FABIans are joined by RSA and USA colleagues for a final bark beetle microbiome workshop A group of FABI researchers were recently joined by colleagues …

A fungal fiesta: Pine needle pathogen isolation jamboree From 18 to 20 September, members of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) team gathered for a …

FABIans attend IUFRO Working Group meeting on Southern Hemisphere plantation health Professors Brett Hurley, Irene Barnes, Bernard Slippers and Dr Michelle Schröder attended the IUFRO …

Brett Hurley delivers his Inaugural Address Professor Brett Hurley presented his inaugural address marking his promotion to full Professorship on Tuesday 26 September. He was …

Moving from young eucalypts to young pine for the National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy A team from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP), …

Continuous replanting could impact future productivity in short-rotation forestry The continuous cultivation of the same or related plant species on a particular plot of land …

EPPI team performs the biggest impact evaluation from field inoculations of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on different Eucalyptus genotypes The management of the canker …

Pines for Pitch canker screening Pine pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatumis one of the more important threats to plantation forestry in South Africa. A …

Since its first report in South Africa in 2017, the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB), Euwallacea fornicatus has resulted in the mortality of thousands of …

Authors: Kenneth F Raffa, Eckehard G Brockerhoff, Jean-Claude Grégoire, Richard C Hamelin, Andrew M Liebhold, Alberto Santini, Robert C Venette, Michael J Wingfield BioScience, Volume …

FABI’s official opening, held on 16 January in the University of Pretoria’s Sanlam Auditorium, celebrated the Institute’s 25th anniversary. Welcoming FABIans back from their holidays. …

Elmarie van der Merwe is a second year MSc student working on applying CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tools to control the insect pest Sirex noctilio. This …

The application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in combination with optical sensors for forestry monitoring is a rapidly developing field that offers new opportunities for …

In September this year FABI imported a potential new biological control agent of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus sp. n. 2, currently the most serious …