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Wendy A. Stirk

Researcher at University of KwaZulu-Natal

Publications -  93
Citations -  3907

Wendy A. Stirk is an academic researcher from University of KwaZulu-Natal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cytokinin & Ecklonia maxima. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 90 publications receiving 3132 citations.

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Optimizing the micropropagation protocol for the endangered Aloe polyphylla: can meta-topolin and its derivatives serve as replacement for benzyladenine and zeatin?

TL;DR: In vitro grown Aloe polyphylla and its derivatives were cultured on full strength Murashige and Skoog basal medium with different concentrations of cytokinins and solidified with 1% Bacteriological Agar and mT was the preferred cytokinin both in terms of multiplication rate and rooting.
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Abscisic acid, gibberellins and brassinosteroids in Kelpak®, a commercial seaweed extract made from Ecklonia maxima

TL;DR: It is likely that this cocktail of natural PGRs present in Kelpak® may act individually or in concert and thus contribute to the numerous favourable physiological responses elicited by Kelpak®, application to plants.
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Changes in lipid, protein and pigment concentrations in nitrogen-stressed Chlorella minutissima cultures

TL;DR: There was lower biomass accumulation in nitrogen-deficient treatments while lipid yields increased to 40–46% DW in response to nitrogen deficiency, and proteins recovered faster with maximum concentrations recorded on day 4, while carotenoid concentrations did not increase in Response to the nitrogen spike.
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Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using the seaweed Codium capitatum P.C. Silva (Chlorophyceae)

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of silver nanoparticles by the reduction of aqueous silver metal ions during exposure to both fresh and dry seaweed extracts of Codium capitatum is reported.
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Auxin and cytokinin relationships in 24 microalgal strains(1)

TL;DR: The general trend was that cis‐zeatin types were the predominant cytokinin types and isopentenyladenine‐type cytokinins were present in moderate concentrations, while low levels of trans‐zesatin‐type and very low levelsof dihydrozeatin‐ type cytokin ins were detected.