Many hands make light work at the TPCP tree planting
Many hands make light work! Some 50 students linked to the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
GRP team visits farms in the Eastern Cape and KZN
The Grain Research Program (GRP) team comprising MSc student, Alice Mthembu , and Drs David Nsib o…
FABI researchers work with Sappi in KwaZulu-Natal
FABI team members including Prof. Mike Wingfield , Prof. Irene Barnes , Prof. Brenda Wingfield , Dr…
Drivers and brakes of pathogen emergence
Plant pathogens are a major threat to agricultural and understanding why we see their (re)emergence…
In memoriam: Professor Stefan Neser
Professor Stefan Neser was archetypical the iconic naturalist. His broad and deep knowledge of…
Macadamia research program’s field visit to Mpumalanga
The Macadamia Protection Program (MPP) is back in the field! MPP research group leader Dr Gerda…
FABI biocontrol centre imports Anaphes nitens from Australia
The Eucalyptus snout beetle , Gonipterus sp. n. 2 remains a major pest of Eucalyptus plantations in…
Two FABIans attend the Leadership Academy for Agriculture
During the first week of February, two FABI ans, Drs Mahlane Godfrey Kgatle and Miekie Human…
New internship programme begins at FABI
On 1 February, a new internship programme was launched at FABI under the auspices of the DSI-NRF…
Professor Ströh addresses FABI MMM
Professor Anton Ströh , Vice-Principal: Institutional Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, and…
US collaborators visit FABI to plan a joint research project
Long-time FABI research collaborator and extraordinary staff member of the Institute, Prof.…
Disease screening of maize genotypes in the Eastern Cape
Drs David Nsibo and Mahlane Godfrey Kgatle of the Grain Research Program (GRP) travelled to the…
The FABI diagnostics team is growing
Thirty-two years ago the first diagnostic clinic to service the South African forestry industry was…
Congratulations to Ntombikayise Nkomo on completing her PhD
FABI celebrated the completion of the second PhD in 2021 with Ntombi Nkomo producing what FABI…
Industry partners seconded to the University of Pretoria
Dr Miekie Human and Stefan Links are employed by Grain SA , but have been seconded to the…
FABI’s International Seminar Series resumes focussing on the impact mycotoxins on human health
FABI ’s very successful and popular International Seminar Series that was established early in 2020…
Khumbhuzile Bophela presents the first FABI Prestige Seminar in 2021
FABI congratulates Khumbuzile Bophela on being the first FABIan to successfully complete all degree…
FABI researchers feature prominently in FSA magazine
The research programmes and activities of several FABI ans are profiled in the second issue of the…
FABI hosts a virtual SASPP Symposium
On 20 January, FABI had the pleasure of hosting a virtual congress of the South African Society of…
New book on pests and diseases of Pine and Eucalyptus in Colombia published
Professor Mike Wingfield and FABI alumnus Dr Carlos Rodas have co-authored a new book entitled…