FABI and SAPPI partner for Phytophthora trials
Phytophthora diseases have long been a problem in commercial forestry in many countries. In South…
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Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
FABI shines at the Spring graduation
The University of Pretoria conferred 20 postgraduate degrees – 13 PhD degrees and seven MSc degrees…
Zander Myburg and co-workers awarded US-DOE grant to decipher woody biomass production and environmental interactions of eucalypt trees
Professor Zander Myburg , Director of the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Programme in FABI will…
Remembering Neville Denison (1936-2021)
Reflections of Prof. Mike Wingfield , Founding Director of the TPCP and FABI on the passing of…
Twelfth Online meeting of the bark beetle mycobiome International Research Coordination Network
On Wednesday 29 September, the Bark Beetle Mycobiome International Research Coordination Network…
Diversifying the biological control of Gonipterus sp. 2 in South Africa
The Eucalyptus snout beetle , Gonipterus sp. 2, is an invasive insect native to Australia and a…
Cobus Visage a winner in the Zeiss Microscopy Image Contest 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Cobus Visagie on being judged one of the winners of the recent…
FABI has its first drone pilots
The growing application of remote sensing data using drones in South Africa has necessitated the…
FABI well represented at the ISCE conference 2021
From 5-10 September, academic staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students from FABI attended the 36…
GRP Disease Diagnostic and Extension service ready for new season after their visit to Cropwatch
During the week of 6-8 September, Alandie Niewoudt , Attie de Beer, Prof. Cobus Visagie , Prof.…
FABI team returns to the Cederberg for sampling
Members of the FABI team including Prof. Mike Wingfield , Prof. Brenda Wingfield and Dr Trudy Paap…
SASSB webinar explores a continental floristic riddle
The September webinar of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology on 2 September had as…
FABIan sets sail for science
A PhD candidate in FABI , Francinah Rankoma is one of four students from the Department of…
The problem of CAM in India highlighted at the August FABI International Seminar
This month’s FABI International Seminar on 26 August moved into the medical mycology sphere casting…
FABI PostDoc Student wins Inqaba's ‘Africa Genome Challenge 2021’ Award
In April this year, Inqaba Biotec organized a competition to promote the arrival of the PacBio…
SANBI’s Sentinel Plant Project renders training support for horticulture students at DUT
Recently, Drs Mesfin Gossa and Trudy Paap had established a collaboration partnership with the…
Bagworms from wattle and pine emperor larvae from… Eucalyptus!
FABI ans Luki-Marie Scheepers , Elmarie van der Merwe and Josias Letaoana set out to collect pupae…
Scouting for native natural enemies of PSHB
The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) , Euwallecea fornicatus, is one of the most serious…
FABI says farewell to Arista
On Friday 13 August, members of the Macadamia Protection Programme along with other FABI ans…
The Solanaceae family unpacked at the August SASSB webinar
‘Solanaceae more than potatoes and tomatoes!’ was the topic of the plenary speaker Dr Sandra Knapp…