Contact Paul Chaibva
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- Email: Paul.Chaibva@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
I am a highly skilled, talented and competent professional with a diverse corporate background. A team player with a strong academic and farming background. Experienced in collaborative work, conducting and analysing research data involving plants.
Research opportunities
I have research interests in high throughput phenotyping technologies like x-ray computed tomography and high resolution microscopy to understand crop growth processes .
I have also standing interests in molecular genetics, keen in unveiling transcriptomics and QTL for crop improvement.
I also have interests in soil mechanics, soil-water relations, soil chemistry, soil structure and texture and how they influence crop growth and development.
I also have interests in seed and crop physiology trying to understand how plants behave under mechanical impedance and other stresses and how to break seed dormancy under different environmental stresses.
Current activities
I am currently working on a PhD research project entitled ''Breaking new grounds: using x-rays to understand how roots penetrate parent rock materials''. In this multi-faceted project we will deploy x-ray computed tomography, a high throughput phenotyping technology to decipher important root traits that enable plants to penetrate different soil parent material. In this project we will also seek to decipher the chemical, physical and biological changes that occurs as roots cross different soil formation boundaries. We will also try to understand the plant transcriptome landscape that confers plants the ability to penetrate different parent rock material.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Ngarega BK, Chaibva P, Masocha VF, Saina JK, Khine PK, .... (2024). Application of MaxEnt modeling to evaluate the climate change effects on the geographic distribution of Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng in Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(1)
- Chaibva P, Mugala C, Makuvaro V, Muziri T, Chagonda I, .... (2023). Adaptability analysis of quinoa cultivation: A case study of Zimbabwe. Geographical Research Bulletin, 2
- Muziri T, Chaibva P, Chofamba A, Madanzi T, Mangeru P, .... (2021). Using principal component analysis to explore consumers' perception toward quinoa health and nutritional claims in Gweru, Zimbabwe. Food Science & Nutrition, 9(2)
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- Mutetwa M, Chaibva P, Chagonda I, Makuvaro V, Mtaita T, .... Hydropriming improves seed germination in horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. Ex Naudin) landraces. EUREKA: Life Sciences
- Chagonda I, Chaibva P, Ntini N, Gwazane M, Ndau B, .... Different nursery growing systems and growth media improved germination and seedling growth of fever tea (Lippia javanica). EUREKA: Life Sciences
- Mutetwa M, Mafukidze BP, Makaure BT, Mubaiwa TC, Dendera O, .... Priming seeds with potassium nitrate is associated with modulation of seed germination and seedling growth ecology of cucumis metuliferus. EUREKA: Life Sciences
- Chaibva P, Mugehu E & Manjeru P. Insights on the potential of RNA-Seq on improving pomological traits of African indigenous fruit trees: a mini review. EUREKA: Life Sciences
- Mutetwa M, Mtaita T, Ngezimana W & Chaibva P. Growth of horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus) under different levels of Trichoderma-based bio-fertilizer. Advances in Modern Agriculture, 4(2)