Royal Society honours for FABIans
Professor Dave Berger was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa while Prof. Brenda Wingfield was announced as the 2023 Hershel medal winner.
17 Nov 2022
16 Nov 2022
Professor Diana Six introduces SciArt at FABI’s MMM
Professor Diana Six presented a talk "SciArt: what, why, and how" at the FABI Monday Morning Meeting.
15 Nov 2022
FABian presents her research at SAAWK symposium
Luki-Marie Scheepers was one of 10 students from the University of Pretoria who participated in the annual SAAWK symposium
14 Nov 2022
Excellence celebrated at the UP Academic Achievers Awards 2022
Niine FABIans were amongst more than 130 UP academics recognised at this year's Academic Achievers' Awards ceremony.
11 Nov 2022
Microscopy techniques training for visiting graduate students
An international group of graduate students underwent training in microscopy techniques for visualizing morphology of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal structures in plant roots.
10 Nov 2022
FABI hosts NSF-sponsored “research experience for students” symposium
After two years of delay, FABI welcomed a large group of USA graduate students and academics to participate in a USA NSF-funded symposium, focused on fungal biological invasions.
9 Nov 2022
FABIans attend the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Academy
Nine South Africans took part in the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Academy held in Gainesville, Florida during late October.
7 Nov 2022
An international team behind a FABI-industry forest pest mating disruption trial
Several FABIans, international collaborators and industry partners were in Lothair, Mpumalanga during October to set up a mating disruption trial of Cossid moth in Eucalyptus nitens plantations.
4 Nov 2022
Brett Summerell presents a FABI special seminar
FABI hosted a special seminar by Dr Brett Summerell, Chief Scientist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
3 Nov 2022
Chilean tree breeders visit FABI
Three tree breeders from Bioforest, a research branch of the Chilean forestry company Arauco, visited FABI on 28 October.
2 Nov 2022
A FABI/SANBI plant health and biosecurity workshop
FABI researchers joined members of SANBI’s Horticultural Enrichment Forum to host a Biosecurity best practice workshop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
1 Nov 2022
The start of a collaboration: FABIans learning the ins and outs of kiwi growing in South Africa
Two FABI researchers visited kiwi growers from the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces starting a formal research collaboration with the SA Kiwi Grower’s Association.
26 Oct 2022
MaPP attends the Macadamia Industry day
The Macadamia Protection Programme attended the annual grower symposium organised by SAMAC.
20 Oct 2022
Artists from the Art and Trees project visit FABI
Three artists attended the FABI Monday Morning Meeting on 17 October, specifically to engage with the FABI community regarding their deep interest in the intersections between science and art.
19 Oct 2022
13 Oct 2022
EPPI team performs in-field inoculation of the pitch canker pathogen
Members of the EPPI research group recently travelled to KZN to perform in-field inoculation of Fusarium circinatum on 3296 hybrid pines
12 Oct 2022
The Grain Research Programme visits the Eastern Cape to promote the Biosecurity platforms
Members of the GRP travelled to the Eastern Cape to promote the new biosecurity platforms which are being implemented to monitor pests and diseases of agriculture.
11 Oct 2022
UniVen students visit FABI
FABI hosted a visit by a group of 23 final year BSc in Agriculture (Plant Production and Horticulture) students from the University of Venda.
7 Oct 2022
FABIans celebrate the career of a special colleague and friend
Three FABIans joined a group of colleagues and friends to celebrate the outstanding research career of world-leading forest pathologist, Prof. Jan Stenlid.
5 Oct 2022
Macadamia spring planting!
The MaPP team and UP farm workers held a major tree planting session where they planted 320 Macadamia seedlings.
4 Oct 2022
FABI does it again!
FABIans enthusiastically gathered to take part in this season's seed packing as part of the National Maize Cultivar Evaluation Trials.
3 Oct 2022
FABIAN attends British Society for Plant Pathology Conference
Prof. Dave Berger of the MPPI group presented an invited talk at the recent British Society for Plant Pathology Conference in the UK.
2 Oct 2022
FABI International Seminar Series looks at fungicide resistance in Sugarbeet
The lead Research Plant Pathologist at the Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit, Dr Melvin Bolton, presented the September FABI International Seminar.
30 Sep 2022
FABI imports Anagonia cf. lasiophthalma, potential biological control agent for Gonipterus sp. n. 2
A group of FABI researchers returned from a visit to two forestry institutes in Portugal where they exchanged knowledge of insect biology and insect rearing methods of invasive insect pests of Eucalyptus.
29 Sep 2022
FABIans attend the 3rd ASM joint MYTOX-SOUTH Symposium in Stellenbosch
FABIans Dr Neriman Yilmaz, and her MSc student, Jenna-Lee Price, were amongst 110 researchers from around the world who attended the 3rd ASM joint MYTOX-SOUTH Symposium
28 Sep 2022
Two FABI Researchers Receive the IUFRO Tree Pathology Award
Congratulations to Proff Brenda and Mike Wingfield who received the outstanding Hartig-Patterson Award at the recent IUFRO Division 7 Forest Health Meeting
27 Sep 2022
FABI at the Lisbon IUFRO All Division 7 (Tree Health) Meeting
Fourteen FABIans attended the recent IUFRO All Division 7 (Tree Health) Meeting in Lisbon where they contributed 38 presentations.
15 Sep 2022
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 featured on the cover of the current issue of Plant Pathology.
14 Sep 2022
Spring graduation honours for FABIans
FABI celebrated the capping of five PhD and 14 MSc graduates at the University of Pretoria’s Spring Graduation on 8 September.
13 Sep 2022
South African State of the Forest Report published
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has published the State of the Forests Report: 2018 South Africa.
8 Sep 2022
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 Rhizobium Symposium at the CSIR Convention Center.
2 Sep 2022
Lorraine Mhoswa celebrates the successful completion of her PhD
Congratulations to Lorraine Mhoswa on successfully completing all requirements for her PhD.
30 Aug 2022
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 University of Pretoria’s Innovation Africa @UP was held at the Future Africa Campus.
29 Aug 2022
FABI tree-health sleuths explore the Cederberg
Members of the FABI tree health team and collaborators led by Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited various sites in South Africa’s Cederberg mountain range.
26 Aug 2022
FABI Alumnus presents the August FABI International Seminar
FABI Alumnus Dr Stephen Taerum presented the August FABI International Seminar on 25 August.
23 Aug 2022
Photoshop course presented in FABI
A group of 20 enthusiastic FABIans gathered on 16-17 August to attend a two-day Photoshop course presented in the Institute.