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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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