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Sporatec provides a wide range of soil microbial testing, supported by years of experience, offering a unique service to the agricultural sector.

Stellenbosch, South Africa
Joined August 2018
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4 years
Sporatec officially analysed 3000 soil samples since we started in 2018!!!!! Moving faster with our new lab partner.@Mikro_Prof @LabJacobs @sciencelibSUN @landbou @SULaunchLab
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6 years
By covering your soil with plants, you prevent soil erosion and building a healthier soil #StopSoilErosion #WorldSoilDay
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6 years
Time to harvest #harvest #fieldtrials
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6 years
RT @royalsociety: #OnThisDay in 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first know….
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6 years
Prof. Karin Jacobs (@Mikro_Prof), een van die stigters van Sporatec, gesels op RSG Landbou oor mikrobiome en grondmikrobes. Luister hier #WomenInScience #Sporatec #Landbou #RSGLandbou
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6 years
Conservation Agriculture Western Cape Conference and Practical day at Langgewens experimental farm #blwk #agriculture
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6 years
Field trip to a blueberry farm. Blueberries have symbiotic relationships with fungi to scavenge for nutrients. #fungi #blueberries #sporatec
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6 years
The dark red colour from the root nodule is from leghaemoglobin. Leghaemoglobin binds to oxygen as the nitrogenase enzyme requires low levels of oxygen to fix nitrogen effectively. #legumes #serradella #environment #microbiology #sporatec
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6 years
Field trip in the Hex River Valley @ Hex River, Western Cape, South Africa
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6 years
Trotse hoofborg van die Landbouweekblad-konferensie in Kaapstad #landbouweekblad #herlewingslandbou
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7 years
‘LR190128 Adriaan Groenewald, Frederik Nel, Casper Brink, I Botha, K v Huyssteen’ on #SoundCloud #np
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7 years
Phosphatase, B-glucosidase and urease enzymes play an important role in nutrient cycling and increase the nutrient availability in soil. #soil #soilmicrobiology
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7 years
Some mycoparasitic Trichoderma strains can be used as biocontrol against phytopathogens such as Fusarium and Pythium, but they can also act as a plant growth-promoter (photo credit: Ihan du Plessis). #Trichoderma #biocontrol
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7 years
RT @IPBES: DID YOU KNOW? 1 teaspoon of healthy soil can contain more microorganisms than there are ppl on earth? The @IPBES Assessment prov….
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