaling; General circulation model; Model output statistics; Regional climate model; South Af...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930576800	The Impact of Chinese Import Penetration on the South African Manufacturing Sector	Edwards L., Jenkins R.	2015	Journal of Development Studies	51	4	10.1080/00220388.2014.983912	Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape To...	Edwards, L., Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, Universi...	Abstract: This article uses a Chenery-type decomposition and econometric estimation to evaluate t...	None	employment; import; international trade; labor productivity; manufacturing; trade relations; Chin...	ES/1035125/1, ESRC, Economic and Social Research Council	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84900818559	The margins of export competition: A new approach to evaluating the impact of China on South Afri...	Edwards L., Jenkins R.	2014	Journal of Policy Modeling	36	S1	10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.10.003	Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape To...	Edwards, L., Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, Universi...	Chinese manufacturing exports to Sub-Saharan Africa challenge South Africa's economic influence i...	China; Export competition; South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84865385739	Local storages: The impact on hydrology and implications for policy making in irrigation systems	Cai X., Cui Y., Dai J., Luo Y.	2012	Water International	37	4	10.1080/02508060.2012.707380	Southern African Office, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa; State ...	Cai, X., Southern African Office, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Afric...	OASIS, an irrigation diagnosis model, is applied to the Zhanghe Irrigation System in central Chin...	hydrology; irrigation; local storages; OASIS; water reuse	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79957468295	Evaluation of contact fungicide spray regimes for control of late blight (Phytophthora infestans)...	Mekonen S., Alemu T., Kassa B., Forbes G.	2011	Tropical Plant Pathology	36	1	10.1590/S1982-56762011000100003	Southern Agricultural Research Institute - SARI, Awassa Research Center, P.O. Box 06, Awassa, Eth...	Mekonen, S., Southern Agricultural Research Institute - SARI, Awassa Research Center, P.O. Box 06...	Late blight is an important disease of potato in Ethiopia, causing up to 100% loss in susceptible...	Oomycetes; Plant disease control; Reduced fungicide; Resistant varieties; Resource poor farmers	Oomycetes; Phytophthora infestans; Solanum tuberosum	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907015319	Health policy in South Australia 2003-10: Primary health care workforce perceptions of the impact...	Jolley G., Freeman T., Baum F., Hurley C., Lawless A., Bentley M., Labonté R., Sanders D.	2014	Health Promotion Journal of Australia	25	2	10.1071/HE13088	Southgate Institute for Health, Society, and Equity, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders Univers...	Jolley, G., Southgate Institute for Health, Society, and Equity, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flin...	Issue addressed: This paper examines recent Australian health reform policies and considers how t...	evaluation; health care reform; health policy; health promotion; primary health care.	Australia; health care policy; health personnel attitude; health promotion; human; organization a...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924964442	Impact of remittances on economic growth in Nigeria: Further evidence	Oshota S.O., Badejo A.A.	2015	Economics Bulletin	35	1	None	Southwestern University Nigeria, Okun-Owa, Ogun State, Nigeria; University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nig...	Oshota, S.O., Southwestern University Nigeria, Okun-Owa, Ogun State, Nigeria; Badejo, A.A., Unive...	This paper investigated the relationship between remittances and economic growth in Nigeria, usin...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-56649097498	Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria end...	Tatem A.J., Guerra C.A., Kabaria C.W., Noor A.M., Hay S.I.	2008	Malaria Journal	7	None	10.1186/1475-2875-7-218	Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks ...	Tatem, A.J., Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,...	Background. The efficient allocation of financial resources for malaria control and the optimal d...	None	article; controlled study; endemic disease; geographic distribution; health survey; human; infect...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84915820624	The impact of male contraception on dominance hierarchy and herd association patterns of African ...	Doughty L.S., Slater K., Zitzer H., Avent T., Thompson S.	2014	Global Ecology and Conservation	2	None	10.1016/j.gecco.2014.08.004	Spatial Ecology and Landuse Unit, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxfor...	Doughty, L.S., Spatial Ecology and Landuse Unit, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gi...	Overpopulation of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in fenced reserves in South Africa is be...	African elephant; Association patterns; Contraception; Dominance; Population control; Social dyna...	None	None	View

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