The Grain Research Programme visits the Eastern Cape to promote the Biosecurity platforms
During the week of 21-26 August, Dr Osmond Mlonyeni ( Innovation Africa @UP Program manager), Dr…
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UniVen students visit FABI
FABI hosted a visit by a group of 23 final year BSc in Agriculture (Plant Production and…
FABIans celebrate the career of a special colleague and friend
FABI Director, Prof. Bernard Slippers together with Prof. Mike Wingfield , and Prof. Irene Barnes…
Macadamia spring planting!
The Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) team and University of Pretoria (UP) farm workers held a…
FABI does it again!
FABI ans enthusiastically gathered to take part in this season's seed packing as part of the…
FABIAN attends British Society for Plant Pathology Conference
The theme of this year’s British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) Presidential Conference held at…
FABI International Seminar Series looks at fungicide resistance in Sugarbeet
The lead Research Plant Pathologist at the Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit in Fargo North…
FABI imports Anagonia cf. lasiophthalma, potential biological control agent for Gonipterus sp. n. 2
Professor Bernard Slippers , Prof. Brett Hurley and Dr Michelle Schröder from FABI and Prof.…
FABIans attend the 3rd ASM joint MYTOX-SOUTH Symposium in Stellenbosch
FABI Research Fellow, Dr Neriman Yilmaz , and her MSc student, Jenna-Lee Price , were amongst 110…
Two FABI Researchers Receive the IUFRO Tree Pathology Award
FABI ans are proud to congratulate Professors Brenda and Mike Wingfield who received the…
FABI at the Lisbon IUFRO All Division 7 (Tree Health) Meeting
The I nternational Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) typically holds about 60 meetings…
FABI paper featured on the cover of Plant Pathology
A FABI paper reporting the discovery of cypress canker on a native South African cedar tree is…
Spring graduation honours for FABIans
FABI celebrated the capping of five PhD and 14 MSc graduates at the University of Pretoria’s Spring…
South African State of the Forest Report published
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has published the State of the Forests…
FABI joining the discussion on Rhizobium and Sclerotinia in South African agriculture
Dr Nicky Creux was an invited speaker at the Sclerotinia Discussion that formed part of the…
Lorraine Mhoswa celebrates the successful completion of her PhD
Congratulations to Lorraine Mhoswa on successfully completing all requirements for her PhD.…
Inaugural Biosecurity Hub Steering Committee meeting held at Future Africa
On 22 July 2022, the inaugural meeting of the Biosecurity Hub Steering Committee hosted by the…
FABI tree-health sleuths explore the Cederberg
Members of the FABI tree health team and collaborators led by Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited…
FABI Alumnus presents the August FABI International Seminar
Dr Stephen Taerum , a postdoctoral researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in…
Photoshop course presented in FABI
A group of 20 enthusiastic FABI ans gathered on 16-17 August to attend a two-day Photoshop course…