Research projects in Botany
- Re-evaluation of the fossil pollen from Florisbad, which will assist us in reconstructing the climate and vegetation of the Quaternary in the central Free State (Dr Andri van Aardt)
- Looking at the use of leaf epidermis as possible palaeo-environmental indicators from the Pretoria Salt pan (Tswaing Crater). (Dr Andri van Aardt)
- Systematics of the Curio group (Asteraceae) (Dr Mariette Jackson)
- Systematics of genus Steirodiscus (Asteraceae) (Dr Mariette Jackson)
- Taxonomic revision of the genus Cryptolepis (Dr Lize Joubert)
- Systematics of the Periplocoideae (Dr Lize Joubert)
- Systematics of two South African endemic genera: Steirodiscus and Garuleum (Asteraceae) (Dr Lize Joubert)
- Elicitors in plant defence responses (Dr Lintle Mohase)
- Characterisation of elicitors/effectors in aphid saliva (Dr Lintle Mohase)
- Effect of commercial plant activators on crop protection (pest/drought resistance, yield) (Dr Lintle Mohase)
- Evaluation of bio-catalytic compounds on plant growth and development. (Dr Gerhard Potgieter)
- Late Quaternary Palynology and Environments (Prof Louis Scott)
- Coprolite pollen taphnomy (Prof Louis Scott)
- Digitising pollen reference material (Prof Louis Scott)
- Taxonomic revision of the genus Licium in Africa (Dr Andor Venter)
- Taxonomic revision of the family Apocynaceae (Prof Johan Venter)
- Early response to pathogen infection in wheat (Prof Botma Visser)
- Molecular analysis of gene expression in plants (Prof Botma Visser)
- Molecular analysis of defence gene expression in wheat (Prof Botma Visser)
- The role of volatile emissions in defence activation in exposed wheat (Prof Botma Visser)
- Genetic analysis of stem, leaf, and yellow rust populations of wheat in South Africa (Prof Botma Visser)
- Genetic analysis of bio-activator treatments in wheat (Prof Botma Visser)