Tamir Klein

Tree roots recruit beneficial bacteria during drought. Fluorescence and bright-field imaging reveals that during drought (left) a tree root is more densely colonized by two beneficial bacteria (green and red) than after irrigation (right)

Underground Symbiosis Counters Drought

12.07.2023

Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that bacteria can help trees survive water scarcity

Dr. Tamir Klein

Dr. Tamir Klein

27.06.2021

Dr. Tamir Klein has been awarded a Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research

Orenia fungi

Can't See the Fungi for the Trees: The Forest's Hidden Helpers

30.06.2020

Environment, Plants and Agriculture

Underground fungal networks transfer carbon between neighboring trees, even of different species

Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017

Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt

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