PPRI News No 114 – September 2019

  • ARC-PHP launches locally produced ELISA kits for testing viruses
  • ARC Systematists attend national forum
  • Virology researcher lands coveted invitation to global grand challenges
  • Accredited training on control of fall army worm
  • Collaboration with Victus Bio (pty)
  • ARC-PHP Cedara hosts delegation from eSwatini to discuss the manage-ment of invasive alien plants
  • Biosystematics open day
  • Four new spider species described
  • The return of the lantana mirid, Fal-conia intermedia, to the mix
  • First report of soft rot of squash fruits caused by Pseudomonas
  • 22nd Symposium of the Nematological Society of Southern Africa
  • New leafhopper species described
  • Two PHP weeds researchers attended the 27th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference in Malaysia
  • Insect Ecology wins Best GDARD poster award
  • Potatoes SA Prize for best poster
  • From PDP to PhD: The nematode fauna of the Telperion nature reserve
  • Women in science award winner
  • PhD degree in Entomology
  • Technology Transfer