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    Micropropagation of Harpagophytum procumbens

    An efficient protocol for micropropagation of Harpagophytum procumbens DC., an endangered African medicinal plant, was developed. Maximum shoot multiplication without callus was obtained from nodal explants cultu...

    S. Kaliamoorthy, G. Naidoo, P. Achar in Biologia Plantarum (2008)

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    Coal Dust Pollution Effects on Wetland Tree Species in Richards Bay,South Africa

    In this study, the effects of coal dust on four, sympatric, wetland tree species in Richards Bay Harbour were investigated. We tested the hypothesis that leaf micromorphology influenced dust accumulation and t...

    G. Naidoo, Y. Naidoo in Wetlands Ecology and Management (2005)

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    Quantitative trait loci for low aflatoxin production in two related maize populations

    Aflatoxin B1 formed by Aspergillus flavus Fr:Link has been associated with animal disease and liver cancer in humans. We performed genetic studies in progenies derived from maize inbred Tex6, associated with rel...

    C. Paul, G. Naidoo, A. Forbes, V. Mikkilineni, D. White… in Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2003)

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    Effects of salinity and nitrogen on growth, ion relations and proline accumulation in Triglochin bulbosa

    The effects of salinity and nitrogen on growth, ion relations and prolineaccumulation in the monocotyledonous halophyte, Triglochin bulbosa,was investigated in hydroponic culture over 5 months. The experimentalde...

    G. Naidoo, Y. Naidoo in Wetlands Ecology and Management (2001)

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    Low salinities adversely affect photosynthetic performance of the mangrove, Avicennia marina

    Photosynthetic performance of the highly salt tolerant mangrove, Avicennia marina, was compared at two sites differing insubstrate soil salinities. Carbon dioxide exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence weremonitor...

    A. Tuffers, G. Naidoo, D.J. von Willert in Wetlands Ecology and Management (2001)

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    Gas exchange characteristics of the tropical mangrove, Pelliciera rhizophoreae

    Photosynthetic characteristics were investigated in the geographically isolated and restricted mangrove species, P.rhizophoreae. Gas exchange measurements were made on two to seven years old hydroponically gro...

    G. Naidoo, D.J. von Willert in Mangroves and Salt Marshes (1999)

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    Field measurements of gas exchange in Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

    Diurnal gas exchange characteristics were measured simultaneously in two mangrove species, Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, over 7 d in summer (February–March), to compare their productivity. The st...

    G. Naidoo, H. Rogalla, D.J. von Willert in Mangroves and Salt Marshes (1998)

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    Gas exchange responses of a mangrove species, Avicennia marina, to waterlogged and drained conditions

    This study was undertaken in summer on fully expanded leaves of Avicennia marina trees in the Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve, Durban,South Africa. Data sets were obtained over 5–7 days of relatively dry co...

    G. Naidoo, H. Rogalla, D. J. von Willert in Hydrobiologia (1997)

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    Diurnal gas exchange characteristics and water use efficiency of three salt-secreting mangroves at low and high salinities

    Continuous measurements of gas exchange characteristics were made on two to nine year old hydroponically grown Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn, Aegialitis annulata R. Br. and Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco ma...

    G. Naidoo, D. J. von Willert in Hydrobiologia (1995)

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    Relationship between morphological and physiological responses to waterlogging and salinity in Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

    The effects of waterlogging and salinity on morphological and physiological responses in the marsh grass Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth were investigated in a 4×2 factorial experiment. Plants were subjected to ...

    G. Naidoo, S. G. Mundree in Oecologia (1993)

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    Waterlogging responses of Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth.

    Flooding responses in Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth., a perennial C4 grass, propagated from plants collected on the fringes of a mangrove swamp, were examined in a glasshouse study over 42 days. Flooding signi...

    G. Naidoo, S. Naidoo in Oecologia (1992)