Position : Lecturer
Telephone : 035 902 6061
Email : motsan(at)unizulu.ac.za
Office : None
Biography:
Dr Nozipho M Motsa
Qualifications:
Dip (Agric) (UNISWA), BSc (Agric) (UNISWA), MSc (Agronomy) (UP), PhD (Crop Science) (UKZN)
Research interests:
Crop agronomy and physiology in relation to drought stress. Indigenous knowledge systems in crop production, Climate change and climate-smart agriculture Products development and value adding in agricultural crops.
Professional membership:
- Registered Professional Natural Scientist at SACNASP (Pr.Sci.Nat. 400043/17)
- Member of the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA).
- Member of the Organization for Women in Science from the Developing World (OWSD)
- Member of the South African Crop Production Society
Research Databases / Publications
- Shezi, S.Z. Tesfay a, L.S. Magwaza, A. Mditshwa, N.M. Motsa (2018). Gaseous ozone and plant extract-based edible coatings as postharvest treatments for ‘Hass’ avocado (Persea americana Mill.) fruit. In print as conference paper presented at the International Horticultural Congress (IHC) 2018.
- Nozipho M. Motsa, Albert T. Modi and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi (2015). Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) as a drought tolerant and food security crop. A review. South African Journal of Science,111(11/12)
- Motsa N. M., Modi A. T. and Mabhaudhi T. (2015). Antioxidant activity, reducing sugar content and selected phytonutrients of orange -fleshed sweet potato cultivars as influenced by agroecological production area. Food Science and Technology (Campains), DOI: 10.1590/1678-457X.6443
- Motsa N. M., Modi A. T. and Mabhaudhi T. (2015). Sweet potato response to low-input agriculture and varying environments of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for food security strategies. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B – Plant Soil Science production, DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2015.1011222.
- R.T. Vilane, M.I. Shongwe, N.M. Motsa and V.D. Shongwe, (2012). Adoption of post-harvest technologies used by small-holder farmers in Swaziland. African Journal of Agricultural Research,7(35): 4983 – 4995
- K. Wahome, N.M. Motsa, M.T. Masarirambi and V.D. Shongwe (2010). Effects of hydroponics systems and growing media on productivity of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Botswana Journal for Agriculture and Applied Sciences, 6 (2): 4 – 12
- Motsa Nozipho M., Soundy Puffy, Steyn Martin J., Learmonth Robin A., Mojela Nare and Teubes Clive, (2006). Plant Shoot age and Temperature Effects on Essential Oil Yield and Oil Composition of Rose-scented Geranium (Pelargonium sp.) Grown in South Africa. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 18:106 – 110.