After an 18 month COVID-19 lockdown induced hiatus, FABI celebrated the first publications in an ISI-rated scientific journal of three FABI postgraduate students in the TPCP and CTHB groups at a gathering 3 March. Dr Wilma Nel, Privilege Makunde and Dee Twiddy celebrated this important milestone in their professional and academic careers along with a small group of FABians. A second gathering is planned in November to celebrate more first publications.

Publications:

Makunde P.T., B. Slippers, D. Burckhardt, D.L. de Queiroz, S.A. Lawson, B.P. Hurley. 2020. Curent and potential threat of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on eucalypts. Southern Forests 82(3): 233-242. 10.2989/20702620.2020.1813650.

Nel W.J., Z.W. de Beer, M.J. Wingfield, T.A. Duong. 2020. The granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), and its fungal symbiont found in South Africa. Zootaxa 4838(3): 427-435.  10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.7.

Twiddy D., S. Fell, Z.W. de Beer, G. Fourie. 2021. Screening for susceptibility of Macadamia to Euwallacea fornicatus and its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae. Plant Disease 105: 739-742. 10.1094/PDIS-07-20-1555-SC.