The first publications by four FABI students in the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) was celebrated at a publication party on 16 August. This is a FABI tradition celebrating the publication of the first peer-reviewed journal publications from the MSc and PhD studies of these students working in the TPCP and CPHB. Caitlin Gevers , Myriam Solís , Shae Swanepoel and Demissew Teshome were congratulated on this significant achievement by FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers as well as by their respective supervisors. Publications: Gevers C., B. Slippers, I. Germishuizen , G. Dittrich-Schröder , B.P. Hurley . 2021. The distribution and diversity of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its gall associates in South Africa. Southern Forests: A journal of forest science 83(3): 196-204. 10.2989/20702620.2021.1944395 Solís M., M.J. Wingfield , A. Hammerbacher , S. Naidoo . 2022. Comparison of the Infection Biology of Teratosphaeria destructans and Teratosphaeria epicoccoides on Eucalyptus . Plant Disease 106(7): 1944-1951. 10.1094/PDIS-09-21-1877-RE Swanepoel S., C.N. Oates, L.S. Shuey, G.S. Pegg, S. Naidoo. 2021. Transcriptome analysis of Eucalyptus grandis implicates brassinosteroid signaling in defense against Myrtle rust ( Austropuccinia psidii ). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 778611. 10.3389/ffgc.2021.778611 Teshome D.T., G.E. Zharare, S. Naidoo. 2020. The threat of the combined effect of biotic and abiotic stress factors in forestry under a changing climate. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 601009. 10.3389/fpls.2020.601009