Prof. Wilhelm de Beer receives the SAIF Distinguished Forestry Award
Congratulations to Prof. Wilhelm de Beer who was awarded this year’s Distinguished Forestry Award…
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Harvesting Phytophthora pathogenicity trials in the KZN midlands
Over the past few years there have been reports of root-associated post-planting mortality of…
NSTF video interview with Mike Wingfield
A video interview with FABI founding Director, Professor Mike Wingfield has been published online…
Fifth FABI International Seminar explores disease resistance against necrotrophic fungal pathogens
The fifth presentation in FABI ’s popular International Seminar Series was by Prof. Katherine Denby…
FABI celebrates the achievements of its Spring graduates
Congratulations to 20 graduates affiliated with FABI whose degrees were conferred at the University…
National Maize Cultivar Evaluation Trials seed packing at FABI
A team of students and interns from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and DSI-NRF…
UP Vice-Chancellor visits York Timbers with FABI colleagues
During the week of 21 September, University of Pretoria (UP) Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof.…
FABIans’ living heritage comes to life in “Picking the Fruit of the Heritage Tree”
From the mystical to the culinary, FABI ans went on a sensory trip down memory lane and around the…
New publication explores genetic diversity hidden within natural populations of Eucalyptus grandis
The genomes of extant organisms harbour footprints of natural selection that can be used in…
NSTF Award video interview
A film team visited FABI on 16 September to record an interview with Prof. Mike Wingfield who was…
FABI students and postdocs engage on lab etiquette
FABI labs are buzzing again with activity, albeit within strict schedules to manage the number of…
A different way of communicating our research
Early in 2020, Dr Andi Wilson and her PhD supervisors published a paper in the journal Fungal…
FABI presents at the SAMAC Webinar
On 3 September, Dr Gerda Fourie , research leader of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MPP) and…
Agreement to fund the York Timbers Chair in Wood Structural Engineering signed
The launch of the trans-disciplinary York Timbers Chair in Data-Driven, Wood Structural Engineering…
FABIans participate in bark beetle mycobiome research network meeting
On 2 September, several FABI ans that form part of the bark beetle mycobiome research network took…
FABI advances plant health research in Africa with the launch of two satellite laboratories
The launch of two satellite laboratories at FABI with prestigious international institutions…
Attending the NAPB 2020 virtual meeting
FABI MSc student Ingrid Marais attended the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) 2020…
Phyloge-knows-it crowned “brains” of FABI at first virtual quiz night
Phyloge-knows-it outwitted 12 teams to be crowned winners at FABI ’s first virtual Quiz Night on 4…
Sampling the iconic and declining cedars in the Cedarberg mountains
Professor Mike Wingfield , founding Director of FABI , together with Prof. Brenda Wingfield ,…
The plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa under the spotlight at FABI’s monthly International Seminar
The plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is a devastating pathogen that poses a huge…