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Dr Hendrik Smith
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
FACILITATOR
BEWARINGSLANDBOUFASILITEERDER
Jean Adams
SECRETARY
SEKRETARESSE
Dr Miekie Human
RESEARCH AND POLICY OFFICER
NAVORSINGS- EN BELEIDSBEAMPTE
Dr Marinda Visser
MANAGER: GRAIN RESEARCH
AND POLICY CENTRE
BESTUURDER: GRAANNAVORSING
EN BELEIDSENTRUM
Stefan Links
RESEARCH INTERN
NAVORSINGSINTERN
Petru Fourie
RESEARCH CO-ORDINATOR
AND PRODUCTION COST ANALYST
NAVORSINGSKOÖRDINEERDER
EN PRODUKSIEKOSTE-ANALIS
Currently, traditional phenotyping approaches are a bottle neck in
identifying genes underlying traits of interest, and high-throughput
methods are needed to keep up with the recent advances in screening
and selection processes.
A high-throughput phenomics facility would harness multidisciplinary
collaborations, be the first of its kind in South Africa and will attract
research collaborations from around the world. In future, endeavours
will be focused on establishing a high-throughput phenomics platform
that will serve as a national research facility and will be available to
private as well as public research partners to promote crop breeding
in Southern Africa.
Crop protection
SOILBORNE PESTS AND DISEASES
The Crop Protection Consortium is focused on monitoring and
preventing and/or managing the most prevalent and destructive
pests and diseases in cereals and oilseed crops. As part of this
consortium, soilborne pests and diseases are being surveyed and
researched to provide producers with an understanding thereof, the
importance of early detection and management options to protect
grain yield.
SOUTH AFRICAN SCLEROTINIA RESEARCH NETWORK
The occurrence of Sclerotinia in South Africa is becoming more prominent
as adequate control is lacking. Therefore, the South African Sclerotinia
Research Network (SASRN) was established to provide a platform for
dialogue to take place between researchers, industry and producers.
During September 2019, a workshop was held to identify strategic
research priorities that will lead to outcomes-based research projects
to the benefit of the industry. The meeting was attended by researchers
and industry members involved with Sclerotinia related diseases in South
Africa. The SASRN website (
http://sclerotinia.co.za/
) was launched and
provides opportunities for knowledge sharing as well as for producers to
submit questions and interact directly with researchers.
Current research is focused on modelling of the disease epidemiology
and identifying potential sources of resistance. Results from these studies
will contribute to effective management strategies for this pathogen.
en die inligting kan gebruik word om teling te bevorder. Tans kniehalter
tradisionele fenotiperingsbenaderings die identifikasie van gene se
onderliggende belangrike eienskappe, en hoëdeursetmetodes is nodig om
met die jongste vorderings in die keurings- en seleksieprosesse by te hou.
’n Fasiliteit met ’n hoëdeursetfenomika sal multidissiplinêre same-
werking inspan, die eerste van sy soort in Suid-Afrika wees, en
navorsingsamewerking van regoor die wêreld lok. In die toekoms sal
pogings daarop fokus om ’n hoëdeursetfenomika-platform te vestig
wat as ’n nasionale navorsingsfasiliteit sal dien en vir privaat sowel as
openbare navorsingsvennote beskikbaar sal wees om gewasteling in
Suider-Afrika te bevorder.
Gewasbeskerming
GRONDGEDRAAGDE PLAE EN SIEKTES
Die Gewasbeskermingskonsortium fokus op die monitering, voorkoming
en/of bestuur van die algemeenste en vernietigendste siektes in graan- en
oliesaadgewasse. As deel van hierdie konsortium word ’n opname van en
navorsing oor grondgedraagde plae en siektes gedoen om produsente
te laat verstaan wat dit is, hoe belangrik vroeë opsporing is, en watter
bestuursopsies beskikbaar is om die graanopbrengs te beskerm.
SUID-AFRIKAANSE SCLEROTINIA-NAVORSINGSNETWERK
Die voorkoms van Sclerotinia in Suid-Afrika word al hoe groter omdat
daar nie voldoende beheer is nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Sclerotinia-
navorsingsnetwerk (SASRN) is gevolglik geskep om ’n platform vir
dialoog tussen navorsers, die bedryf en produsente te verskaf.
In September 2019 is ’n werkswinkel aangebied om strategiese
navorsingsprioriteite te help identifiseer wat tot uitkomsgebaseerde
navorsingsprojekte tot voordeel van die bedryf sal lei. Die werkswinkel
is bygewoon deur navorsers en lede van die bedryf wat by Sclerotinia-
verwante siektes in Suid-Afrika betrokke is. Die SASRN-webwerf (
http://
sclerotinia.co.za/
) is bekend gestel en verskaf geleenthede om kennis te
deel en ook vir produsente om vrae te stel en direk met navorsers te skakel.
Huidige navorsing fokus op die modellering van die siekte se
epidemiologie en die identifisering van potensiële bronne van weerstand.
Resultate van hierdie studies sal tot doeltreffende bestuurstrategieë vir
hierdie patogeen bydra.