Biosystematics

Relocation of the Biosystematics Division

The Manager and staff of the ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute Biosystematics Division take great pleasure in announcing the relocation of all staff and collections to their new premises at the ARC-Roodeplaat West campus situated on the KwaMhlanga Road. The Division, which compromises The National Collections of Arachnids, Insects, Nematodes and Fungi have been settling into their new premises since the middle of November 2009.   [Read more...]

At the BIOSYSTEMATICS DIVISION we conduct systematic and ecological research on economically and environmentally important groups of arthropods, nematodes and fungi. We are also the custodians of the South African National Collections of Arachnida, Fungi, Insects and Nematodes, which form an invaluable basis for taxonomic research and services and an archive of the country's biological diversity. Through our wide-ranging taxonomic expertise and extensive reference sources we are able to provide comprehensive biosystematic advisory services and products to the research community concerned with agricultural and natural resource management in southern Africa and further afield.
ARACHNIDA Research National Collection of Arachnida Identification services Products African Arachnida Database (AFRAD) South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) Meet the staff Contact: Dr Ansie Dippenaar at DippenaarA@arc.agric.za
FUNGI Research National Collection of Fungi Diagnostic Services Meet the staff Contact: Dr Elna van der Linde at VdlindeE@arc.agric.za
INSECTS Research National Collection of Insects Identification services and Training African Pollinator Initiative (API) Meet the staff  Contact: Dr Isabel Rong (acting) at RongI@arc.agric.za
NEMATODES Research National Collection of Nematodes Identification services and products South Africa National Survey of Plant Parasitic Nematodes Meet the staff Contact: Dr Antoinette Swart at SwartA@arc.agric.za