Research : 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.

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)
• TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION AND BIOENGINEERING OF WOOD DEVELOPMENT

Satellite Labs:

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