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.
11 Oct 2022
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.
22 Aug 2022
Publication Party celebrates first publications
The first publications by four FABI students in the TPCP and CPHB was celebrated at a publication Party on 16 August.
19 Aug 2022
FABI through the magnifying glass!
This year the inhabitants of FABI stepped through the magnifying glass to find themselves in the weird and wonderful Wonderland at ther annual SPOOF gathering.
17 Aug 2022
FABIans attend the International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control
From 1-4 August, FABI researchers took part the in 54th Annual meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology.
16 Aug 2022
Workshop presented by leading Population Genomics scientist at SASPP2022
Professor Eva Stukenbrock from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, presented a workshop on Population Genomics at FABI.
15 Aug 2022
FABI hosts the 52nd Congress of the SASSP
FABI hosted the 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists (SASSP) at the Future Africa campus from 1-3 August.
11 Aug 2022
FABI scoops honours at the SASPP Awards ceremony
FABI’s researchers and students excelled at the SASPP awards evening on 3 August.
10 Aug 2022
Bernard Slippers awarded the prestigious Persoon Medal
FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers received the prestigious Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Medal, at an awards ceremony of the SASPP.
9 Aug 2022
FABIans attend the XXVI International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki
Three FABIans attended the 26th International Congress of Entomology (ICE) from 17-22 July, in Helsinki, Finland.
8 Aug 2022
FABIans win multiple awards at Invertebrate Pathology meeting
Several FABIans attended the recent virtual 2022 International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control.
5 Aug 2022
AI and crop health monitoring – getting the message to the public
Prof. Dave Berger was interviewed on the topic “Artificial intelligence in crop health monitoring” by PlaasTV / FarmTV, which is a YouTube channel targeted at local farmers.
4 Aug 2022
Sunshine, beetles and fungi
Four FABI researchers went on a field trip to visit two sites in KZN to collect material for various research projects.
28 Jul 2022
27 Jul 2022
The Macadamia team attended the SAMAC Research Networking Day
Members of the Macadamia Protection Programme attended a SAMAC networking day where they presented on their research projects.
25 Jul 2022
FABIans engage with the grain industry about fungicide resistance in maize pathogens
The MPPI research group hosted a visit by the members of the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) South Africa and Grain SA.
20 Jul 2022
GRP team visits the Bayer Crop Science experimental farm
Members of the Grain Research Programme (GRP) visited the Bayer Crop Science experimental farm in Petit, Gauteng.
19 Jul 2022
FABIans commit time to commemorate Mandela Day
FABIans celebrated Mandela Day by giving 67 minutes of their time to contribute in some community service.
18 Jul 2022
FABIan awarded 2022 ISM travel bursary
Jenna-Lee Price, a MSc student in the Applied Mycology Group has been awarded a travel grant from the International Society for Mycotoxicology.