PROGRAMME: FRUIT FLY

DIVISION: Integrated Pest Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Aruna Manrakhan COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Dr. Tim Grout, Dr. Martin Gilbert, Dr. Tammy Marsberg, Mr. Wayne Kirkman (CRI), Prof. Chris Weldon, Prof. Julie Coetzee, Prof. Pia Addison, Dr. Roger Price, Dr....

PROGRAMME: FALSE CODLING MOTH

DIVISION: Integrated Pest Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Sean Moore COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Dr. Tim Grout, Dr. Martin Gilbert, Dr. Tammy Marsberg, Prof. Martin Hill (CRI), Prof. Caroline Knox, Dr. Michael Jukes, Dr. Candice Coombes, Dr. Adam Shuttleworth,...

PROGRAMME: POSTHARVEST DISEASES

DIVISION: Disease Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Wilma du Plooy COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Prof. Cheryl Lennox, Dr. Wilma Augustyn RESEARCH CONDUCTED:  Research and services on all postharvest diseases, and packaging aspects.  Most specific focus is on green...

PROGRAMME: GRAFT TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

DIVISION: Disease Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Glynnis Cook COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Mr. Kobus Breytenbach, Ms. Chanel Steyn, Mrs. Rochelle de Bruyn, Ms. Muriel Rikhotso, Dr. Hano Maree, Dr. Rachelle Bester (CRI), Dr. Ronel Roberts (ARC), Dr. Elize Jooste...

PROGRAMME: PRE-HARVEST DISEASES

DIVISION: Disease Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Jan van Niekerk COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Dr. Providence Moyo, Prof. Paul Fourie, Dr. Elma Carstens, Dr. Wilma du Plooy (CRI), Prof. Francois Halleen, Prof. Lizel Mostert, Dr. Cheryl Lennox, Prof. Aletta van der...

PROGRAMME: DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE

DIVISION: Disease Management PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Ronel Roberts COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Dr. Providence Moyo (Fruit & Foliar, including Citrus Black Spot), Dr. Glynnis Cook and Mr. Kobus Breytenbach (Graft Transmissible Diseases), Mr. M.C. Pretorius and...

Dr. Jan van Niekerk

Portfolio Manager : Disease Management  From 2008 to 2013 worked at Westfalia Fruit where he did research on mango pre-and postharvest diseases along with avocado root diseases and pre-and postharvest diseases. Joining CRI in January 2014 as Programme Coordinator:...

PROGRAMME: RIND CONDITION AND COLD CHAIN

DIVISION: Citriculture PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Paul Cronjè COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Mrs. Jade North, Mr. Vivian White, Ms. Johanè Niemann, Dr. Tarl Berry ESEARCH CONDUCTED: Rind conditions are an important research programme of CRI, as physiological disorders...

PROGRAMME: PRE-HARVEST PRODUCTION AND QUALITY

DIVISION: Citriculture PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Dr. Pieter Raath  COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS: Dr. Tarl Berry, Mr. Vivian White, Ms. Johanè Niemann and Mrs. Jade North.   RESEARCH CONDUCTED: Research within this programme focuses on the physiology of citrus flowering...

PROGRAMME: CULTIVAR EVALUATION

DIVISION: Citriculture PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: Mr. Johan Joubert CULTIVAR EVALUATOR AND ASSISTANTS: Mr. Werner Swiegers, Mr. Siphuxolo Melamane, Mr. Anam Xapa, Mr Lutric Ngwamba RESEARCH CONDUCTED: Maximising the long-term global competitiveness of the southern African...