Lihan Esterhuizen
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A true hat-trick 🏆🏆🏆Best Publication Award for the third consecutive year — 2023, 2024 & 2025! I'm grateful to my mentors, collaborators, students, and the entire FABI community for their support and inspiration.
@Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @UPTuks #ResearchExcellence

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🤖Smart Sensing Stops Root Rot 🌳
#Hyperspectral_sensing + #machine_learning can detect #Phytophthora root rot early in #Eucalyptus
Early action = healthier #forests 🌳
@lihan_ester @annaearwen @bernardslippers @SappiSouthernA @UPnasagric
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For Those Inclined please check out my very first paper 🎉
It’s on utilising the power of hyperspectral sensing to detect Phytophthora root rot of Eucalyptus trees.
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@Fabiteam1 at @UPTuks using machine learning, hyperspectral imaging & thermal tech to early detect root diseases before symptoms appear.
@bernardslippers @NickyCreux @lihan_ester @annaearwen @UPnasagric #plantpathology #phytophthora #MachineLearning

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Thrilled to receive the Best Postdoc Publication Award 2023 at #FABI's 25th anniversary! 🏆 Check out our article in Current Forestry Reports: doi.org/10.1007/s40725… #ResearchExcellence #AcademicAchievement
@bernardslippers @leptograph #FABI25 #FABIYEF23

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Christoff Joubert gives an engaging talk about the development of chemical and spectral markers for resistance in Eucalyptus against Gonipterus sp. n. 2 #CPHB23 @UPnasagric

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Session 3: Data science, engineering and the future of tree health management.
Prof Almuth Hammerbacher opening the session with her talk on "Phenomic selection of forest trees for precision resistance breeding" #CPHB23 @UPnasagric @InnovAfricaUP

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Prof Sunil Maharaj opening our annual Tree Protection Co-operative programme (TPCP) and DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) meeting @UPnasagric #cphb23

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