Browsing Faculty of Agriculture by Author "Pule-Meulenberg, Flora"
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Assessing the symbiotic dependency of grain and tree legumes on N2 fixation for their N nutrition in five agro-ecological zones of Botswana
Pule-Meulenberg, Flora; Dakota, Felix D. (SpringerLink, 2009-02)To assess the symbiotic dependency of grain and shrub/tree legumes within five agro-ecological zones of Botswana, fully expanded leaves of the test species were sampled from about 26 study sites within Ngwaketse, Gaborone, ... -
Retooling Smallholder Farming Systems for Climate Change Resilience Across Botswana Arid Zones
Batisani, Nnyaladzi; Pule-Meulenberg, Flora; Batlang, Utlwang; Matteoli, Federica; Tselaesele, Nelson (Springer, 2021)Background: Scientific progress and developments in technology have improved our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts on smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The persistence of such ... -
Symbiotic functioning and bradyrhizobial biodiversity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculataL. Walp.) in Africa
Pule-Meulenberg, Flora; Belane, Alphonsus K.; Krasova-Wade, Tatiana; Dakora, Felix D (SpringerLink, 2010-03-23)Cowpea is the most important food grain legume in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, no study has so far assessed rhizobial biodiversity and/or nodule functioning in relation to strain IGS types at the continent level. In this ... -
Symbiotic N nutrition, bradyrhizobial biodiversity and photosynthetic functioning of six inoculated promiscuous-nodulating soybean genotypes
Pule-Meulenberg, Flora; Gyogluu, Cynthia; Naab, Jesse; Dakora, Felix D. (Elservier, 2011)Six promiscuous soybean genotypes were assessed for their ability to nodulate with indigenous rootnodule bacteria in Ghana, with Bradyrhizobium japonicum WB74 serving as positive control. Although the results revealed free ...