Kiwi Plant Protection Programme launched
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) and the South African Kiwi Growers…
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FABI members at the South African Sclerotinia Research Network workshop
The last few very wet seasons, while welcomed by many, also brought with them major sclerotinia…
FABI instrumental in reviving the African Mycological Association
FABI an, Prof. Irene Barnes chaired a meeting on 23 January aimed at reviving the African…
FABI welcomes the 2023 interns
FABI welcomed eight new members that join the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health…
FABI Interns graduate
FABI celebrated the accomplishments of nine interns in the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and…
Congratulations Privilege!
Congratulations to Privilege Makunde on successfully completing his PhD. He had received his…
FABI opening celebrates 25 years of research excellence
FABI ’s official opening, held on 16 January in the University of Pretoria’s Sanlam Auditorium,…
EPPI team undertakes a greenhouse inoculation trial
The Eucalyptus Pine Pathogen Interactions (EPPI) team has been undertaking a large-scale greenhouse…
Interns present a research seminar
Members of the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and Biotechnology programme presented a research…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to track Gonipterus sp. n. 2 damage
The application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in combination with optical sensors for forestry…
RGE-FABI THP research seminar hosted in Indonesia
The annual RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme Symposium took place as a hybrid event on Thursday 24…
Book fun at MMM
As the holiday season draws closer, FABIans look forward to taking some time off from their…
FABI ends the year in style
FABI ans took a break from their research activities and dressed up to attend the annual Year End…
Three-week long international Bioinvasions Workshop draws to a close
On November 16-19, 21 graduate students (10 from the USA and 11 from FABI) spent three last days…
Exciting developments in efforts to test a new potential biocontrol agent for Gonipterus sp. n. 2
In September this year FABI imported a potential new biological control agent of the Eucalyptus…
Mike Wingfield included on the Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers for the sixth consecutive year
FABI was delighted to hear that Prof. Mike Wingfield has been included on the Clarivate Web of…
Stompie Gonzales makes light work of log splitting
Elmarie van der Merwe is a second year MSc student working on applying CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing…
Royal Society honours for FABIans
The Royal Society of South Africa celebrated their awards ceremony at the University of Pretoria ’s…
Professor Diana Six introduces SciArt at FABI’s MMM
Professor Diana Six from the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of…
FABian presents her research at SAAWK symposium
Luki-Marie Scheepers , a PhD candidate in FABI , was one of nine students from the University of…