Research : FABI

 

FABI

FABI has grown rapidly since its establishment. The FABI team is made up of 35 academic staff, 174 post graduate (M.Sc., Ph.D.) students, 44 post-doctoral fellows, research visitors 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. By the end of 2020, 211 PhD and 322 MSc students graduated under the supervision of research leaders associated with FABI.

Website: www.fabinet.up.ac.za

Research Groups

• AFRICAN PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY FOR THE BIOECONOMY
• APPLIED CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
• APPLIED MYCOLOGY
• AVOCADO RESEARCH PROGRAMME (ARP)
• BACTERIAL GENOMICS AND TREE HEALTH
• CEREAL FOLIAR PATHOGEN RESEARCH
• CERC-FABI TREE PROTECTION PROGRAMME (CFTPP - CHINA)
• CROP FLORAL BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
• DSI-NRF CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN PLANT HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGY (CPHB)
• DSI-NRF SARCHI CHAIR IN FUNGAL GENOMICS
• EUCALYPTUS AND PINE PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
• FOREST MOLECULAR GENETICS (FMG) PROGRAMME: GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUPERIOR WOOD AND FIBRE
• GRAIN RESEARCH PROGRAMME
• MACADAMIA PROTECTION PROGRAMME
• MOLECULAR PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS (MPPI)
• MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
• PHYTOBACTERIOLOGY PROGRAMME
• PLANT VIROLOGY
• POTATO PATHOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMME
• PSHB RESEARCH NETWORK
• RGE-FABI TREE HEALTH PROGRAM (INDONESIA)
• SEED SCIENCE AND PATHOLOGY OF FLOWERS, TREES AND AGRONOMIC CROPS
• SOCIAL INSECT RESEARCH GROUP
• TREE PROTECTION CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAMME (TPCP)

Satellite Labs:

• APPLIED CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
• REMOTE SENSING OF PLANT HEALTH
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FARMING