FABI hosts delegation from DAFF’s International Day of Forests celebrations
FABI hosted a delegation of officials from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries…
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FABI PhD student speaks about his prize-winning science communication video and tree health matters in interview with VOC FM
FABI PhD candidate Darryl Herron cast the spotlight on tree health matters during an interview with…
FABI attends the Fungal Genetics meeting
The Fungal Genetics meeting is held in Asilomar, California every second year. This venue is not…
Busy week in the field for the TPCP
In the week of 4 March, the TPCP had three different field trips to the KwaZulu-Natal, Midlands.…
Thirteen students join the CTHB Undergraduate Mentorship Programme in 2019
Thirteen undergraduate students will get their first taste of life as researchers as mentees in the…
Prof Steven Chown: Global leader in Antarctic Science and Biodiversity visits FABI
Professor Steven Chown of the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Australia…
A tree health engagement in Florida
Professor Mike Wingfield spent three days in Gainsville, Florida during the week of the 18…
Fieldwork to understand the emerging Ceratocystis threat to Eucalyptus in South Africa
From 17-19 February, some members of the Ceratocystis team, Dr Irene Barnes , and TPCP students and…
Shot Hole borer projects launched in forests of the Southern Cape
During the past week, Prof. Wilhelm de Beer of FABI and Prof. Francois Roets from Stellenbosch…
Chinese student delegation visits FABI
FABI welcomed a student delegation from the Tsinghua University in Beijing on 20 February. The 12…
FABI students do well at SA Botany Congress
During January a group of FABIans participated in the 45th Conference of the South African…
CFTPP research leader visits FABI
University of Pretoria Extra-ordinary Professor ShuaiFei Chen made a 10-day visit to FABI during…
FABIans strengthening collaboration between France and South Africa
The French Embassy organised a meeting of French academics working in South Africa on 8 February.…
TPCP field extension services boosted by the appointment of Dr Trudy Paap
FABI is pleased to announce that Dr Trudy Paap has been appointed, with effect from February, to…
FABIans celebrate two prestige seminars in as many days
FeiFei Liu successfully defended her PhD thesis on 29 January, becoming the second FABI an this…
FABIans attend orchids conference
South Africa is the epicenter for African orchid diversity of which most species are endemic to the…
Elrea Strydom presents the first prestige seminar at FABI in 2019
Elrea Strydom fulfilled all the requirements for a PhD degree after successfully defending her…
FABI shines at SASPP meeting
The 2019 meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP) took place on the West…
Scouting for eucalyptus pests on the Cape Peninsula
Eucalyptus spp. have been planted extensively in many parts of the Western Cape Province going back…
Mammoth inoculation trial of pine seedlings
Late in 2018, 14 FABI ans banded together for the mammoth task of inoculating and disease…