A FABI/SANBI plant health and biosecurity workshop
FABI researchers Dr Trudy Paap and Dr Felipe Balocchi recently joined members of SANBI’s…
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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…
FABI imports Anagonia cf. lasiophthalma, potential biological control agent for Gonipterus sp. n. 2
Professor Bernard Slippers , Prof. Brett Hurley and Dr Michelle Schröder from FABI and Prof.…
FABIans attend the 3rd ASM joint MYTOX-SOUTH Symposium in Stellenbosch
FABI Research Fellow, Dr Neriman Yilmaz , and her MSc student, Jenna-Lee Price , were amongst 110…
Two FABI Researchers Receive the IUFRO Tree Pathology Award
FABI ans are proud to congratulate Professors Brenda and Mike Wingfield who received the…
FABI at the Lisbon IUFRO All Division 7 (Tree Health) Meeting
The I nternational Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) typically holds about 60 meetings…
FABI paper featured on the cover of Plant Pathology
A FABI paper reporting the discovery of cypress canker on a native South African cedar tree is…
Spring graduation honours for FABIans
FABI celebrated the capping of five PhD and 14 MSc graduates at the University of Pretoria’s Spring…
South African State of the Forest Report published
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has published the State of the Forests…