Elizabeth Ngadze

Pathogens Causing Soft Rot and Blackleg Symptoms in Potatoes in Peri-urban Harare Area

Vongai Marjorie Paradza, Upenyu Mazarura & Elizabeth Ngadze · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2016

Aims: To identify, using standard biochemical tests, a polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, the soft rot species presumed to be the cause of potato soft rot and blackleg affecting potatoes in commercial farms around the Harare area in Zimbabwe. Study Design: Biochemical test...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2016/24553

A Survey of the Production Practices of Livingstone Potato (Plectranthus esculentus), an Indigenous and Underutilized Vegetable in Zimbabwe

Gaudencia Tichaidza Kujeke, Rose Tafadzwa Masekesa, David Icishahayo, Elizabeth Ngadze & Upenyu Mazarura · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2015

Aims: The main objectives of the study were to establish the current production practices, constraints, and identity of the different landraces of Livingstone potato (Plectranthus esculentus) that are grown in Zimbabwe as well as the potential for improvement of the indigenous tr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2015/19612