The primary objective of this study was to investigate the recent climate variability over the East African region; with focus on the 2010-2011 rainfall failure over Kenya. The seasonal rainfall over the region is bimodal, ...

Extreme weather events; floods and droughts are common in southern Africa (SA) consisting of 8 countries (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, parts of Angola and Zambia). This study ...

During water-deficit stress, antioxidant enzymes use anthocyanin molecules as co-substrates to scavenge for reactive oxygen species leading to reduced anthocyanin content and ultimately loss of purple leaf pigmentation in ...