We are very proud of our six graduates in this ceremony today! Congratulations to the new graduates, their families and friends. See the studies below.
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
CHIKODZA, Tressia, BSc (WSU), BScHons (Rhodes), in Botany, with distinction, in the Department of Botany. Degree by thesis. Thesis: The effect of biological control on the population dynamics of Pontederia crassipes Mart. (Pontederiaceae) and Salvinia minima Baker (Salviniales: Salviniaceae). Supervisor: Professor JA Coetzee.
MOAGI, Raynold, BSc Agric (UMP), in Entomology, with distinction, in the Department of Zoology and Entomology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An assessment of the status of psylloid species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) as potential pests of commercial citrus in southern Africa: Implications for pest management. Supervisor: Distinguished Professor MP Hill. Co-supervisors: Dr E Mauda and Mr L Mukwevho.
MULEYA, Naho, BScHons (Venda), in Microbiology, with distinction, in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Bioinformatics. Degree by thesis. Thesis: The expression and evaluation of CrpeNPV gp37 as a formulation additive for enhanced 19 infectivity with CrleGV-SA and improved Thaumatotibia leucotreta control. Supervisor: Professor C Knox. Co-supervisors: Distinguished Professor MP Hill and Dr M Jukes.
TOLE, Siviwe, BScHons (UP), in Microbiology, in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Bioinformatics. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Evaluating baculovirus mixtures against false codling moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta Meyrick. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Supervisor: Professor C Knox. Co-supervisors: Distinguished Professor MP Hill and Dr M Jukes.
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
GRIFFITH, Tamzin Camilla, MSc (Rhodes), in Entomology, in the Department of Zoology and Entomology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Biological control of torch cactus in South Africa: Finding a suitable agent for a weed with an unknown indigenous distribution. Supervisor: Professor ID Paterson.
MUSHORE, Tapiwa Gift, BScHons (Zimbabwe), MSc (Rhodes), in Entomology, in the Department of Zoology and Entomology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Biology and management of the fruit piercing moth Serrodes partita in citrus orchards. Supervisor: Distinguished Professor MP Hill. Co-supervisors: Dr C Coombes and Professor S Moore (CRI).