South African floraA broad review is presented of recent developments in the commercialization of southern Africa indigenous flora for the cut flower trade, including potted flowers and foliages ("greens"). The botany, horticultural traits and potential for commercialization of several indigenous plants...
African cities face a plethora of problems but they also hold the potential to improve countless lives. As South America shares stark similarities in its history with that of Africa, it could provide both a point of reference and a positive example for tackling these concerns at an urban level...
The e-Flora of South Africa project was initiated in 2013 by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) in support of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC, 2011-2020). South Africa's flora consists of ca. 21,000 taxa of which more than half are ...
The effort to extract value from South African microbial biodiversity has been the subject of several explorative as well as functional studies [[1], [2], [3]]. The utility and economic value of indigenous microbial biodiversity is on the rise with academic research interest, together with ...
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We’ll then return to our hotel before heading off for a lively, African-themed dinner. Day 3: Cape of Good Hope Our mission today will be to explore the Cape Peninsula, a jutting finger of rock that forms the south-western tip of the African continent. We’ll kayak into open water ...
Continue on to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve to see examples of indigenous flora and fauna that exists in this priceless wilderness area. Enjoy a return trip by funicular to the top of Cape Point where one of the highest sea cliffs in the world juts into a stormy sea of two migh...
We'll stroll through Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens under Skeleton Gorge in the afternoon. Established in 1913 on land donated by philanthropist Cecil John Rhodes, these gardens attempt to display the region's indigenous flora comprehensively and include an impressive Baobab Tree in the new greenhouse....
The soil fumigant basamid is the cheapest effective treatment available, at present. The implications of failure to control Phytophthora cinnamomi for forestry, agriculture and the indigenous flora are briefly discussed.doi:10.1080/00382167.1977.9629434D. G.M. DonaldS. L. von Broembsen...