AI and Crop Health – Business Day article for World Food Day
The newspaper Business Day published a special issue to mark World Food Day on 16 October 2021.…
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First publications celebrated at the TPCP publication party
After an 18 month COVID-19 lockdown induced hiatus, FABI celebrated the first publications in an…
ICFR-FABI collaboration on long-term Gonipterus trial
A large group consisting of staff and students from FABI , the ICFR and Sappi met last week in the…
FABI’s Internship Programme in Phytosanitation and Biosecurity expands even further
Two more candidates, Phozisa Dlokweni and Sindiso Mtshubungu joined the internship programme in…
FABI Phytosanitation and Biosecurity interns attend a phytosanitary course
Interns in the Phytosanitation and Biosecurity internship programme in FABI had the privilege to…
FABIans and Engineers collaborate on digitization of agriculture presentation
Two FABIans, Prof. Bernard Slippers and Dr Nicky Creux , teamed up with two engineers, Prof. Wynand…
FABI researchers investigate photosynthesis in the Namib
Professor Tjaart Krüger and Dr Michal Gwizdala from the University of Pretoria ’s Biophysics…
Cobus Visagie presents at DGFM Centennial symposium
Celebrating their 100 th year of existence, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie (DGfM) held…
Mad Mac Flower blight fieldtrip
During the week of 5 October, the Macadamia Protection Programme was in Mpumalanga for an on-going…
Lesotho agricultural research delegation visits FABI
FABI hosted a visit by a delegation from the Lesotho Department of Agricultural Research (DAR) on…
ARP hosts its annual Research Day
The Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research , hosted its annual Student Research Day as a hybrid…
FABIans attend the NSSA Symposium
Professor Brett Hurley and PhD candidate Agil Katumanyane attended the 23rd Symposium of the…
Nicky Creux co-organises International Sunflower Association (ISA) webconference
Dr Nicky Creux , programme leader of the Crop Floral Biology and Environments research group in…
Quentin Guignard interviewed on SAFM
Dr Quentin Guignard participated in a live radio interview on SAFM recently where host Stephen…
FABI participates in the third seed packing project for the National Maize Cultivar Evaluation Trials
A team of 36 FABI TPCP / CPHB students and interns took to task packing a large number of maize…
Discover FABI’s art collection
FABI ans and visitors to the Institute now have the biographical information about the artists…
Translating plant health information into South African languages
Former President Nelson Mandela said that “if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that…
More than 500 Eucalyptus trees harvested for future studies in FABI
From 13-15 September, a group of FABI ans visited SAPPI plantations in the Richards Bay area to…
FABI celebrates World Fungi Day
On Saturday 2 October a group of FABI ans joined Prof. Mike Wingfield in celebrating World Fungi…
Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean research featured in the FABI International Seminar Series
Dr Damon L. Smith of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) was the guest presenter at…