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FABIans attend the XVI SASSB conference

FABIans attend the XVI SASSB conference

Five FABI ans attended the XVI Southern African Society for Systematic Biology’s (SASSB) conference…

FABIans participate in producing a new forest entomology text book

FABIans participate in producing a new forest entomology text book

Professor Jeremy Allison of the Canadian Forestry Service , Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault…

CAMCORE Associate Director visits FABI

CAMCORE Associate Director visits FABI

Dr Juan Jose “JJ” Acosta , Associate Director of CAMCORE and Associate Professor at North Carolina…

Two FABI postdocs receive University of Pretoria Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships

Two FABI postdocs receive University of Pretoria Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships

Dr David Read and Dr Tanay Bose , postdoctoral Fellows in the Grain Research Programme (GRP) and…

Moving from young eucalypts to young pine for the National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy

Moving from young eucalypts to young pine for the National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy

A team from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) , including Sandisiwe Jali , Josias…

An unexpected visit to the James Hutton Institute

An unexpected visit to the James Hutton Institute

The opening chapter of “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkein is titled “An Unexpected Party” in which Gandalf…

The GRP Diagnostic Clinic attends Farmers Days in Limpopo and Mpumalanga

The GRP Diagnostic Clinic attends Farmers Days in Limpopo and Mpumalanga

On 21 April and 2 June, members of the GRP Diagnostic Clinic participated in Farmers Days in…

The GRP pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic @FABI-UP celebrates another year of service to grain stakeholde

The GRP pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic @FABI-UP celebrates another year of service to grain stakeholders

The Grain Research Programme @ FABI UP runs a pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic…

The Macadamia team presents at the SAMAC Research Networking Day

The Macadamia team presents at the SAMAC Research Networking Day

Several members of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) attended the SAMAC (Macadamias South…

Dr Wilma Nel appointed as the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic Manager

Dr Wilma Nel appointed as the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic Manager

Dr Wilma Nel has been appointed as the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Diagnostic…

First grass sampling expedition: FABI and Milk SA collaborate to uncover <i>Pseudopithomyces</i> insights in Eastern Cap

First grass sampling expedition: FABI and Milk SA collaborate to uncover Pseudopithomyces insights in Eastern Cape dairy farms

Dr Neriman Yilmaz , Jenna-Lee Price and Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited dairy farmers in the…

Mandy makes it six.

Mandy makes it six.

A hearty congratulations to Mandy Messal who is the sixth FABIan to complete their PhD in FABI this…

Continuous replanting could impact future productivity in short-rotation forestry

Continuous replanting could impact future productivity in short-rotation forestry

The continuous cultivation of the same or related plant species on a particular plot of land has a…

Film crew visits FABI

Film crew visits FABI

FABI welcomed a team from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust that spent the morning of 17 May at the…

Congratulations QianLi!

Congratulations QianLi!

FABI PhD candidate QianLi Liu presented her Prestige Seminar “Phylogeny, taxonomy and ecology of…

Visit to Environmental Genomics group at Christian-Alberts University of Kiel

Visit to Environmental Genomics group at Christian-Alberts University of Kiel

Following on from the population genomics workshop presented by Prof. Eva Stukenbrock at FABI as…

Post TPCP field trip connects academic research and training to industry needs

Post TPCP field trip connects academic research and training to industry needs

On 9-10 May the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) celebrated is 34 th annual meeting .…

EPPI team performs the biggest impact evaluation from field inoculations of the canker pathogen <i>Chrysoporthe austroaf

EPPI team performs the biggest impact evaluation from field inoculations of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on different Eucalyptus genotypes

The management of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana in commercial Eucalyptus…

FABI GRP promote Diagnostic clinic at the NAMPO Harvest Day

FABI GRP promote Diagnostic clinic at the NAMPO Harvest Day

NAMPO Harvest Day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions in the southern Hemisphere. The…

CFBE research team participates in the NAMPO Harvest Day

CFBE research team participates in the NAMPO Harvest Day

Two members of the Crop Floral Biology and Environments (CFBE) research team in FABI , PhD…