Hormone signal transduction and responses (gibberellin and cytokinin)

1947 - 2025

Interactions between viruses, their host plant and their insect vector; Virus indexing and plant resistance in the Middle East.

Photosynthesis and water use efficiency improvement in crops, optimizing mesophyll conductance to CO2, guard cell physiology

פרס ישראל תש"ף
פרס אמת 2015
פרס קיי 2017

Identification of genes and mechanisms for crop productivity.

Peanut crop improvement, Sugar metabolism in melon fruits, Petunia flowers development, Effects of salt stress on citrus cultures.

Soil Geochemistry, rock weathering, soil formation

פרס קיי 2022

Novel antimicrobial agents for food applications

Automorphic representations; Mathematics

פרס רוטשילד 1998
פרס קיי 2001

Physical chemistry of humic substances, minerals and their interactions, Effects of organic matter on soil fertility and structure.

 Environmental Chemistry, Pollutants of Emerging Concern, Soil Chemistry

Initiation of fertilization in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

פרס ישראל תשנ״ו
פרס אמת 2003
פרס רוטשילד 1990
פרס וולף 1998

Biological control of soilborne plant diseases by using antagonistic organisms.

 Photosynthesis,  Photosynthetic complexes, Assembly, cyanobacteria, membrane proteins, Cryo-EM

Agro-meteorology, atmosphric chemistry, air-pollution, modelling, field measurements.

Nutritional Neuroscience, prevention of cerebrovascular disease and dementia