A Current Bibliography on African Affairs - Baywood Publishing

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protected areas. These areas may, however, be important for the conservation of large
carnivores, particularly those with large home ranges, given that protected areas remain
limited (e.g., only 7% of the African continent is designated as protected areas). An understanding
of how the attitudes and actions of local communities toward large carnivores
relates to human–carnivore conflict is therefore fundamental to the conservation of large
carnivores outside protected areas.
1208. Sheard, A. G., S. D. Johnson, and N. C. Cook. EFFECT OF TIMING AND
CONCENTRATION OF REST BREAKING AGENTS ON BUDBURST IN ‘BING’
SWEET CHERRY UNDER CONDITIONS OF INADEQUATE WINTER CHILLING IN
SOUTH AFRICA. South African Journal of Plant and Soil Science. 2009, 26(2):73-79.
Insufficient winter chilling limits the successful production of deciduous fruit crops
under warm climatic conditions. Most areas in South Africa are climatically marginal for
the production of high-chill stone fruit such as sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) which have a
chilling requirement exceeding 1 100 Utah chill units (UCU). Pheno-climatographic
modeling showed that ‘Bing’ sweet cherry grown at Prosser, Washington State University,
USA, required a minimum of 880 UCU to complete endo-dormancy. The chilling
requirement of floral and vegetative buds during warm winters is seldom fully satisfied
leading to uneven floral bud burst, delayed foliation and poor fruit set.
1209. Smith, M. F. et al. APPLICATION OF PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES
REGRESSION TO RELATE TASTINESS OF BOILED POTATOES TO CHEMICAL
AND PHYSICAL TESTS. South African Journal of Plant and Soil Science. 2009, 26(1):
31-35.
PLS regression was used to understand the relationship between sensory attributes of
potatoes boiled in their skins to six objective test measurements, with the objective of
determining the most important chemical and physical measurements that influence the
sensory profiles of the potatoes.
1210. Strangeland, T., S. S. Dhillion, and H. Reksten. RECOGNITION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN TANZANIA. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
2008, 117(2):290-299.
The aim of this paper is to trace developments in Traditional Medicine (TM) and
legislation concerning conservation and use of biodiversity in Africa, with Tanzania as a
case study. Based on field trips, interviews with different actors, site visits, and literature
we explored the history, current status, re-establishment, and development of TM. A summary
of laws and regulations concerning forests, access and benefit sharing is presented.
During the last decade the Government of Tanzania put forth legislation to address national
health needs, traditional knowledge, and the resource base for TM (e.g., practitioners,
biodiversity). Our findings indicate that TM is the most common form of health care, and
that the HIV pandemic has highlighted the need to work across health sectors.
1211. Steyn, J. M. et al. FRODO AND DARIUS: SOUTH AFRICAN POTATO
CULTIVARS WITH GOOD PROCESSING QUALITY. South African Journal of Plant
and Soil Science. 2009, 26(1):24-30.
The production of high quality potatoes depends on the cumulative effect of various
factors, including the genetic make-up of cultivars, the climate and the physical and