MANAGEMENT
Dr. Noëlani van den Berg (FTBP Group Leader)
STUDENTS
Students trained in this programme are from South Africa and Uganda, and include:
Ph.D. Students
- Rene Sutherland (Banana Research)
M.Sc. Students
- Barry Christie (Avocado research)
- Juanita Engelbrecht (Avocado research)
- Waheed Mahomed (Avocado research)
- Jean Hakizimana (Avocado research)
- Christina Selowa (Banana research)
- Bianca Farrow (Avocado research)
- Lindsay Kriel (Avocado Research)
- Sitha Ramsuchit (Avocado Research)
- Barend Janse van Vuuren (Avocado Research)
- Rynier Lourens (Avocado Research)
- Anandi Reitmann (Avocado / Phytophthora Research)
Research Staff
Technical Staff
- Grieta Mahlangu (Laboratory technician in the Plant transformation facility)
Administrative Staff
Administration
UP and FABI administrative personnel
RESEARCH SUPERVISORS
Each student has a primary supervisor that is linked to the UP and one or more co-supervisors. The expertise of the supervisors are in the disciplines of:
- Plant pathology
- Microbiology
- Entomology
- Plant genomics
- Plant molecular biology
- Soil science
- Microbial taxonomy
- Plant physiology/biochemistry
COLLABORATORS
We closely collaborate with many colleagues, producers, private companies and institutes nationally and internationally.
- Vitrocom, Holland
- Genetwister, Holland
- Du Roi Laboratory, South Africa
- Scottish Crop Research Institute, Scotland
- Hans Merensky Foundation, South Africa
- Westfalia Technological Services
- BIOPAD
