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Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)

FABI

FABI

FABI has grown rapidly since its establishment in 1998. The FABI team is made up of 37 academic staff, 20 adjunct faculty, more than 200 post graduate (M.Sc., Ph.D.) students, more than 40 post-doctoral fellows and a small core of support staff. Approximately 30 languages are spoken by members of the FABI team, which is a remarkably multinational and multicultural group. More than 550 PhD and MSc students have graduated under the supervision of research leaders associated with FABI.

Research Groups

  • African Plant Systems Biology for the Bioeconomy
  • Applied Chemical Ecology
  • Applied Mycology
  • Avocado Research Program (ARP)
  • Bacterial Genomics & Tree Health
  • Cereal Foliar Pathogen Research
  • CERC-FABI Tree Protection Program (CFTPP – CHINA)
  • Crop Floral Biology & Environment
  • DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health
  • Biotechnology (CPHB)
  • DSI-NRF Sarchi Chair in Fungal Genomics
  • Eucalyptus & Pine Pathogen Interactions
  • Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Program: Genomics &
  • Biotechnology for Superior Wood & Fibre
  • Grain Research Program
  • Macadamia Protection Program
  • Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions (MPPI)
  • Molecular Plant Physiology Research Group
  • Phytobacteriology Program
  • Plant Virology
  • Potato Pathology Research Program
  • PSHB Research Network
  • RGE-FABI Tree Health Program (Indonesia)
  • Seed Science & Pathology of Flowers, Trees &
  • Agronomic Crops
  • Social Insect Research Group
  • Tree Protection Co-operative Program (TPCP)
  • Transcriptional Regulation & Bio-engineering of Wood Development

Satellite Labs:

  • Applied Chemical Ecology
  • Remote Sensing of Plant Health
  • Artificial Intelligence in Farming
  • Arxada
  • Bell Equipment
  • Foresta Timber & Board
  • FSC
  • Hin-Tech Manufacturing
  • John Deere
  • Khulani Timber Industries
  • LESH
  • Loadtech Load Cells
  • Ponsse
  • Rance Timbers
  • Sappi
  • SAWPA
  • SSA
  • UCL Sawmill
  • Wood-Mizer
  • Wuhlf