Plant cell wall structure and function; Hygroscopic movement for seed dispersal; Silica in plants.

פרס קיי 2006

Application of genetic engineering to plant breeding and physiology.

פרס קיי 2003

devlopment of software for plant breeding

Human impacts on plants (especially woody species), ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles at organismic, community and ecosystem scales.

Population and Quantitative geneticist with experience in gene mapping projects aimed to detect genes (QTLs) controlling quantitative complex traits.

Plant cell wall, cellulose biosynthesis, genes in cell wall function, Seed mucilage to study cell wall metabolism, Fruit tree physiology.

פרס קיי 2010

Identification of novel aroma genes, Metabolic engineering of plants and yeast,Site-specific genome modification and genetic engineering in plants.

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

פרס ישראל תש"ף
פרס אמת 2015
פרס קיי 2017

Identification of genes and mechanisms for crop productivity.