Excellence celebrated at the UP Academic Achievers Awards 2022
The University of Pretoria ’s (UP) annual Academic Achievers' Awards celebrates the achievements of…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Microscopy techniques training for visiting graduate students
On November 7-8, 2022, an international group of graduate students (10 from FABI , and 10 from the…
FABI hosts NSF-sponsored “research experience for students” symposium
After two years of delay due to the SARS CoViD-2 pandemic, FABI was recently able to welcome a…
FABIans attend the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Academy
Home of the Gators, Gainesville, Florida, was the chosen location for the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia…
An international team behind a FABI-industry forest pest mating disruption trial
Several FABI ans, international collaborators and industry partners were in Lothair, Mpumalanga…
Brett Summerell presents a FABI special seminar
FABI hosted a special seminar on 28 October by longtime friend and collaborator of the Institute,…
Chilean tree breeders visit FABI
Three tree breeders from Bioforest, a research branch of the Chilean forestry company Arauco ,…
A FABI/SANBI plant health and biosecurity workshop
FABI researchers Dr Trudy Paap and Dr Felipe Balocchi recently joined members of SANBI’s…
The start of a collaboration: FABIans learning the ins and outs of kiwi growing in South Africa
Professor Irene Barnes and Cheyenne Theron recently visited kiwi growers from Magoebaskloof, in the…
MaPP attends the Macadamia Industry day
Another year, another challenge! The Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) once again attended the…
Artists from the Art and Trees project visit FABI
Three artists, Hannelie Coetzee, Tracy Megan and Tarryn Millar attended the FABI Monday Morning…
Felicidades Felipe!
Congratulations to Felipe Balocchi on the successful completion of his PhD! He presented his…
EPPI team performs in-field inoculation of the pitch canker pathogen
From 2-8 October, members of the EPPI research group in FABI visited SAPPI ’s Riverdale site…
The Grain Research Programme visits the Eastern Cape to promote the Biosecurity platforms
During the week of 21-26 August, Dr Osmond Mlonyeni ( Innovation Africa @UP Program manager), Dr…
UniVen students visit FABI
FABI hosted a visit by a group of 23 final year BSc in Agriculture (Plant Production and…
FABIans celebrate the career of a special colleague and friend
FABI Director, Prof. Bernard Slippers together with Prof. Mike Wingfield , and Prof. Irene Barnes…
Macadamia spring planting!
The Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) team and University of Pretoria (UP) farm workers held a…
FABI does it again!
FABI ans enthusiastically gathered to take part in this season's seed packing as part of the…
FABIAN attends British Society for Plant Pathology Conference
The theme of this year’s British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) Presidential Conference held at…
FABI International Seminar Series looks at fungicide resistance in Sugarbeet
The lead Research Plant Pathologist at the Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit in Fargo North…