Grass is making a name in wedding bouquets 💐🌾😍

Congratulations to UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences graduates in Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development; Animal Science; Consumer and Food Sciences; Plant and Soil Sciences; Zoology and Entomology who will be capped today (16 May, 10:00). Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=oWqgOP… University of Pretoria

CROWNING GLORY: UP researchers unfurled the King protea’s genome and found a genetic quirk linked to its ancestor, which lived in the time of the dinosaurs. Read more: ow.ly/ZTLu50OyLjY #UPResearchMatters Eshchar Mizrachi FABI (original paper: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16… 1/4

Our hard work towards Land Reclamation and Rehabilitation is paying off 💪🏽 Congratulations on placing 2nd in SA, University of Pretoria! businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle… UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Conferences often lead to collaborations. Following a population genomics workshop by Eva H. Stukenbrock at Southern African Society for Plant Pathology last year, Prof Dave K. Berger recently visited colleagues in Kiel, where he presented his work and engaged with other researchers Remco Stam

We are excited to welcome you to our Open Day! Please navigate to the link in our bio to reserve your seat. #AF4RICALab #Feed #Forage #Fodder #Food #quality #reference #laboratory #futureafrica #innovationafrica #openday UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 @ResearchUP University of Pretoria

I am really enjoying Aloe flowering season! Our campus is an explosion of warm colors on these chilly winter mornings! FABI UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences University of Pretoria

Are you as excited about today as us? 😃 #AF4RICALab #ForageQuality #Forage #NIRS #Agriculture UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Future Africa Platform

Kô, laat ons oor die algemene name van grasspesies gesels! Dan raak dinge opwindend!

Its snowing in Johannesburg! ❄️

Anthesis 🌾

Congratulations to our newly crowned #MissSA2023 Ms @NatashaJoub. Your resilience is testament to our fighting spirit as a nation. We wish you a fruitful year of reign and we look forward to you making a positive impact as our Miss South Africa.

Do you remember this from your undergrad chem studies? What a flash back! 🤩

Prof Nigel Barker, Head of UP Plant and Soil Sciences🌾 at University of Pretoria will chair the session on Environment and Biodiversity during the UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences's first Research Symposium (29-30 Aug 2023). More info: bit.ly/455DNGg Nicky Creux CPHB Plant Health

Bonuspunte vir die studente wat die algemene en wetenskaplike name ken! 🤓

Looking forward to it!

Die UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences bied vanjaar die Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns se Studentesimposium aan.

Do you know what the benefits of #Biochar is when introduced to soil? The LaRSSA technical talk at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden is well underway and most informative today!

Its out with the Oats and in with the new! With a change in season comes a change in crop, because oats is a temperate species 🥶 What sub-tropical species should we plant? #agt #agtfood #oats #avena #avenasativa AGT Foods #avenastrigosa #triticale #research #pasture

First visit to the Kew Herbarium this morning, with a presentation of my work at the Accelerated Taxonomy meeting So glad to be here!