Dr Percy Maruwa Chimwamurombe

Department: school of postgraduate studies

Dr Percy Chimwamurombe has wide experience in teaching Microbiology and Molecular Biology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He graduated with a Doctorate in Genetics (with specialisation in Plant Biotechnology) in 2001 from the University of Pretoria. He is a currently a steward of comprehensive community-centred development and research and silent leadership.

SELECTED COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Domestication of Marama bean: Agronomy and molecular genetic characterization for its improvement. 2010-13
2. Increasing Community Awareness and Utilization of Indigenous Grains To Improve Nutrition Security And Livelihoods In Botswana And Namibia. 2011-13
3.  The Future Okavango Project. 2011-14
4. Development of Marama bean cultivars with desirable agronomic traits using Mutation Breeding. 2011-12

SELECTED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

1. Chimwamurombe PM and Khulbe RK. 2011. Domestication of Food Legumes. Chapter 3 in Food legumes. Aditya P (Eds). ISBN :9781845937669, CABI
2. Nashidengo E, Uzabakiriho JD and Chimwamurombe PM Fungi associated wall bizarre gall formations on Acacia reficiens in the Numas river area in Namibia. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 5(2): 617-621
3. Mapaure I, PM Chimwamurombe, BS Mapani and FA Kamona. 2011. Impacts of mine dump pollution on plant species diversity, composition and structure of a semiarid savanna in Namibia. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 28(3): 149–154
4. Ilonga SK and Chimwamurombe PM 2011.Molecular identification of a fungus associated with galls formation on Ficus cordata in the Otavi Mountains of Namibia." Bioscience Biotechnology Research Asia 8(2):200-205
5. Percy Maruwa Chimwamurombe. 2011. Domestication of [Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) Schreiber] (Marama bean): a work in progress in Namibia Bioscience Biotechnology Research Asia 8(2): 723-730
6. Kido LR, Uzabakiriho JD and Chimwamurombe PM. 2012. Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi associated with Aloe zebrina flower malformation. (Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology  vol6(1): 125-129
7. Uzabakiriho JD, Shikongo LK and Chimwamurombe PM. 2012. DNA-based detection of Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze ex Pers.) Wiltshire and Phoma spp co-infecting Tylosema esculentum ((Burchel.) A. Schreiber) (marama bean) seed pods in Namibia (African Journal of Biotechnology; Accepted).
8. Takundwa M, Chimwamurombe PM, Kunert K and Cullis CA. 2012. Developing DNA barcoding (matK and SSR primers for marama bean Tylosema esculentum [Burchell) L Schrieber]). (African Journal of Biotechnology; Accepted).