Machakaire ATB, Steyn JM, Franke AC (2023) Photosynthesis rate, radiation and water use efficiencies of irrigated potato in a semi-arid climate using Eddy Covariance techniques. Journal of Agricultural Science 161: 217-229. Science 10.1017/S0021859623000175
Abelabu DB, Franke AC (in press) Research status of seed improvement in underutilized crops: prospects for enhancing food security. Journal of Agricultural Science
Nemadodzi EA, Franke AC, Mashingaidze N, Kotze E, Mavunganidze (2023) Maize fungal pathogens as affected by fertilisation and rotation with legumes. Crop Protection 165: 106154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2022.106154
Adelabu DB, Franke AC (in press) Status of underutilized crop production: its potentials for mitigating food insecurity. Agronomy Journal https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21410
Mathinya VN, Franke AC, Van De Ven GWJ, Giller KE (2022) Productivity and constraints of small-scale crop farming in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. Outlook on Agriculture 51: 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270221091839
Mararakanye N, Le Roux JJ, Franke AC (2022) Long-term water quality assessments under changing land use in a large semi-arid catchment in South Africa. Science of the Total Environment 818: 151670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151670
Franke AC, Kotzé E (2022) High-Density grazing in southern Africa: Inspiration by nature leads to conservation? Outlook on Agriculture 51: 67-74. DOI: 10.1177/00307270221075060
Adelabu DB, Franke AC (2022) The beneficial effects of insect pollination and biochar seed coating on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) seed quality at varying temperature conditions. Agriculture (Switzerland) 12: 1690.
Machakaire ATB, Steyn JM, Franke AC (2021) Assessing evapotranspiration and crop coefficients of potato in a semi-arid climate using Eddy Covariance techniques. Agricultural Water Management 255: 107029.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107029
Franke AC (2021) Assessing the impact of climate change on crop production in southern Africa: a review. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 8: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2020.1844325
Baijukya FP, Van Heerwaarden J, Franke AC, van der Brand GJ, Foli S, Keino L, Seitz T, Servan L, Vanlauwe B, Giller KE (2021) Nutrient deficiencies are key constraints to grain legume productivity on “non-responsive” soils in sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 678955. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.678955
Franke AC, Sekoboane IE (2021) Exploring variability in resource use efficiencies among smallholder potato growers in South Africa. Potato Research 64: 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-020-09473-x
Adelabu DB, Bredenhand E, van der Merwe S, Franke AC (2021) Soil fertilization synergistically enhances the impact of pollination services in increasing seed yield of sunflower under dryland conditions. The Journal of Agricultural Science: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859621000514
Clark VR, Mukwada G, Hansen M, Adelabu S, Magaiza G, le Roux A, Bredenhand E, Otomo PV, Steenhuisen S-L, Franke A, van Tol J, Mathinya N, Makombe R (2021) The Afromontane Research Unit: Driving Connections and Capacity Building for the Sustainable Development of Southern African Mountains. Mountain Research and Development 41(2): P1-P5 https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00038.1
Franke AC, Muelelwa LN, Steyn JM (2020) Impact of climate change on yield and water use efficiencies of potato in different production regions of South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 37(3): 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2020.1736345
Mararakanye N, Le Roux JJ, Franke AC (2020) Using satellite-based weather data as input to SWAT in a data poor catchment. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 117: 102871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2020.10287
Franke AC, Baijukya F, Kantengwa S, Reckling M, Vanlauwe B, Giller KE (2019) Poor farmers – poor yields: socio-economic, soil fertility and crop management indicators affecting climbing bean productivity in northern Rwanda. Experimental Agriculture 55: 14-34. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479716000028
Descheemaeker K, Ronner E, Ollenburg M, Franke AC, Klapwijk CJ, Falconnier GN, Wichern J, Giller KE (2019) Which options fit best? Operationalizing the socio-ecological niche concept. Experimental Agriculture 55: 169-190. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001447971600048X
Kermah M, Franke AC, Ahiabor BDK, Adjei-Nsiah S (2019) Legume-maize rotation or relay? Options for ecological intensification of smallholder farms in the Guinea savannah of northern Ghana. Experimental Agriculture 55: 673-691. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479718000273
Ezui KS, Leffelaar PA, Franke AC, Mando A, Giller KE (2018) Simulating drought impact and mitigation in cassava using the LINTUL model. Field Crops Research 219: 256-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2018.01.033
Van Vugt D, Franke AC (2018) Exploring the yield gap of orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi. Field Crops Research 221: 245-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.028
Franke AC, van den Brand GJ, Vanlauwe B, Giller KE (2018) Sustainable intensification through rotations with grain legumes in sub-Saharan Africa: a review. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 261: 172-185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.029
Van Vugt D, Franke AC, Giller KE (2018) Understanding variability in the benefits of N2-fixation in soybean-maize rotations on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 261: 241-250 DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.008 .
Kermah M, Franke AC, Adjei-Nsiah M, Ahiabor BDK, Abaidoo RC, Giller KE (2018) N2 fixation and N contribution by grain legumes under different soil fertility status and cropping systems in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 261:201-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.08.028.
Ezui KS, Franke AC, Ahiabor BDK, Tetteh FM, Sogbedji J, Janssen BH, Mando A, Giller KE (2017) Understanding cassava yield response to soil and fertilizer nutrient supply in West Africa. Plant and Soil 420: 331-347. DOI 10.1007/s11104-017-3387-6
Kermah M, Franke AC, Adjei-Nsiah S, Ahiabor BDK, Abaidoo RC, Giller KE (2017) Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana. Field Crops Research213: 38-50
Van Vugt D, Franke AC, Giller KE (2017) Participatory research to close the soybean yield gap on smallholder farms in Malawi. Experimental Agriculture 53: 396-415.
Fleisher DH, Condori B, Quiroz R, Alva A, Asseng S, Barreda C, Bindi M, Boote KJ, Ferrise R, Franke AC, Govindakrishan PM, Harahagazwe D, Hoogenboom G, Naresh Kumar S, Merante P, Nendel C, Olesen JE, Parker PS, Raes D, Raymundo R, Ruane AC, Stockle C, Supit I, Vanuytrecht E, Wolf J, Woli P (2017) A potato model inter-comparison across varying climates and productivity levels. Global Change Biology 23: 1258-1281.
Ezui KS, Franke AC, Leffelaar PA, Mando A, van Heerwaarden J, Sanabria J, Sogbedji J, Giller KE (2017) Water and radiation use efficiencies explain the effect of potassium on the productivity of cassava. European Journal of Agronomy 83: 28-39.
Steyn JM, Franke AC, van der Waals JE, Haverkort AJ (2016) Resource use efficiencies as indicators of ecological sustainability in potato production: a South African case study. Field Crops Research 199: 136-149.
Van der Waals JE, Steyn JM, Franke AC, Haverkort AJ (2016) Grower perception of biotic and abiotic risks of potato production in South Africa. Crop Protection 84: 44-55.
Ronner E, Franke AC, Vanlauwe B, Dianda M, Edeh E, Ukem B, Bala A, van Heerwaarden J, Giller KE (2016) Understanding variability in soybean yield and response to P-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants on farmers’ fields in northern Nigeria. Field Crops Research 186: 133-145.
Ezui KS, Franke AC, Mando A, Ahiabor BDK, Tetteh FM, Sogbedji J, Janssen BH, Giller KE (2016) Fertiliser requirements for balanced nutrition of cassava across eight locations in West Africa. Field Crops Research 185: 69-78.
Haverkort AJ, Franke AC, Steyn JM, Pronk AA, Caldiz DO, Kooman PL (2015) A robust potato model: LINTUL-POTATO-DSS. Potato Research 58:313-327.
Franke AC, van den Brand GJ, Giller KE (2014) Which farmers benefit most from sustainable intensification? An ex-ante impact assessment of expanding grain legume production in Malawi. European Journal of Agronomy 58: 28-38.
Ojiem JO, Franke AC, Vanlauwe B, de Ridder N, Giller KE (2014) Benefits of legume-maize rotations: assessing the impact of diversity on the productivity of smallholders in Western Kenya. Field Crops Research 168: 75-85.
Haverkort AJ, Franke AC, Engelbrecht FA, Steyn JM (2013) Climate change and potato production in contrasting South African agro-ecosystems 1. Effects on land and water use efficiencies. Potato Research 56: 31-50.
Franke AC, Steyn JM, Haverkort AJ (2013) Climate change and potato production in contrasting South African agro-ecosystems 2. Assessing risks and opportunities of adaptation strategies. Potato Research 56: 51-66.
Van der Waals JE, Krüger K, Franke AC, Haverkort AJ, Steyn JM (2013) Climate change and potato production in contrasting South African agro-ecosystems 3. Effects on relative development rates of selected pathogens and pests. Potato Research56: 67-84.
Franke AC, Steyn JM, Ranger KS, Haverkort AJ (2011) Developing environmental principles, criteria, indicators and norms for potato production in South Africa through field surveys and modelling. Agricultural Systems 104: 297-306.
van Overbeek LS, Franke AC, Nijhuis EHM, Groeneveld RMW, da Rocha UN, Lotz LAP (2011). Bacterial communities associated with Chenopodium album and Stellaria media from arable soils. Microbial Ecology 62: 257-264.
Nziguheba G, Tossah BK, Diels J, Franke AC, Aihou K, Iwuafor ENO, Nwoke C, Merckx R (2010) Assessment of nutrient deficiencies in maize in nutrient omission trials and long-term field experiments in the West African Savanna. Plant and Soil 314: 143-157.
Franke AC, Berkhout ED, Iwuafor ENO, Nziguheba G, Dercon G, Vandeplas I, Diels J (2010) Does crop-livestock integration lead to improved crop production in the savanna of West Africa? Experimental Agriculture 46: 439-455.
Meerburg BG, Verhagen A, Jongschaap REE, Franke AC, Schaap BF, Dueck TA, van der Werf A (2009) Do nonlinear temperature effects indicate severe damages to US crop yields under climate change? Letter in PNAS 106(43): E120.
Franke AC, Lotz LAP, van der Burg WJ, van Overbeek L (2009) The role of arable weed seeds for agroecosystem functioning. Weed Research 49: 131-141.
Laberge G, Franke AC, Ambus P, Høgh-Jensen H (2009) Nitrogen rhizodeposition from soybean (Glycine max) and its impact on nutrient budgets in two contrasting environments of the Guinean savannah zone of Nigeria. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 84: 49-58.
Franke AC, Laberge G, Oyewole BD, Schulz S, Tobe O (2008) A comparison of legume technologies and fallow, and their effects on soil fertility and maize in two distinct environments of the Guinea savannah. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 82: 117-135.
Franke AC, Diels J, Schulz S., Oyewole BD, Tobe O (2008) The role of cattle manure in enhancing on-farm productivity, macro- and micronutrient uptake, and profitability of maize in the Guinea savannah. Experimental Agriculture 44: 313-328.
Franke AC, Singh S, McRoberts N, Nehra AS, Godara S, Malik RK, Marshall G (2007) Phalaris minor seedbank studies: seed production, longevity and seedling emergence as affected by tillage regime. Weed Research 47: 73-83.
Franke AC, Ellis-Jones J, Tarawali G, Schulz S, Hussaini MA, Kureh I, White R, Chikoye D, Douthwaite B, Oyewole BD, Olanrewaju AS (2006) Evaluating and scaling-up integrated Striga hermonthica control technologies among farmers in northern Nigeria. Crop Protection 25: 868-878.
McRoberts N, Sinclair W, McPherson A, Franke AC, Saharan RP, Malik RK, Singh S, Marshall G (2005) An assessment of genetic diversity within and between populations of Phalaris minor using ISSR markers. Weed Research 45: 431-439.
Franke AC, Schulz S, Oyewole BD, Bako S (2004) Incorporating short-season legumes and green manure crops into maize-based systems in the moist Guinea savanna of West Africa. Experimental Agriculture 40: 463-479.
Franke AC, McRoberts N, Marshall G, Malik RK, Singh S, Nehra AS (2003) A survey of Phalaris minor in the Indian rice-wheat system. Experimental Agriculture 39: 253-265.
van Delden A, Lotz LAP, Bastiaans L, Franke AC, Smid HG, Groeneveld RMW, Kropff MJ (2002) The influence of nitrogen supply on the ability of wheat and potato to suppress Stellaria media growth and reproduction. Weed Research 42: 429-445.