Spread of dangerous waterweed in Southern Africa could be ‘devastating’, according to CABI scientist
CABI scientist Dr Philip Weyl has warned that a dangerous waterweed spreading across Southern Africa could have 'devastating' repurcussions on ecosystem functioning and utlization as well as life-supporting services such as fishing.
CABI shares expertise at workshop concerned with threat of invasive species to Gibraltar
Dr Pablo González-Moreno, one of CABI's senior researchers with expertise in invasive plant ecology, has joined a workshop of international scientists concerned with investigating the invasive non-native species that pose the greatest threat to Gibraltar's terrestrial and marine environments.
Lessons in agriculture: CABI joins UNESCO International Day of Education celebrations
CABI is joining the UNESCO International Day of Education celebrations today by highlighting all its efforts to help support the scientists of today and tomorrow in the fight against agricultural pests and diseases.
CABI-partnered ‘Seeing is Believing’ project goes ‘under the microscope’ for Facebook Live event
The CABI-partnered 'Seeing is Believing' project, which empowers farmers with smartphone imaging, is going 'under the microscope' on Thursday (24 January 2019) as part of a special Facebook Live Q&A event.
Dr Ismahane Elouafi welcomed to new post on CABI Board
Dr Ismahane Elouafi -ranked by Muslim Science as among the 20 Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World - has been welcomed as a non-executive director on the CABI Board.
CABI wins grant to help boost food security in India and Ethiopia through opening access to data
CABI has been awarded a $1.49 million grant from the Gates Foundation to work with them to help increase food security in India and Ethiopia through better access to data on soil health, agronomy and fertilizers.
CABI joins ‘kick-off’ meeting for EU-funded MicrobiomeSupport project
CABI has joined a range of international partners for a 'kick-off' meeting of the EU-funded project MicrobiomeSupport which aims to carry out research into the microbiome in the food system and its importance to human and environmental health.
CABI scientists are leading the fight to control one of the UK’s most invasive weeds – Himalayan balsam
CABI experts in the field of classical biological control are leading the fight to manage one of the UK's most invasive weeds -Himalayan balsam - thanks to the nationwide release of the rust fungus Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae.
CABI updates International Soft Fruit Conference on fight against devastating invasive fruit fly
CABI scientist Dr Lukas Seehausen has updated delegates at the International Soft Fruit Conference in s-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands, on the very latest research in the fight against the devasting fruit fly Drosophila suzukii.
CABI scientist Dr Julie Flood honoured by The British Society for Plant Pathology
CABI's Dr Julie Flood has become only the second female scientist to be awarded an Honorary Membership of The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) for her outstanding contribution to plant science -particularly tropical crop diseases including vascular wilt of coffee and diseases of oil palm and cocoa.