GRP team visits the Bayer Crop Science experimental farm
Members of the Grain Research Programme (GRP), Dr Lavinia Kisten , Ms Ntombizodwa Maduna , Ms…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
FABIans commit time to commemorate Mandela Day
International Mandela Day is celebrated on the 18 July every year to commemorate the birthday of…
FABIan awarded 2022 ISM travel bursary
Jenna-Lee Pric e, a MSc student in the Applied Mycology Group under the supervision of Prof. Cobus…
Mike Wingfield receives the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2021
Professor Mike Wingfield , founding Director of FABI and Advisor to the University of Pretoria ’s…
Mmoledi Mphahlele becomes first PhD molecular tree breeder trained through the FMG programme
Congratulations to Mmoledi Mphahlele on successfully completing his PhD and presenting his prestige…
The Three microfungi that changed the world
Leading Canadian Mycologist Keith Seifert was the guest presenter at the June FABI International…
PSHB App training with JCPZ staff
The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) , Euwallacea fornicatus , is one of the most damaging tree…
Prof. Cobus Visagie becomes a member of the ICTF
The International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) has the important goal to promote the…
Field day at the Serbian Institute for Field And Vegetable Crops
The Serbian Institute for Field And Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad hosted a field day for the final…
Beetles, bugs, and Mac trees
Four “Madmacs” from the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) , Elisa Pal (PhD), Angel Maduke…
Students attend the 33rd SANSOR Congress
FABI students Samkelisiwe Thango , Phrasia Mapfumo , Tumisang Mokgobu , Sithembile Kunene and…
FABIan nominated to join the board of the International Sunflower Association
The International Sunflower Association's (ISA) mandate is to facilitate networking and…
Rosellinia necatrix – We are onto you!
Three Avocado Research Programme (ARP) members ( Tsakani Miyambo , Alicia Fick and Makhosazana…
FABIan wins runner-up poster award at the International Sunflower Conference in Serbia
FABI PhD candidate, Phrasia Mapfumo , presented a poster at the 20 th International Sunflower…
FABI attends the 20th International Sunflower Conference in Serbia
FABI senior lecturer, Dr Nicky Creux , and PhD student, Ms Phrasia Mapfumo attended the 20 th…
New MoU signed between FABI and Research Institute of Fast Growing Trees in China
FABI celebrated a 17-year partnership with the Chinese Academy of Forestry ’s Research Institute of…
Can you sense how I stink?
Professor Trudi Joubert , Director of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics…
Hooray for a pine needle fungal isolation jamboree!
From 16 to 18 May a few members of the TPCP team, together with plant pathologist and FABI…
Dr Carlos Rodas examines Western Cape disease problems
Dr Carlos Rodas , long-time FABI collaborator arrived in South Africa early in May to attend and…
The GRP extension team completes a maize ear rot survey in the Eastern Cape
The Grain Research Program (GRP) team ( Dr Mahlane Godfrey Kgatle , Carlynn Jacobs , Vinolia Danki…