Department Grondkunde Navorsing Projekte

PhD Research Projects
	Soil geomorphology relationships in KwaZulu-Natal	PhD student: Mr J Atkinson Supervisor: Dr WP de Clercq Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov Funding: NRF
	Soil and Crop Yield Dynamics: Implications for Land Assessments and Natural Resources Management	PhD student: Mr K Barichevy Supervisor: Dr CE Clarke Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov Funding: KZN Dept. Agriculture
	The potential contribution of regolith to the nutrient supply of Eucalyptus, Highflats, KZN	PhD student: Mr GD Cooper Supervisor: Dr A Rozanov Co-supervisor: Prof J Hughes (UKZN) Funding: NRF
	Digital soil mapping and Land Type disaggregation across varying spatial scales	PhD student: Mr T Flynn Supervisor: Dr CE Clarke Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov, Dr WP de Clercq Funding: NRF
	Deficit irrigation and canopy management practices to improve water use efficiency and profitability of wine grapes	PhD student: Mr EL Lategan Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman Co-supervisor: Dr PA Myburgh (ARC-Nietvoorbij) Funding: Winetech
	Soil fertility management in rooibos tea production	PhD student: Mr JFN Smith Supervisor: Dr AG Hardie Co-supervisors: Dr JE Hoffman Funding: Rooibos Ltd., SU
	Apple root development as controlled by irrigation scheduling	PhD student: Ms A Stofberg Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman Co-supervisors: Dr J van Zyl Funding: Hortgro Science
	Evaluation of soil covers on old mine dumps to improve and predict their performance for the rehabilitation of coal mines on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa	PhD student: Ms R van Schalkwyk Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman Co-supervisors: Dr A van Zyl Funding: WRC
MSc Research Projects
	Evaluation of mineral N-enriched dairy manure slurry on wheat production and soil quality at Fair Cape Farm, Durbanville	MSc student: Mr SW du Plessis Supervisor: Dr AG Hardie Co-supervisors: Dr P Swanepoel (Agronomy) Funding: Private Company
	Effect of lime source, fineness and granulisation on soil neutralisation and Ca permeation	MSc student: Mr DJJ du Toit Supervisor: Dr AG Hardie Co-supervisors: Dr P Swanepoel (Agronomy) Funding: SA Kalk en Gips, Protein Trust, AB-INBEV
	Organic matter dynamics in forestry and agricultural systems of the Southern Cape	MSc student: Mr AE du Toit Supervisor: Dr A Rozanov Co-supervisors: Dr WP de Clercq Funding: NRF
	Assessing the potential of using computerized tomography to determine the physical and hydraulic properties of different textured soils	MSc student: Ms E Hartnick Supervisor: Mr V Lategan Co-supervisors: Dr A du Plessis Funding: SU
	The use of micronized lime as plant nutrient source, soil ameliorant and its suppressive effect on Phytophthora in citrus	MSc student: Mr P Janse van Rensburg Supervisor: Dr PJ Raath (CRI) Co-supervisors: Dr AG Hardie, Dr J van Niekerk (Plant Pathology) Funding: CRI
	Effect of domestic greywater on soil quality	MSc student: Ms N Madubela Supervisor: Dr AG Hardie Co-supervisors: Dr CE Clarke, Mr V Lategan Funding: NRF, SU
	Soil spectral characteristics and their spatial variability in relation to wheat yield	MSc student: Ms N Ngejane Supervisor: Dr A Rozanov Co-supervisors: Dr CE Clarke Funding: NRF, SU
	Effect of soil physical properties on rooibos growth patterns in Niewoudtville area	MSc student: Mr K Olifant Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman Co-supervisors: Dr AG Hardie Funding: Northern Cape Department of Agriculture
	Investigating the effect of different soil textures on different soil hydraulic properties	MSc student: Mr J Opperman Supervisor: Mr V Lategan Co-supervisors: Dr JE Hoffman Funding: Winetech
	Co-amendment of water treatment residuals and compost to improve the rooting environment in sand soils	MSc student: Mr JG Steytler Supervisor: Dr CE Clarke Co-supervisors: Dr AG Hardie Funding: University of Durham, UK
	Continuous drip irrigation on citrus : investigation of water distribution and root growth	MSc student: Mr JH van der Merwe Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman Co-supervisor: Dr J van Zyl Funding: Netafim Pty Ltd.

Department Grondkunde Navorsing Projekte

​​​​PhD Research Projects​​ ​ ​

Soil geomorphology relationships in KwaZulu-Natal​

PhD student: Mr J AtkinsonSupervisor: Dr WP de ClercqCo-supervisor: Dr A RozanovFunding: NRF​

Soil and Crop Yield Dynamics: Implications for Land Assessments and Natural Resources Management

PhD student: Mr K BarichevySupervisor: Dr CE ClarkeCo-supervisor: Dr A RozanovFunding: KZN Dept. Agriculture

The potential contribution of regolith to the nutrient supply of Eucalyptus, Highflats, KZN

PhD student: Mr GD CooperSupervisor: Dr A RozanovCo-supervisor: Prof J Hughes (UKZN)Funding: NRF

Digital soil mapping and Land Type disaggregation across varying spatial scales​

PhD student: Mr T FlynnSupervisor: Dr CE ClarkeCo-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov, Dr WP de ClercqFunding: NRF

Deficit irrigation and canopy management practices to improve water use efficiency and profitability of wine grapes

PhD student: Mr EL LateganSupervisor: Dr JE HoffmanCo-supervisor: Dr PA Myburgh (ARC-Nietvoorbij)Funding: Winetech

Soil fertility management in rooibos tea production​​

Apple root development as controlled by irrigation scheduling

Evaluation of soil covers on old mine dumps to imp​rove and predict their performance for the rehabilitation of coal mines on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa​​

​​MSc Research Projects​ ​

Evaluation of mineral N-enriched dairy manure slurry on wheat production and soil quality at Fair Cape Farm, Durbanville

​Effect of lime source, fineness and granulisation on soil neutralisation and Ca permeation​

Organic matter dynamics in forestry and agricultural systems of the Southern Cape

Assessing the potential of using computerized tomography to determine the physical and hydraulic properties of different textured soils​

​The use of micronized lime as plant nutrient source, soil ameliorant and its suppressive effect on Phytophthora in citrus

​Effect of domestic greywater on soil quality

Soil spectral characteristics and their spatial variability in relation to wheat yield

​Effect of soil physical properties on rooibos growth patterns in Niewoudtville area

​Investigating the effect of different soil textures on different soil hydraulic properties

​Co-amendment of water treatment residuals and compost to improve the rooting environment in sand soils

​Continuous drip irrigation on citrus : investigation of water distribution and root growth

PhD Research Projects

Soil geomorphology relationships in KwaZulu-Natal

PhD student: Mr J Atkinson
Supervisor: Dr WP de Clercq
Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov
Funding: NRF

PhD student: Mr K Barichevy
Supervisor: Dr CE Clarke
Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov
Funding: KZN Dept. Agriculture

PhD student: Mr GD Cooper
Supervisor: Dr A Rozanov
Co-supervisor: Prof J Hughes (UKZN)
Funding: NRF

Digital soil mapping and Land Type disaggregation across varying spatial scales

PhD student: Mr T Flynn
Supervisor: Dr CE Clarke
Co-supervisor: Dr A Rozanov, Dr WP de Clercq
Funding: NRF

PhD student: Mr EL Lategan
Supervisor: Dr JE Hoffman
Co-supervisor: Dr PA Myburgh (ARC-Nietvoorbij)
Funding: Winetech

Soil fertility management in rooibos tea production

Evaluation of soil covers on old mine dumps to improve and predict their performance for the rehabilitation of coal mines on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa

MSc Research Projects

Effect of lime source, fineness and granulisation on soil neutralisation and Ca permeation

Assessing the potential of using computerized tomography to determine the physical and hydraulic properties of different textured soils

The use of micronized lime as plant nutrient source, soil ameliorant and its suppressive effect on Phytophthora in citrus

Effect of domestic greywater on soil quality

Effect of soil physical properties on rooibos growth patterns in Niewoudtville area

Investigating the effect of different soil textures on different soil hydraulic properties

Co-amendment of water treatment residuals and compost to improve the rooting environment in sand soils

Continuous drip irrigation on citrus : investigation of water distribution and root growth