USPP - E Ncube

Edson Ncube
	Position	Part-time PhD(Agric) student / Researcher (ARC - Grain Crops Institute, Potchefstroom)
	Telephone	018 299 6374 (ARC, Potchefstroom)
	E-mail	ncubee@arc.agric.za
	Educational training	BScHons Applied Biology & Biochemistry - National University of Science & Technology, Zimbabwe, 2001 MScAgric Plant Pathology - Stellenbosch University, 2008
	Research interest	Mycotoxins, GMO's
	Project title	Interactive effect of Busseola fusca and Fusarium verticillioides on ear rot and fumonisin production in maize (Promoter: Prof A Viljoen)
Publication list 1. Ncube, E., Flett, B.C., Waalwijk, C. & Viljoen, A. 2011. Fusarium spp. and levels of fumonisins in maize produced by subsistence farmers in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 107 (1/2): 33-39. 2. Ncube, E., Flett, B.C., Waalwijk, C. & Viljoen, A. 2010. Occurrence of aflatoxins and aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus spp. associated with groundnut production in subsistence farming systems in South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 27 (2): 195-198. 3. Waalwijk, C., Koch, S., Ncube, E., Allwood, J., Flett, B., De Vries, I. & Kema, G. 2008. Quantitative detection of fumonisin-producing Fusarium spp. and its correlation with fumonisin content in maize from South African subsistence farmers. World Mycotoxin Journal 1: 39-47.