FABI engagement with smallholder farmers from Venda
FABI PhD candidate Phophi Nethononda visited smallholder farmers from Dzindi and Tshiombo…
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FABian visits the Aarhus University global wheat-rust research centre and University of Copenhagen
As part of the NOVA PhD course , Prof. Dave Berger joined the field trip to the Flakkebjerg…
Rachel completes her PhD
Congratulations to Rachel Mkandawire on successfully completing her PhD. Rachel presented her…
FABI sampling for Phytophthora in Cape riverine ecosystems
FABI researchers including Prof. Mike Wingfield , recently joined Prof. Jonàs Oliva , visiting from…
Future Professors visit FABI
Professors Brenda Wingfield and Mike Wingfield hosted a visit to FABI by members of the Future…
UP joins the world in celebrating the International Day of Plant Health.
The United Nations designated 12 May the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global…
A successful 34th Annual Meeting of the TPCP
On 9-10 th May the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) held its 34 th Annual Meeting at…
Professor André Drenth visits FABI
Professor Andre Drenth , a world-renowned plant pathologist from the Queensland Alliance for…
FABI shines at the UP Autumn Graduation
A hearty congratulations to all the FABI graduates that were capped at the recent University of…
First steps to implement a National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy
Building upon the success of the South African Sirex Control Program and the Leptocybe invasa…
FABI launches a new partnership with Milk SA to Investigate Sporidesmin-induced liver disease in South African dairy cattle
A new partnership was recently been launched between the F orestry and Agricultural Biotechnology…
NOVA PhD course in Denmark
This year’s NOVA PhD course in Plant Pathology “Biotrophic and Hemibiotrophic plant pathogens and…
Marthin Tarigan returns to Indonesia
Marthin Tarigan , FABI doctoral candidate and Plant Health Program Head of the April Group based in…
Partner from Mytox-SOUTH visits FABI
Dr Esther de Rycke , a partner from the Mytox-SOUTH project, visited FABI as part of her trip to…
Implementing an integrated National Forest Protection Strategy for South Africa
Forestry South Africa has been contracted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the…
Many roads lead to Braunschweig: A research visit to TUBS and other research institutes
Professor Bernard Slippers recently visited the Fungal Genetics lab of Prof André Fleissner in the…
Pines for Pitch canker screening
Pine pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum is one of the more important threats to plantation…
Seeding the future: An exploratory visit to KWS headquarters
Professor Bernard Slippers , Director of FABI , recently visited KWS at their headquarters in…
FABIans attend the Westerdijk Spring Symposium on fungal evolution
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute hosted a symposium named ' Fungal Evolution ' on 17-18…
FABI and the GRP take home the prize at the Sunflower Symposium
The Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust and the Oilseeds Advisory Committee hosted a Sunflower…