FABI has its first drone pilots
The growing application of remote sensing data using drones in South Africa has necessitated the…
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Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
FABI well represented at the ISCE conference 2021
From 5-10 September, academic staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students from FABI attended the 36…
GRP Disease Diagnostic and Extension service ready for new season after their visit to Cropwatch
During the week of 6-8 September, Alandie Niewoudt , Attie de Beer, Prof. Cobus Visagie , Prof.…
FABI team returns to the Cederberg for sampling
Members of the FABI team including Prof. Mike Wingfield , Prof. Brenda Wingfield and Dr Trudy Paap…
SASSB webinar explores a continental floristic riddle
The September webinar of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology on 2 September had as…
FABIan sets sail for science
A PhD candidate in FABI , Francinah Rankoma is one of four students from the Department of…
The problem of CAM in India highlighted at the August FABI International Seminar
This month’s FABI International Seminar on 26 August moved into the medical mycology sphere casting…
FABI PostDoc Student wins Inqaba's ‘Africa Genome Challenge 2021’ Award
In April this year, Inqaba Biotec organized a competition to promote the arrival of the PacBio…
SANBI’s Sentinel Plant Project renders training support for horticulture students at DUT
Recently, Drs Mesfin Gossa and Trudy Paap had established a collaboration partnership with the…
Bagworms from wattle and pine emperor larvae from… Eucalyptus!
FABI ans Luki-Marie Scheepers , Elmarie van der Merwe and Josias Letaoana set out to collect pupae…
Scouting for native natural enemies of PSHB
The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) , Euwallecea fornicatus, is one of the most serious…
FABI says farewell to Arista
On Friday 13 August, members of the Macadamia Protection Programme along with other FABI ans…
The Solanaceae family unpacked at the August SASSB webinar
‘Solanaceae more than potatoes and tomatoes!’ was the topic of the plenary speaker Dr Sandra Knapp…
Almuth’s publication hat-trick
Congratulations to Professor Almuth Hammerbacher who has scored a hat-trick with a third…
FABI researcher presents at the international APS conference
Myriam Solís , a PhD candidate in the Eucalyptus and Pine Pathogens Interactions (EPPI) research…
IFSA Forestry Career in Africa book launched
The International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) and the joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on…
Yosef Hamba Tola completes the first FABI-ICIPE joint PhD
A hearty congratulations to Yosef Hamba Tola on successfully completing all requirements for his…
The FABIlous FABwarts School of Sci-craft and Wizardry
The meeting of the Epsilon Chapter of the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Findings…
The problem of invasive mycorrhizal fungi discussed in the July FABI International Seminar
Dr Anne Pringle discussed the “Problem of invasive mycorrhizal fungi” as our guest speaker for the…
FMG shines at the ASPB Plant Biology Worldwide Summit
More than 20 members of the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) programme in FABI had a front-row seat…