Contact us CPHB

Prof Emma Steenkamp (Director: FABI, CPHB)

Telephone: +27 12 420 3262 or 3717
Fax: +27 12 420 3960
Postal Address: Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
Hatfield
0028 Pretoria ZA
Email: emma . steenkamp @fabi.up.ac.za (please remove gaps)

 

Prof Martin PA Coetzee (Programme Leader: CPHB)

Telephone: +27 12 420 4826
Fax: +27 12 420 3960
Postal Address: Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
Hatfield
0028 Pretoria ZA
Email: martin . coetzee @fabi.up.ac.za (please remove gaps)

 

Mrs Heidi Fysh (Administrative Officer: CPHB)

Telephone: +27 12 420 3855
Fax: +27 12 420 3960
Postal Address: Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
Hatfield
0028 Pretoria ZA
Email: heidi . roos @fabi.up.ac.za (please remove gaps)

 

New Publications

Bose T, Wingfield MJ, Brachmann A, Witfeld F, Begerow D, Kemler M, Dovey S, Roux J, Slippers B, Vivas M, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management 586:122734. 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734
Maduke N, Slippers B, Van der Linde E, Wingfield M, Fourie G. (2025) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa. Plant Pathology 0:1–15:1–15. 10.1111/ppa.14107
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2. Microbial Ecology 88:27. 10.1007/s00248-025-02524-1
Bose T, Roux J, Titshall L, Dovey SB, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Mulching of post-harvest residues and delayed planting improves fungal biodiversity in South African Eucalyptus plantations and enhances plantation productivity. Applied Soil Ecology 210:106091. 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106091
Wychkuys KA, Giron E, Hyman G, Barona E, Castro-Llanos FA, Sheil D, Yu L, Du Z, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Germishuizen I, Bojacá CR, Rubiano M, Sathyapala S, Verchot L, Zhang W. (2025) Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests. Entomologia Generalis 10.1127/entomologia/2025/3015 PDF