Thursday 28 March at 08h30
FABI seminar room
Chair: Nkosinathi Ndaba
Claudette Dewing: Capturing the fungal diversity hidden in Eastern Cape dairy pastures.
Lazarus Mavima: The biology and evolution of South African Paraburkholderia species with agricultural potential: Investigating the plant beneficial indole acetic acid (IAA) in Paraburkholderia tuberum sensu lato.
Martin Mohobo: Using UAV multispectral, thermal and hyperspectral remote sensing to develop detection techniques for Teratosphaeria leaf blight in Eucalyptus plantations.
Jabulile Mahlangu: Comparative population genetics of Exserohilum turcicum, a foliar pathogen of maize in smallholder farms in Kenya and South Africa.
Question panel: Phinda Magagula, Shalya Moodley, Aaron Harvey and Anicka Nel.