Staff Profiles: Agronomy and Horticulture
Dr Veronica Makuvaro
Position: Chairperson & Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Agronomy, agro-meteorology (crop bias);
Climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Resilience building to climate change and smallholder agriculture.
Dr Pepukai Manjeru
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interest:
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Plant Breeding (breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance, breeding for improved nutritional value in staple crops),
Seed Systems and stress Physiology.
Dr Tavagwisa Muziri
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Fruit Science
Postharvest,
Organic Agriculture.
Dr Athanas Guzha
Position: Teaching Assistant
Research interests
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Molecular plant-pathogen interactions,
Biofuels, Plant bioengineering,
Plant biochemistry,
Plant lipids
Molecular plant biology
Mrs Brenda Tsungai Makaure (Manenji)
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Plant physiology,
Stress physiology,
Plant nutrition and Plant – microbe interactions
Mr Anyway Chofamba
Position: Lecturer
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Physiological and molecular studies in cyanobacteria
Climate research and technological
Mr Tendai Madanzi
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Industrial Crop Agronomy
Food Crop Agronomy
Seed Science
Conservation of plant genetic resources
Mr Munyaradzi Gwazane
Position: Lecturer
Research Interest:
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Climate change and Crop production
HIV related issues
TB and others public Health related issues.
Mr Madhara Temba Mabarani
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Crop yield gap analysis
Resource-use efficiency,
Crop growth evaluation,
Cropping systems
Mr Misheck Chandiposha
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Food security
Climate change
Sugarcane
Horticulture
Field crops
Physiology
Post harvest technology of grain crops
Sustainable Agriculture and farming systems.
Mr I Pahla
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Biological control options, agents, predators, parasitoids and plant-insect pest interactions and biopesticides (botanical pesticides).
Sustainable production systems
Mrs W M Pilime (Chiota)
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Plant nutrition,
Soil fertility,
Plant propagation
Mr S Muzemu
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Crop protection research strategies using biological control options, agents, predators, parasitoids
Plant-insect pest interactions and biopesticides (botanical pesticides).
Mr Paul Chaibva
Position: Technician
Research Interests
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Plant breeding
Plant bio-technology
Crop yield gap analysis
Resource-use efficiency,
Crop growth evaluation,
Cropping systems
Ms Wadzanai Lister Viriri
Position: Technician
Research Interests
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Crop production
Food security
Indigenous vegetable production
Seed Science and Technology