Experts directory

Mrs A Swarts

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental Sciences
Department: Environmental Sciences
Lecturer
Tel: 011 471 2293
E-mail: swarta@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Crop Production
  • Horticulture production management
  • Plug production
  • Vegetative propagation

Qualifications

  • Magister Technologiae in Horticulture (cum laude), Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
  • Baccalaureus Technologiae: Horticulture (cum laude), University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • National Diploma in Horticulture, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)

Fields of academic interests

  • Plant fecundity
  • Seed germination (sexual propagation)
  • Crop production systems
  • Greenhouse management

Field of Specialisation

  • Vegetative propagation (stem cuttings, grafting, budding)
  • Propagation of South African medicinally important crops

Journal articles

  • South African Journal of Botany (2018) Elsevier, Rooting and survival of Lobostemon fruticosus (L) H. Buek stem cuttings as affected by season, media and cutting position.