Midlands State University

Research News

Improving Lives through Food Innovation

March 20, 2019 0

Preliminary research findings by Mr Talknice Jombo, a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at Midlands State University are set…

MSU Secures a Key Engineering Research Grant

February 20, 2019 0

MSU Attends Tugwi-Mukosi Development Project Site Meeting

February 18, 2019 0

MSU Hosts International Research Conference on Sustainable Economic Transformation

February 7, 2019 0

University Hosts Orientation Programme for New Postgraduate Studies Students

December 18, 2018 0

Sports

News

Journey to ZITISU Games Begins

March 21, 2019 0

Midlands State University put on a spirited performance at the just ended Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association (ZUSA) cluster one games, to book their spot at…

MSU Great Debaters Shine in Tanzania

December 14, 2018 0

MSU The Champions

August 3, 2018 0

MSU ROMPS TO VICTORY AT THE 2018 CZSUSG

July 19, 2018 0

Chancellor of Zimbabwe State Universities Staff Games Kick Off In Lupane

July 11, 2018 0

Awards & Recognitions

Awards

MSU Honours Workers

January 21, 2019 0

The year began on a high note for long-serving employees of the Midlands State University with the institution recognizing their faithful and selfless dedication to…

A Date with the Champions

December 3, 2018 0

MSU Adds Another Feather to Its Cap

September 3, 2018 0

Thumps Up to MSU Growth Strategy: Dr Eve Gadzikwa

April 30, 2018 0

MSU Wins Enterprise Innovation Award

March 26, 2018 0

New Publications

Nyasha Sakadzo, Kasirayi Makaza, Ignatius Chagonda, Jimmy Shanangura, and Tafadzwa T Haripo (2018) Response of maize (Zea maysL) inbred lines to different herbicide combinations. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 13(31), 1540-1550
Sungirai, M., Moyo, D.Z., De Clercq, P., Madder, M., Vanwambeke, S.O., De Clercq, E.M., 2018. Modelling the distribution of Rhipicephalus microplus and R. decoloratus in Zimbabwe. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.14C, 41-49.
Moyo, D.Z., Chakuya, J., Sungirai, M., 2018. Ixodid ticks of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), impala (Aepyceros melampus) and elephant (Loxodonta africana) in five protected park estates in the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe. Experimental and Applied Acarology 75 (4), 409-417.
Marvelous Sungirai, Samantha Baron, Nicolaas A. Van der Merwe, Doreen Zandile Moyo, Patrick De Clercq, Christine Maritz-Olivier, Maxime Madder (2018) Population structure and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus microplus in Zimbabwe. Acta Tropica 180:42-46.
Marvelous Sungirai, Samantha Baron, Doreen Zandile Moyo, Patrick De Clercq, Christine Maritz-Olivier, Maxime Madder (2018) Genotyping acaricide resistance profiles of Rhipicephalus microplus tick populations from communal land areas of Zimbabwe. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9(1)2-9
Mwakiwa, E., Maparara, T., Tatsvarei, S and Muzamhindo, N. (2018). Is community management of resources by urban households, feasible? Lessons from community gardens in Gweru, Zimbabwe. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 34, 97-104
M Moyo, P Mudarikwa, M Shumba, JO Okonkwo (2018), Voltammetric sensing of nitrite in aqueous solution using titanium dioxide anchored multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Ionics 24 (8), 2489-2498
T Bhengo, M Moyo, M Shumba, OJ Okonkwo (2018),Simultaneous oxidative determination of antibacterial drugs in aqueous solutions using an electrode modified with MWCNTs decorated with Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles, New Journal of Chemistry 42 (7), 5014-5023
TW Murinzi, TA Clement, V Chitsa, G Mehlana (2018), Copper oxide nanoparticles encapsulated in HKUST-1 metal-organic framework for electrocatalytic oxidation of citric acid, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 268, 198-206
FMA Noa, G Mehlana (2018) Co-crystals and salts of vanillic acid and vanillin with amines, Cryst Eng Comm 20 (7), 896-905