Carcinogenesis in farm animals and in other animal models.

Ecology of Mediterranean and semiarid plant communities, grazing effects, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, plant-environment interactions, climate change, physiology and ecology of seed germination.

Weed biology and management; herbicide physiology and action in crops, weeds and environment; Mechanisms of herbicide-resistance in weeds.

Mechanisms of controlling adventitious root formation, with an emphasis on auxin activity and metabolism. Genetics of forest trees.

Rehydration of food powders containing particulates; porous foods.

Plant water relations, Plant gas exchange, Irrigation scheduling of orchards and vineyards based on physiological parameters.

פרס קיי 1996

Phytoalexins in citrus, Biological control of mildews, Insect and mite control by fungi.

Soil chemistry and soil fertility, related to plant nutrition and environmental aspects.

Nutrition.