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