List of projects finalised during 2019-2020

Eight (8) projects were finalised during the year, but the final reports are expected only in the first half of 2022.

1. Management strategies for soilborne diseases of soybean in South Africa.

   Dr SC Lamprecht, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute

2. Integrated management of charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) of agronomic crops in South Africa, with the emphasis on sunflower and soybeans.

   Dr J van der Waals, University of Pretoria

3. Increasing South African protein production through the development of value-added products for fish processing waste.

   Dr N Goosen, Stellenbosch University

4. Studies on Lecanicillium muscarium as a microparasite of the soybean rust fungus, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and its use as a biocontrol agent against soybean rust.

   Dr KS Yobo, University of KwaZulu-Natal

5. Chemical manipulation of vegetative growth reproductive development and grain yield in canola.

   Prof GA Agenbag, Stellenbosch University

6. Nitrogen topdressings in canola: Time of application and rates.

   Prof GA Agenbag, Stellenbosch University

7. "Canolanavorsing: Somerreënvalgebiede (Groblersdal, Brits, Beestekraal en Vaalharts)."

   Mr WJ du P Jonker / Prof GA Agenbag, Madifor

8. Evaluation of soybean cultivars.

   Ms AS de Beer, ARC-Grain Crop Institute.