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Industry experts unpack the intricacies of maize production in South Africa at MCET lecture

Industry experts unpack the intricacies of maize production in South Africa at MCET lecture

FABI postdoctoral Fellow Dr Godfrey Kgatle chaired a national maize cultivar evaluation trial…

Arthropod genomics and their applications on plant health explored in the sixth installment of the FABI International Se

Arthropod genomics and their applications on plant health explored in the sixth installment of the FABI International Seminar Series

Renowned insect genomics expert Professor Robert Waterhouse presented the sixth lecture in the FABI…

TPCP team members visit the southern Cape

TPCP team members visit the southern Cape

When you think of the southern Cape, you think of the Tsitsikamma: long beaches and the rolling…

TPCP team members visit plantations on the KZN coast

TPCP team members visit plantations on the KZN coast

Some of the most impressive, and in fact some of the earliest, clonal eucalypt plantations can be…

The Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research hosts its annual student presentation day

The Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research hosts its annual student presentation day

The Avocado Research Programme (ARP) in FABI hosted its annual Student Presentation Day on 15…

National monitoring of <i>Eucalyptus</i> pests and their biological control agents

National monitoring of Eucalyptus pests and their biological control agents

During the week of 5-9 October the members of the Tree Protection Co-operative (TPCP) in FABI…

Inspection of trees dying in the Hennops river valley

Inspection of trees dying in the Hennops river valley

Relatively regular reports of trees dying in various parts of Gauteng have emerged during the…

Prof. Wilhelm de Beer receives the SAIF Distinguished Forestry Award

Prof. Wilhelm de Beer receives the SAIF Distinguished Forestry Award

Congratulations to Prof. Wilhelm de Beer who was awarded this year’s Distinguished Forestry Award…

Harvesting <i>Phytophthora</i> pathogenicity trials in the KZN midlands

Harvesting Phytophthora pathogenicity trials in the KZN midlands

Over the past few years there have been reports of root-associated post-planting mortality of…

NSTF video interview with Mike Wingfield

NSTF video interview with Mike Wingfield

A video interview with FABI founding Director, Professor Mike Wingfield has been published online…

Fifth FABI International Seminar explores disease resistance against necrotrophic fungal pathogens

Fifth FABI International Seminar explores disease resistance against necrotrophic fungal pathogens

The fifth presentation in FABI ’s popular International Seminar Series was by Prof. Katherine Denby…

FABI celebrates the achievements of its Spring graduates

FABI celebrates the achievements of its Spring graduates

Congratulations to 20 graduates affiliated with FABI whose degrees were conferred at the University…

National Maize Cultivar Evaluation Trials seed packing at FABI

National Maize Cultivar Evaluation Trials seed packing at FABI

A team of students and interns from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and DSI-NRF…

UP Vice-Chancellor visits York Timbers with FABI colleagues

UP Vice-Chancellor visits York Timbers with FABI colleagues

During the week of 21 September, University of Pretoria (UP) Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof.…

FABIans’ living heritage comes to life in “Picking the Fruit of the Heritage Tree”

FABIans’ living heritage comes to life in “Picking the Fruit of the Heritage Tree”

From the mystical to the culinary, FABI ans went on a sensory trip down memory lane and around the…

New publication explores genetic diversity hidden within natural populations of <i>Eucalyptus grandis</i>

New publication explores genetic diversity hidden within natural populations of Eucalyptus grandis

The genomes of extant organisms harbour footprints of natural selection that can be used in…

NSTF Award video interview

NSTF Award video interview

A film team visited FABI on 16 September to record an interview with Prof. Mike Wingfield who was…

FABI students and postdocs engage on lab etiquette

FABI students and postdocs engage on lab etiquette

FABI labs are buzzing again with activity, albeit within strict schedules to manage the number of…

A different way of communicating our research

A different way of communicating our research

Early in 2020, Dr Andi Wilson and her PhD supervisors published a paper in the journal Fungal…

FABI presents at the SAMAC Webinar

FABI presents at the SAMAC Webinar

On 3 September, Dr Gerda Fourie , research leader of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MPP) and…