FABI joining the discussion on Rhizobium and Sclerotinia in South African agriculture
Dr Nicky Creux was an invited speaker at the Sclerotinia Discussion that formed part of the…
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Lorraine Mhoswa celebrates the successful completion of her PhD
Congratulations to Lorraine Mhoswa on successfully completing all requirements for her PhD.…
Inaugural Biosecurity Hub Steering Committee meeting held at Future Africa
On 22 July 2022, the inaugural meeting of the Biosecurity Hub Steering Committee hosted by the…
FABI tree-health sleuths explore the Cederberg
Members of the FABI tree health team and collaborators led by Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited…
FABI Alumnus presents the August FABI International Seminar
Dr Stephen Taerum , a postdoctoral researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in…
Photoshop course presented in FABI
A group of 20 enthusiastic FABI ans gathered on 16-17 August to attend a two-day Photoshop course…
Publication Party celebrates first publications
The first publications by four FABI students in the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)…
FABI through the magnifying glass!
This year the inhabitants of FABI stepped through the magnifying glass to find themselves in the…
FABIans attend the International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control
From 1-4 August, FABI researchers took part the in 54 th Annual meeting of the Society for…
Workshop presented by leading Population Genomics scientist at SASPP2022
Professor Eva Stukenbrock from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology , Plön, and the…
FABI hosts the 52nd Congress of the SASSP
FABI hosted the 52 nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists (SASSP) at…
FABI scoops honours at the SASPP Awards ceremony
FABI hosted the 52 nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists (SASSP) at…
Bernard Slippers awarded the prestigious Persoon Medal
FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers received the prestigious Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Medal , at…
FABIans attend the XXVI International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki
FABI research Fellow, Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder , and her two MSc students, Jade Ashmore and…
FABIans win multiple awards at Invertebrate Pathology meeting
This week, some FABI ans attended the 2022 International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and…
AI and crop health monitoring – getting the message to the public
Professor Dave Berger was interviewed on the topic “Artificial intelligence in crop health…
Sunshine, beetles and fungi
Over the weekend of 15-17 July, Prof. Irene Barnes , Dr Wilma Nel (postdoctoral fellow), Kira Lynn…
FABI Museum inaugurated
The FABI Museum was inaugurated at an informal gathering on 19 July where Prof. Mike Wingfield ,…
The Macadamia team attended the SAMAC Research Networking Day
On 29 June, members of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) attended a SAMAC (Macadamias South…
FABIans engage with the grain industry about fungicide resistance in maize pathogens
Dr David Nsibo and members of the Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions (MPPI) research group in…