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FABI's Prof Dave Berger will be appearing on Plaas TV/Farm TV this morning at 8:00 to talk about Artificial Intelligence and the future of crop health monitoring. Watch it here: comms.evlink9.net/servlet/link/4… University of Pretoria UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 UP Research Matters

FABIans helping to keep our local orchards healthy 🌳 UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences University of Pretoria UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 UP Research Matters

What future are you preparing your students for? What do you want your students to be known for? What do you want your students to be able to do in the end? Fantastic Departmental workshop with Prof Uno from the University of Oklahoma! UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

“Illuminating” Plant Pathogen Effector Microscopy Workshop by Petra Boevink James Hutton Institute at FABI #saspp2022 FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾

#SCAR2022 🇿🇦South Africans presenting their research at the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 2022 Conference. 🔜09:27 (SAST) Join Morgan Raath-Krüger, Postdoctoral Fellow supervised by Prof Bettine van Vuuren, UJ Zoology See talk title below #subAntarctic #Genetics

To day is women's day in South Africa and I want to highlight the incredible ladies in our research team. A 🧵 Happy Women's Day! #WomenInSTEM FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/rese… 1/5

Ms Mapfumo is a PhD student in the team investing the environmental impacts on yield and Sclerotinia head rot in sunflower 🌻 #WomenInSTEM FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 Phrasia Mapfumo 2/5

Ms Mathibela is a PhD student establishing UAV multispectral imaging in the team to understand the risks associated with late plantings in Maize.🌾 #WomenInSTEM FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 3/5

Ms Memela just completed her MSc with distinction for her work on the impact of heat stress during Sunflower anthesis and pollination.🌻 #WomenInSTEM FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 4/5

Ms Röder is an MSc student using transcriptomics to understand how light and temperature regulate sunflower anthesis. 🌻 #WomenInSTEM FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 5/5

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UP students and graduates interested in agriculture? Don't miss the AgriCareerConnect 2022 from 16-18 August. youtube.com/watch?v=ENJMRI… Register at: agrijob.co.za/agricareerconn… University of Pretoria Forage, Pasture & Land Regeneration Science Africa UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 AgEcon_UP FABI UP Library Services

Interested in a career in agriculture? Register now to attend the online career fair! agrijob.co.za/agricareerconn…

AgriCareerConnect is happening right now! Follow us on IG (Forage, Pasture & Land Regeneration Science Africa) if you want more info on how to join this online #careerfair focussed on agriculture and horticulture #job #JobSeekersSA

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Our speaker for this month's Cross-Pollination is @HaysHarvest, on bringing indigenous and orphan crops into the home garden and some collaborative work establishing a 'giving garden' through the UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden🌱

Competition time!🌱 As part of the GreatSouthernBioblitz this weekend, we have a number of takealot vouchers up for grabs for the most observations + identifications made in Pretoria National Botanical Garden and wider City of Tshwane municipality🌿 To enter/for more details: [email protected]

Look we wrote a thing! After three seasons, six Maize cultivars, four locations and four planting dates. There is up to a 50% drop in yield for all locations and cultivars between the 15 Dec and 15 Jan planting dates. sagrainmag.co.za/2022/11/04/whe…

UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences University of Pretoria researchers say that data from satellite imagery and local weather stations have been “calibrated” for the first time in South Africa to inform irrigation strategies on potato farms in the western Free State. Read more, bit.ly/4czLuZe

University of Pretoria researchers say that for the 1st time in SA, data from satellite imagery and local weather stations have been “calibrated” to inform irrigation strategies on potato farms in the western Free State. Read: bit.ly/4czLuZe UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 FABI Future Africa Platform