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Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun

Breeding improved varieties of melons

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun used scientific methods for breeding improved varieties of melons.
Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun

Hybrid Potato Seeds

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun developed a method for transferring intracellular organelles (mitochondria or chloroplasts) from a donor plant cell to a...
Prof. Emeritus Moshe Feldman

Genetically Modified Wheat

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Emeritus Moshe Feldman developed innovative chromosomal engineering techniques and used them to transfer desired genes from wild emmer wheat...
Prof. Jonathan Gressel

Battling Parasitic Weeds

12.09.2010
Plants and Agriculture, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Jonathan Gressel developed herbicide resistance methods for battling parasitic weeds such as witchweeds and broomrapes, which ravage grain and...
Prof. Brian Berkowitz

Water from a Rock

02.09.2010
Environment
  Using mathematical models, scientists hope to accurately predict the behavior of the largest readily available freshwater source on earth:...
Prof. Robert Fluhr

Looking Forward to plants that adjust to stress

26.08.2010
Plants and Agriculture
Prof. Robert Fluhr: "I'd like to see our research help provide for human needs by creating plants that will be resilient and remain productive in...
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A Source of Safe Energy

17.08.2010
Energy
Research at the Institute is increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics
Prof. Igor Lubomirsky

Saving Up Sunshine

01.05.2010
Energy, Chemistry
A new approach could help save the sun's energy for a rainy day  
(l-r) Dr. Eyal Rotenberg and Prof. Dan Yakir. Staying cool

Balancing the Budget

01.05.2010
Environment
Understanding the factors that heat, as well as cool forests may help estimate future climate change  
l-r) Dr. Asaph Aharoni, Dr. Ilana Rogachev, Tal Mendel and Dr. Avital Adato

Color It Pink

01.05.2010
Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Pink tomato genes code for more than color.  

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