Studies for Bachelor's Degree   -   Department of Agroecology & Plant Health (715)   -   teachers
Senior faculty
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Dr Bohbot Jonathan Neurobiology of Insect Olfaction
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Professor Burdman Saul Basic and applied aspects of plant-bacteria interactions.
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Professor Hadar Yitzhak Environmental Microbiology, Recycling Municipal and Agricultural Waste, Degradation of lignocellulose.
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Dr Helman Yael Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere, Biological control of plant pathogens, Mechanisms of bacterial stress response
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Dr Heifetz Yael Initiation of fertilization in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
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Professor Yuval Boaz Behavioral ecology of insects, Insect microbe interactions, Integrated pest management
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Professor Jurkevitch Edouard Predatory bacteria, Bacteria-tephritid fruit flies symbioses, Molecular profiling of soil microbial populations
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Professor Yarden Oded Molecular mechanisms of fungal growth and development, cell wall biosynthesis, regulation of hyphal elongation and branching
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Dr Levy Assaf Plant microbiome gene function and inter-bacterial warfare
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Dr Levy Maggie Glucosinolate accumulation, Biological control of Botrytis cinerea
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Professor Morin Shai Ecological and evolutionary genetics, insect-plant and insect-environment interactions
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Dr Mandelik Yael Conservation, biodiversity, ecosystem functions and land-use change, insect pollinators and pollination
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Dr Papathanos Philipus Engineering Insect Biology
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Dr Friedman Yonatan Microbial community ecology and evolution
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Dr Covo Shay Drug resistance in fungi, Genome instability and chromosome biology in fungal plant pathogens
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Professor Coll Moshe Insect Ecology
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Dr Kashtan Nadav Using systems biology to study ecology and evolution of microbes
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Professor Shoseyov Oded Combining plant molecular biology, protein engineering and nano-biotechnology to develop super-performing materials for affordable and sustainable applications
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Professor Shafir Sharoni Honey bee biology, decision-making in bees, pollination
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Emeritus
Degree Last name First name Speciality
Professor Okon Yaacov Biological nitrogen fixation.
Professor Gerson Uri Biological control of and by mites.
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Professor Dinoor Amos Diseases and disease resistance in natural populations of crop progenitors
Professor cohen ephraim Pest Control, Toxicology of Pesticides.
Professor Katan Yaacov Biology, ecology and control of soil-borne plant pathogens, Soil solarization
Professor Kigel Jaime Ecology of Mediterranean and semiarid plant communities, grazing effects, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, plant-environment interactions, climate change, physiology and ecology of seed germination.
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Professor Sztejnberg Abraham Phytoalexins in citrus, Biological control of mildews, Insect and mite control by fungi.

Junior faculty
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Dr Tsvetinovic Galit
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Mrs Eliash Nurit
Mr Eliakim Idan
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Mr Erez Tal
Mrs Catz Yael
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Mr Bahar Ofir
Mrs Beizman-Magen Yana
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Mrs Balisha Tamar
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Mrs Breuer Gilli
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Mr Harris Raviv
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Mrs Harpaz Tarryn
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Mr Wintraube Dor
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Mrs Vaknin Sharon
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Mr Twena Shai
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Mr Mendelson Dvir
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Mr Nittay Meroz
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Mr Nachmias Nimrod
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Mrs Eshet Shaqed
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Mrs Polin Inbal
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Mr Zaada Doron
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Mrs Chaparzaru Tamar
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Mr Ruel David
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Mr Rosen Ran
Mrs Rosenberg Tally
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Mrs Shavit Reut
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Mrs Shomin Hila
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Mr Sar-Shalom Evyatar
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Mrs Sason Gal
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External lecturers
Degree Last name First name Speciality
Professor Elad Yigal Induced resistance in plants and bio-stimulants, Diseases of covered crops; Foliar diseases; Integrated management; Low input management, Global climate change effect on agriculture, plants and plant diseases; Mitigation and adaptation to climate change; Plant-Pathogen-Microb interactions.
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Dr Behar Adi
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Dr Gazit Shirley
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Dr Kaspi Roy Biological and integrated pest contol in citruses, in groves and in growing facilities; Biological and integrated thrips control
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Dr Moran Shmuel
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Dr Ment Dana Microbial biopesticides, invertebrate pathology, entomopathogenic Fungi and nematodes
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Mr Slavetzki Yoseph
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Visiting lecturers
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Professor Ueckermann Eddie

Volunteer lecturers
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Professor Ghanim Morad Whiteflies and B. tabaci-transmitted viruses on the biological and molecular levels. Pathogen-vector systems and insect pest resistance to pesticides. The role of bacterial symbionts of B. tabaci and other insects in pathogen transmission.
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Professor Glazer Itamar Biological control of insect pests by microbial control agents. Entomopathogenic nematodes - ecology, genetics and application. Entomopathogenic fungi - ecology, host-parasite interactions and application.
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Professor Abraham Gamliel Pest management strategies, methods and technologies; Plant and food biosecurity; Invasive pests; Soilborne pathogens; Soil disinfestations and soil solarization.
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Dr Dombrovsky Aviv Transmission of plant viruses; Virus vector interactions; Aphid-pathogenic viruses
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Dr Horowirtz Sigal The role of lipid signals in regulating plant response to plant parasitic nematodes; the occurrence of Root Knot Nematode breaking resistance populations on tomato and pepper plants carrying resistance genes; developing new friendly biological control agents toward reducing the damage caused by plant parasitic nematodes.
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Dr Yelin Mery Daphne
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Dr Lapidot Moshe Viral resistance in vegetable crops; mechanisms and genetics of viral resistance; whitefly-transmitted viruses.
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Dr Mawassi Munir Grapevine and citrus viruses; phytoplasmal diseases in grapevines; citrus spiroplasmal diseases and viroids.
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Dr Minz Dror Microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, rhizosphere microbiology, microbial communities structure and function in soil and water systems, biofilm microbiology, biocontrol of plant pathogens.
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Professor Mendel Zvi
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Dr Manulis Shula The molecular basis of bacterial-host interactions, cloning and characterization of pathogenicity genes, development and implementation of molecular techniques for detection of major and economically important bacterial diseases.
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Dr Soroker Victoria Chemical Ecology: Regulation of pheromone production and detection in honeybees; host recognition in arthropods ; isolation of sex pheromones. Honeybee colony losses. IPM - Date palm pests.
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Dr Cytryn Eddie Antibiotic resistance in agroecosystems; biocontrol agents; root-microbe interactions.
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Dr Palevsky Eric Integrated control of plant feeding mites; food web engineering for enhancing the performance of predatory mites for mite pest control above soil and for arthropod and plant parasitic nematode control below soil.
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Professor Prusky Dov Interactions between fruit and pathogenic fungi; Biochemical and molecular mechanisms controlling postharvest fungal virulence and fruit resistance factors; Transformation-mediated gene disruption strains; The biochemical basis for modulation of pathogenicity of postharvest pathogens; Effect of the secreted substances on the modulation of host local pH and program cell death; Etiology and control of postharvest losses in deciduous and subtropical fruits by integration of pre-and postharvest treatments.
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Professor Chejanovsky Nor Insect antiviral response: innate immunity, RNAi, apoptosis. Bee viruses (host range, prevention, colony collapse disorder CCD). Baculoviruses (host range, implementation in pest control).
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Dr Tsror Lea Host-pathogen interaction; epidemiology & control of soil-borne pathogens; potato diseases; verticillium wilt; development of disease diagnostic methods
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Dr Koltai Hinanit Research and development of new cannabis-based medical drugs; medicinal plants uses for anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activity.
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Professor Raviv Michael Plant nutrition and long-term soil fertility building in organic farming; composting of organic wastes; the role of composts in inducing suppressiveness against soil-borne diseases; microcalorimetry
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Professor Rafaeli Ada Insect physiology - pheromones, hormones, neurobioactive compounds, receptors, transducers and second messengers. Information molecules that can be used to develop insect specific bio-rational insecticides with enhanced safety.
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Professor Shtienberg Dani Epidemiology of plant disease; crop loss assessment; development of decision support systems, IPM and modeling; host-pathogen interactions at the population level.
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Professor Spiegel Yitzhak Control of plant-parasitic nematodes by intervention in the host-recognition process; biological control of plant-parasitic nematodes; cereal cyst, citrus and ornamental nematodes in Israel.
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