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South Africa

Biography

Dr Sunette Laurie Laurie is a Specialist Researcher at the ARC-VIMP. She holds an MSc in Agronomy and PhD in Plant Breeding. Dr Laurie is Team Leader of the sweet potato biofortifcation and technology transfer program, which also incorporates the crop-based approach to address malnutrition through vegetable production and nutrition education. Research facets include breeding of improved cultivar, cultivation research of sweet potato, tunnel production of a variety of vegetables, product development, and postharvest studies and coordinating research trials and training farmers in crop production. Dr Laurie is the author or co-author of 69 peer-reviewed scientific papers, two books, six technical reports, and two book chapters; and made 199 presentation at local and international scientific conferences.
Dr Laurie has released 19 sweet potato cultivars and was selected as one of Africa’s 20 most influential plant breeders of 2020 by the Southern African Plant Breeders Association. She holds a NRF C2-rating. Dr Laurie is currently managing the implementation of orange-fleshed sweet potato in three pilot areas of Eastern Cape to address the high child mortality rate through reducing malnutrition. She was project manager for three years of the former DRDLR funded project to establishment sweet potato enterprises is six provinces.

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Employment (1)

ARC Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute: Pretoria, ZA

1994 to present | Specialist Agricultural Researcher (Plant Breeding)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, ZA

2008 to 2010 | PhD Plant Breeding (Plant Sciences)
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Works (14)

Detection of SPV2 and SPCSV and their possible influence on the yield in multiple virus infections

Crop Science
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Midana A. Mmboyi; Mapula J. Mulabisana; Sunette M. Laurie; Renate M. P. Roux van der Merwe; Nicolene M. Cochrane
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Seventy years of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas L. (LAM)] research in South Africa

Crop Science
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Sunette M. Laurie; Julia Mulabisana; Rene Sutherland; Dharini Sivakumar; Kgabo Pofu; Whelma M. Mphela; Mariette Truter; Ian du Plooy; Nadia Araya; Hintsa Araya et al.
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Influence of Harvesting Stages on Phytonutrients and Antioxidant Properties of Leaves of Five Purple-Fleshed Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Genotypes

Foods
2024-05-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Lavhelani Tshilongo; Sephora Mutombo Mianda; Faith Seke; Sunette M. Laurie; Dharini Sivakumar
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Phytonutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Southern African, Purple-Fleshed Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Storage Roots

Antioxidants
2024-03-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ayanda Ngcobo; Sephora Mutombo Mianda; Faith Seke; Laurie M. Sunette; Dharini Sivakumar
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Effect of lactic acid fermentation on the quality and phytochemical constituent in smoothies made from the leaves of different sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars

International Journal of Food Science & Technology
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Florence M. Mashitoa; Stephen A. Akinola; Tinotenda Shoko; Faith Seke; Laurie M. Sunette; Yasmina Sultanbawa; Dharini Sivakumar
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Consumer acceptability of fried chips made from South African sweet potato cultivars

South African Journal of Plant and Soil
2022-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: SM Laurie; WM Mphela
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Analysis of the Nutritional Composition and Drought Tolerance Traits of Sweet Potato: Selection Criteria for Breeding Lines

Plants
2022-07-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sunette M. Laurie; Michael W. Bairu; Robert N. Laurie
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Selection of Sweetpotato Parental Genotypes Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers

Plants
2022-07-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sonia I. M. Naidoo; Sunette M. Laurie; Assefa B. Amelework; Hussein Shimelis; Mark Laing
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Development and screening of Fusarium wilt resistant lines in Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam]

Euphytica
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: W. M. Mphela; S. M. Laurie; A. Minnaar-Ontong; W. Bihon
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Comparison of Caffeoylquinic Acids and Functional Properties of Domestic Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Storage Roots with Established Overseas Varieties

Foods
2022-05-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Charmaine J. Phahlane; Sunette M. Laurie; Tinotenda Shoko; Vimbainashe E. Manhivi; Dharini Sivakumar
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Impact of different postharvest thermal processes on changes in antioxidant constituents, activity and nutritional compounds in sweet potato with varying flesh colour

South African Journal of Botany
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lesego M. Selokela; Sunette M. Laurie; Dharini Sivakumar
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Optimization of hot-air drying conditions on functional properties of flour from dried South African sweet potato cultivars (Impilo and Bophelo) using the response surface methodology

Food Science and Technology
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Phuti Itumeleng MOLOTO; Mmathaha MOSALA; Adewale Olusegun OMOLOLA; Afam Israel Obiefuna JIDEANI; Sunette Marlize LAURIE
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Morpho-agronomical characterisation of local and international sweetpotato germplasm from the South African collection

South African Journal of Plant and Soil
2020-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Sonia IM Naidoo; Sunette M Laurie; Hussein Shimelis; Mark D Laing
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Incorporating orange-fleshed sweet potato into the food system as a strategy for improved nutrition: The context of South Africa

Food Research International
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sunette M. Laurie; Mieke Faber; Nicole Claasen
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