Prof Elmarie Kotze
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Soil and Crop and Climate Sciences
Address
Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Soil Crop and Climate Sciences
IB 54
UFS
Telephone
0514012577
Office
Agriculture Building: Block 1 1.G31
Information

Short CV
Publications

Publications (Short List)

Chichongue, O., Van Tol, J.J., Du Preez, C.C., Ceronio, G.M. and Kotzé, E. 2022. Short-term effects of tillage systems, fertilization, and cropping patterns on soil chemical properties and maize yields in a loamy sand soil in southern Mozambique. Agronomy 2022, agronomy-1775923.

 

Loke, P.F., Kotzé, E. and Du Preez, C.C. 2022. Soil Organic Matter Storage in Irrigated Tsitsikamma Dairy Farms with Minimum Tilled Pasture Mixtures: Case Studies. Agriculture 2022, 12, 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12060858


Tlomatsana, L.S., Loke, P.F., Kotzé, E. and Aghoghovwia. M.P. 2022. Aggregate dynamics and intra-aggregate carbon contents as influenced by long-term wheat production management in semi-arid South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 39(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2021.2009049


Franke, A.C. and Kotzé, E. 2022. High-density grazing in southern Africa: Inspiration by nature leads to conservation? Outlook on Agriculture 51(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270221075060


Loke, P.F., Heine, H.G., Rhode, O.H.J., Kotzé, E. and Du Preez, C.C. 2021. Tillage and its temporal effects on soil organic matter and microbial characteristics in the semi-arid central South Africa. Soil Research SR21141, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR21141


Loke, P.F., Schimper, J.J., Kotzé, E. and Du Preez, C.C. 2021. Long-term wheat production management effects on soil fertility indicators in the semi-arid eastern Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 2021, 01-14.

 

Seboko, K.R., Kotzé, E., van Tol, J.J. and van Zijl, G. 2021. Characterization of soil carbon stocks in the City of Johannesburg. Land 10(1):83, 1-12.

 

Loke, P.F., Kotzé, E., Du Preez, C.C. and Twigge, L. 2021. Cross-rangeland comparisons on soil carbon dynamics in the pedoderm of semi-arid and arid South African commercial farms. Geoderma 381, 1-12.

 

Mamera, M., van Tol, J.J., Aghoghovwia, M.P. and Kotze E. 2020. Sensitivity and Calibration of the FT-IR Spectroscopy on Concentration of Heavy Metal Ions in River and Borehole Water Sources. Applied Sciences 10(21), 77-85. 


Motema, T., Kotzé, E., Loke, P.F. and du Preez, C.C. 2020. Response of soil organic matter indices and fractions after 37 years of wheat production management practices in semi-arid South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 37(2), 136-143.

 

Ncoyi, K., du Preez, C.C. and Kotzé, E. 2020. Comparison of soil phosphorus fractions after 37 years of wheat production under different management practices in a semi-arid climate. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 37(3), 184-193.

 

SandhageHofmann, A., Löffler, J., Kotzé, E., Weijers, S., Wingate, V., Wundram, D., Weihermüller, L., Pape, R., du Preez, C.C. and Amelung W. 2020. Woody encroachment and related soil properties in different tenure-based management systems of semiarid rangelands. Geoderma 372, 114399.

 

Marais, A., Kotzé, E., Labuschagne, J., Visser, L. and Morris, C. 2020. Proposed adaptation of the KMnO4 oxidation method for determining active carbon for South African soils. South African Journal of Science 116 (1/2), 15-16. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/6443


Loke, P.F., Kotzé, E., Du Preez, C.C. and Twigge, L. 2019. Dynamics of soil carbon concentrations and quality induced by agricultural land use in central South Africa. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83, 366-379. DOI 10.2136/sssaj2018.11.0423 

 

Loke, P.F., Kotzé, E., du Preez, C.C. and Twigge, L. 2018. Long-term effects of wheat production management practices on some carbon fractions of a semiarid Plinthustalfs. Soil Research 56(6), 601. DOI 10.1071/sr18050

 

Kotzé, E., Sandhage-Hofmann, A., Amelung, W., Oomen, R.J. and du Preez, C.C. 2017. Soil microbial communities in different rangeland management systems of a sandy savanna and clayey grassland ecosystem, South Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 107(2), 227-245 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-017-9832-3 

 

Kotze, E., Loke, P.F., Akhosi-Setaka, M.C and Du Preez, C.C. 2016.  Land use change affecting soil humic substances in three semi-arid agro-ecosystems in South Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 216, 194-202

 

 

 


 

  

Research


Area(s) of Interest

 Soil Biology, Soil C and N, Soil Quality

Area(s) of Expertise

 

Courses Presented

SOIL4814, SOIL4844, SANR5806, SANR7906

Community Service

Helping with general inquiries from the public sector regarding soil ecology, soil degradation aspects.

Service Learning


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