Dr Zenzile P. Khetsha
Lecturer: Plant Production and Agricultural Management
Qualifications: National Diploma Agricultural Management | BTech Agricultural Management (cum laude) | MTech Agriculture | DTech Agriculture | PGDip Higher Education Studies
Professional Background
Zenzile P. Khetsha is a Lecturer in the Department of Agriculture at the Central University of Technology, Free State. His academic qualifications include a National Diploma and BTech in Agricultural Management, an MTech and DTech in Agriculture from CUT, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Studies from Rhodes University.
His teaching responsibilities include first-year teaching and learning, coordination of the Work-Integrated Learning programme at second-year level, and postgraduate student supervision.
He is registered as a Certificated Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and is recognised as a Fertilizer Advisor with FERTASA through BASOS.
His research focuses on the development of strategies to mitigate biotic and abiotic stress in aromatic and medicinal plants through the use of biostimulants and plant growth regulators.
Areas of Expertise
- • Plant Production
- • Agricultural Production Management and Techniques
Selected Publications
- • Motshabi, N., Ncube, S., Nindi, M.M., Khetsha, Z.P. & Malebo, N.J. (2021). Evaluation of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Beta vulgaris, Brassica oleracea and Solanum tuberosum in Bloemfontein Markets, South Africa. Food Science & Nutrition, 1-10.
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M., Pretorius, R.J. & Van Der Watt, E. (2021). Plant Growth Regulators and Simulated Hail-Damage Improve Rose-Geranium Leaf Mineral Status and Phenolic Composition. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 19(4), 3083-3095.
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M., Pretorius, R.J. & Van Der Watt, E. (2021). Cytokinin, Gibberellic Acid and Defoliation on Density and Morphology of Trichome of Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér for Essential Oil Biosynthesis. Agrociencia, 55(4), 331-346.
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M. & Pretorius, R.J. (2020). Effects of Abscisic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate on Recovery of Hail-Damaged Rose Geranium (P. graveolens L.) Plants. Acta Horticulturae, 1287, 31-39.
- • Khetsha, Z.P. & Sedibe, M.M. (2015). The Effect of Potassium and Potting-Bag Size on Foliar Biomass and Related Attributes and Oil Composition of Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L.). South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 32, 113-115.
Conference Proceedings & Presentations
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M., Pretorius, R.J. & Van der Watt, E. (2020). Effects of Synthetic Amalgamated Agricultural Phytohormones on the Changes in Leaf Trichome Morphology and Density, Selected Essential Oil Yield and Quality Parameters of Simulated Hail-Damaged Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér.). Combined Congress 2020, Bloemfontein, 20-23 January 2020. Oral presentation.
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M. & Pretorius, R.J. (2019). Recovery Response Mechanism of Hail-Damaged Rose Geranium Plant Using Foliar Application of Gibberellic Acid and Cytokinin. Combined Congress 2019, Bloemfontein, 21-24 January 2019. Poster presentation.
- • Khetsha, Z.P., Sedibe, M.M. & Pretorius, R.J. (2018). Effects of Abscisic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate on Recovery of Hail-Damaged Rose Geranium (P. graveolens L.) Plants. 30th International Horticultural Congress, 12-16 August 2018. Poster presentation.
- • Khetsha, Z.P. (2017). Teaching Multidisciplinary Agricultural Disciplines in University of Technology. HELTASA 2017, Durban University of Technology, November 2017. Poster presentation.
- • Khetsha, Z.P. (2017). Pedagogical Preparedness Amongst Student-Teachers: Agricultural Graduate Perspective. 3rd Annual International Conference on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Higher Education, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, October 2017.
