Institute for Soil, Climate and Water

Recent papers from Institute for Soil, Climate and Water

1. Transitioning to low-carbon agriculture: Institutional misalignment and constraints in South Africa’s extension systemsLand Use Policy · 2026
2. Soil physical and chemical parameters affect litter decomposition in an agriculturally dominated catchmentFrontiers in Soil Science · 2026
3. Capacity Analysis of Urban Water Systems under Centralization: A Case Study in DenmarkACS ES&T Water · 2026
4. African Soils Are Also under Threat: Occurrence of Pesticides in Agricultural Soils and ImplicationsEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2026
5. Unravelling the differences in metabolite accumulation in Cassia abbreviata Oliv. subsp. beareana (Holmes) Brenan leaves through computational tools: A comparative studySouth African Journal of Botany · 2026
6. Carbon Footprint of Kernza Perennial Grain in Organic and Nonorganic Production SystemsACS Sustainable Resource Management · 2025
7. Changes in Volatile Organic Compound Composition from an Oxidation-Based Air CleanerACS ES&T Air · 2025
8. The effect of temperate climate on potential biocontrol agents for water hyacinth, case study of RwandaBulletin of Entomological Research · 2025
9. South African soil, land cover and weather generator file databases for SWAT applicationsJournal of Hydrology Regional Studies · 2025
10. Synthesis of Nano-Sized Metavivianite and Nano-Sized Chitosan-Coated Metavivianite and Their Solubility in a Calcareous Soil Saturated Paste Extract with Soil Microbe InoculationACS Agricultural Science & Technology · 2025
11. Dynamics and Insights into the Unique Ecological Guild of Fungi in Bacteria-Bioaugmented Anaerobic DigestersJournal of Fungi · 2025
12. Developing models to detect maize diseases using spectral vegetation indices derived from spectral signaturesThe Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science · 2024
13. Review of soil form and wetness indicators for wetland delineation in South AfricaWater SA · 2024
14. Dynamics of an extreme low temperature event over South Africa amid a warming climateWeather and Climate Extremes · 2024
15. Agri‐mat and grass mulch effect on crop biomass yield in sandy loam and loam soilsLand Degradation and Development · 2024
16. Field-Scale Winter Wheat Growth Prediction Applying Machine Learning Methods with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery and Soil PropertiesLand · 2024
17. Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom-up innovations to envision positive systemic changeSustainability Science · 2023
18. In-Field Rainwater Harvesting Tillage in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: I Maize–Bean Intercrop Performance and ProductivityPlants · 2023
19. Radiometric Compensation for Occluded Crops Imaged Using High-Spatial-Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle SystemAgriculture · 2023
20. In-Field Rainwater Harvesting Tillage in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: II Maize–Bean Intercrop Water and Radiation Use EfficiencyPlants · 2023