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Rethman, NFG
MSc(Agric) PhD(Agric)(Natal) - Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3225
Fax number: 012 420 4120
E-mail address: nrethman@postino.up.ac.za

Research interests:

Sustainable plant production

Soil water relations and plant water use

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Annandale JG, Jovanovic NZ, Pretorius JJB, Lorentz SL, Rethman NFG, Tanner PD: 2001. Gypsiferous mine water use in irrigation on rehabilitated open-cast mine land: Crop Production, soil water and salt balance. Ecological Engineering, 17(2 & 3), pp 153-164.

Relling EA, Van Niekerk WA, Coertze RJ, Rethman NFG: 2001. An evaluation of Panicum maximum cv.Gatton: 1 The effect of stocking rate and period of absence on the production of sheep. South African Journal of Animal Science, 31(2), pp 77-83.

Relling EA, Van Niekerk WA, Coertze RJ, Rethman NFG: 2001. An evaluation of Panicum maximum cv.Gatton: 2 The influence of stage of maturity on diet selection, intake and rumen fermentation in sheep. South African Journal of Animal Science, 31(2), pp 85-91.

Relling EA, Van Niekerk WA, Coertze RJ, Rethman NFG: 2001. An evaluation of Panicum maximum cv.Gatton: 3 The partial digestion by sheep of organic matter, nitrogen and neutral detergent fibre of herbage at three stages of maturity during summer, autumn or winter. South African Journal of Animal Science, 31(2), pp 93-99.

Rethman NFG: 2001. Approaches to biodiversity on rehabilitated minelands in South Africa. Tropical Grasslands, 34, pp 251-253.

Rethman NFG: 2001. Grass, grass and legume or legume leys: A South African experience. Tropical Grasslands, 34, pp 177-179.