Dr Corlien M van Jaarsveld

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Science, Agriculture and Engineering

Department: Botany

Discipline: Plant Physiology

Highest Qualification

PhD (Agronomy (UFS)

Contact details

Email: vanjaarsveldc@unizulu.ac.za

Phone: 035 902 6060

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Traditional leafy vegetables
plant nutrition

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Growth requirements of traditional leafy vegetables

Active Research Projects

Effect of agronomic variables on growth, yield and nutritional compositions of selelcted traditional leafy vegetables

Nitrogen use efficiency in pineapples

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

International Society for Horticultural Science
South African Society of crop Science

Teaching Interest Areas

Plant Growth and Development
Aquatic Botany and Lower Plant Taxonomy
General Botany

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Dube SP, Marais D, Mavengahama S, Van Jaarsveld CM, Gerrano, AS. 2018. Characterisation of agro-morphological traits of corchorus accessions. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science 69:2, 126-134.

Dube, S.P., Marais, D., Mavengahama, S. Van Jaarsveld, C.M., Gerrano, A.S. 2019. Variability in leaf mineral content of Corchorus accessions in South Africa. Research on Crops 20 (1):121-128.

Mncwango N.C., Mavengahama S., Ntuli N.R., Van Jaarsveld C.M. 2018. Preferred traditional leafy vegetables at KwaMbonambi area, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 115:299.

Mncwango, N.C. Mavengahama, S., Ntuli N.R., Van Jaarsveld C.M. 2020. Diversity, consumption dynamics and ethnomedical claims of traditional leafy vegetables consumed by a rural community in the KwaMbonambi area, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Biodiversitas 21: 1196-1202.

Mncwango, N.C. Van Jaarsveld, C.M. Ntuli, N.R Mavengahama, S. 2021 Participatory selection of Amaranthus genotypes in the KwaMbonambi Area, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Sustainability 13 (21): 11962