CPHB Plant Health

We welcomed ten interns last week. We are exited to be working with them and to see them grow in their professions. fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/news…

The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) and the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) had their had their first in-person discussion session since the start of 2020 at Future Africa 😀 fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/news…

Our new interns in the SACTA/CPHB internship programme have a tour of our biocontrol facility. The programme will expose the interns to work and research in biocontrol, extension, diagnostics and resistance screening to grow capacity for South Africa #nextgeneration @CTHB_Tree

You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. 🧠

MALARIA BREAKTHROUGH: The discovery involves the identification of unique compounds that are able to kill several stages of the malaria-causing parasite and can block the transmission of the parasite between humans and mosquitoes. More: bit.ly/3nCSbiy

Finally our review paper is online: Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.298…

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Rianie van der Linde who recently received the 2020 FABI AWARD for "Recognising contributions made by a staff member of the University of Pretoria". She was applauded for the immense interest & support that she has shown the @Fabiteam1 over the years! 👏

Congratulations to Prof Dave Berger, from UP'sFaculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences who has been nominated for Southern African Plant Breeders Association's Top 20 Most Influential African Plant Breeders award. @Fabiteam1 @UPTuks @Nigel_GEBP @UPPlantAndSoil @BarendErasmus7

Three internationally renowned researchers from UP, Profs Mike Wingfield, Pedro Crous and Yves van de Peer have been included on the 2020 Web of Science list of the world's most highly cited researchers. @leptograph @FungusCrous @YvesVandePeer @UPTuks @ResearchUP @BarendErasmus7

Another beautiful fungal species from FABI @Fabiteam1 #IYPH2020

The term “Funga” was coined in 2018 to refer to “diversity of fungal communities” rdcu.be/b6b7i, and to be used in the same way as Fauna and Flora for animals and plants...

2 great papers in the 10 Aug 2020 issue of Phil Trans Royal Society B... Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2… Microbiome-mediated plasticity directs host evolution along several distinct time scales doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2…

Beautiful new Aspergillus species from @Fabiteam1 and their collaborators!

Today we celebrate these beautiful giants. Happy world elephant day. #ElephantDay #LiveYourWild

Our most recent publication on Basidiomycota in South Africa: Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with trees showing wood-rot symptoms in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

SANBI is committed to growing an inspired and coordinated network towards improving the quality and use of biodiversity information

A special ceremony for the latest Studies in Mycology dedicated to Keith Seifert who has been an inspiration for so many of us @_Westerdijk_ @Fabiteam1 #hyphomycetes facebook.com/67534445265636…

Global distribution of Fusarium circinatum showing where the pathogen is present, eradicated, not found or data are not available. See the interactive map: bit.do/phytoportal for detailed locations within countries. @Fabiteam1

Students @matt_jackson_sa and Phophi Nethonondo making the most of their field trip | African Maize Stalk Borer Field Collections - and some nice #proudlysouthafrican music too - Enjoy youtu.be/R6k_goL2yLk @Fabiteam1 @UPTuks

We had around 165 people from more than 20 countries login to listen to our first International Seminar from Joey Tanney. It was a very interesting talk on endophytes in Canada, naming them and using them to combat pests and pathogens. We can't wait for the next one! #IYPH2020