The Macadamia team presents at the SAMAC Research Networking Day
Several members of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) attended the SAMAC (Macadamias South…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Dr Wilma Nel appointed as the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic Manager
Dr Wilma Nel has been appointed as the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Diagnostic…
First grass sampling expedition: FABI and Milk SA collaborate to uncover Pseudopithomyces insights in Eastern Cape dairy farms
Dr Neriman Yilmaz , Jenna-Lee Price and Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited dairy farmers in the…
Mandy makes it six.
A hearty congratulations to Mandy Messal who is the sixth FABIan to complete their PhD in FABI this…
Continuous replanting could impact future productivity in short-rotation forestry
The continuous cultivation of the same or related plant species on a particular plot of land has a…
Film crew visits FABI
FABI welcomed a team from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust that spent the morning of 17 May at the…
Congratulations QianLi!
FABI PhD candidate QianLi Liu presented her Prestige Seminar “Phylogeny, taxonomy and ecology of…
Visit to Environmental Genomics group at Christian-Alberts University of Kiel
Following on from the population genomics workshop presented by Prof. Eva Stukenbrock at FABI as…
Post TPCP field trip connects academic research and training to industry needs
On 9-10 May the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) celebrated is 34 th annual meeting .…
EPPI team performs the biggest impact evaluation from field inoculations of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on different Eucalyptus genotypes
The management of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana in commercial Eucalyptus…
FABI GRP promote Diagnostic clinic at the NAMPO Harvest Day
NAMPO Harvest Day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions in the southern Hemisphere. The…
CFBE research team participates in the NAMPO Harvest Day
Two members of the Crop Floral Biology and Environments (CFBE) research team in FABI , PhD…
FABI engagement with smallholder farmers from Venda
FABI PhD candidate Phophi Nethononda visited smallholder farmers from Dzindi and Tshiombo…
FABian visits the Aarhus University global wheat-rust research centre and University of Copenhagen
As part of the NOVA PhD course , Prof. Dave Berger joined the field trip to the Flakkebjerg…
Rachel completes her PhD
Congratulations to Rachel Mkandawire on successfully completing her PhD. Rachel presented her…
FABI sampling for Phytophthora in Cape riverine ecosystems
FABI researchers including Prof. Mike Wingfield , recently joined Prof. Jonàs Oliva , visiting from…
Future Professors visit FABI
Professors Brenda Wingfield and Mike Wingfield hosted a visit to FABI by members of the Future…
UP joins the world in celebrating the International Day of Plant Health.
The United Nations designated 12 May the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global…
A successful 34th Annual Meeting of the TPCP
On 9-10 th May the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) held its 34 th Annual Meeting at…
Professor André Drenth visits FABI
Professor Andre Drenth , a world-renowned plant pathologist from the Queensland Alliance for…