​​​​​​​​​​​​The Division, based in Roodeplaat near Pretoria, offers research, diagnostics, and advisory services on plant diseases, including soil-borne, seed-borne, and foliar diseases. Using traditional and molecular techniques, it focuses on fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens affecting crops. 

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​BIOSYSTEMATICS

Acting Research Team Manager: Dr Bongani Kubheka​ 
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​​​ARACHNOLOGY​​
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ENTOMOL​OGY
​​NEMATOLOGY
 
MY​COLOGY​​
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Research Team Manager: Dr Bongani Kubheka​ 
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BACTERIOLOGY

VIROLOGY
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​SOIL MICR​OBIOLOGY ​​


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INSECT ECOLOGY
Acting Research Team Manager: Dr. David Simelane
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​Meet our Staff​

BENEFICIAL
INSECTS

BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL

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MIGRATORY &
EMERGING PESTS
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QUARANTINE
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​​W​EED​S RESEARCH​
Research Team Manager: Dr. David Simelane
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​​​​​* Research​  |   Meet the staff

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