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Find out about the work of our scientists based in Switzerland by browsing the report or you can download it here. Their work covers a range of activities including integrated crop management and biocontrol and staff work in a number of countries around the wold - from North America through to Asia.
We are pleased to be holding 3 short courses on microbiology at our UK science centre in April: Isolation methods for fungi and bacteria / Identification of environmental fungi / Molecular identification of microbes.
Find out what projects we are working on in Africa in the new edition of our 'CABI in Africa' newsletter. From controlling Parthenium in the Masai Mara in Kenya to the development of a new Kale seed variety - we are tackling agricultural and environmental problems. Find out more about the work of staff at our centre based in Kenya.
India’s vets should focus on prevention, not cure
Vets in India should focus on the prevention of livestock diseases rather than cure: that was the message from Shri Rudhra Gangadharan from India’s Ministry of Agriculture, when he addressed the the Expert Consultation on Strengthening the Veterinary Profession in India on 25 November 2011, jointly organized by CABI, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, University of Edinburgh and WikiVet, and supported by Pfizer. Read more about the workshop >>
CABI’s Microbial Services team is working with Enzagen, to provide simple ready to use microbial “panels” as screening kits. Streptomet, the first kit comprises freeze-dried biomass from 20 different Streptomyces cultures. Further details, including ordering and prices are available through Enzagen, at www.enzagen.com or you can find out more about our unique Culture Collection.
They have caused famines that killed millions; they have precipitated the release of hundreds of megatonnes of carbon; they even turned the UK into a nation of tea-drinkers. And today they are still destroying around 40 per cent of the crops that we grow worldwide. Agricultural pests and diseases have a lot to answer for. CABI scientists have put together a list of what they consider to be some of the world’s worst, and published it on the BBC website.
New global plant health resource to improve food security From the devastating Coffee Wilt Disease to the infectious Wheat Stripe Rust: for the first time ever, distribution maps, diagnostic support and treatment advice for thousands of the world’s most damaging pests and diseases of plants and crops are being made available free of charge on the new Plantwise website, www.plantwise.org, launched today. Read more about the new Plantwise website >>
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