Prof. Alexander Vainstein
Professor
Wolfson Family Chair in Floriculture
Identification of novel aroma genes, Metabolic engineering of plants and yeast, Site-specific genome modification and genetic engineering in plants.
Patents
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The Robert H. Smith Institute of
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in Agriculture
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Carotenoid-associated proteins useful for high carotenoid accumulation and production in plants and other organisms.
Method for enhancing plant scent.
Plant viral expression vectors and use of same for generating genotypic variations in plant genomes.
Generating genotypic variations in plant genomes by direct gamete infection.
Engineering Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for the production of terpenoids: mitochondrial subcellular localization of terpene synthases.
Production of artemisinin in a non host plants: Engineering Nicotiana tabacum for biosynthesis of anti-malarial drug.
Generation of pigments in flowers of genetically modified gypsophila