Emeritus
Prof. Arie Altman
Emeritus
Molecular regulation of plant response to drought and salinity, Forestry biotechnology, Plant tissue culture and propagation, Plant gene-culture coevolution and niche construction.
Prof. Avigdor Cahaner
Emeritus
Quantitative genetics; genotype-by-environment interaction(GxE); chicken breeding, DNA markers, heat tolerance, ascites, immune response, fat deposition, water consumption and feed efficiency.
Prof. Henryk Hanokh Czosnek
Emeritus
Building H
Interactions between viruses, their host plant and their insect vector; Virus indexing and plant resistance in the Middle East.
Prof. Eliezer E. Goldschmidt
Emeritus
Chlorophyll breakdown and chloroplast senescence; role of ethylene in citrus fruit ripening; flower induction in fruit trees; history and genetics of the Citron.
Prof. Joseph (Jossi) Hillel
Emeritus
Population and Quantitative geneticist with experience in gene mapping projects aimed to detect genes (QTLs) controlling quantitative complex traits.
Prof. Jaime Kigel
Emeritus
Ecology of Mediterranean and semiarid plant communities, grazing effects, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, plant-environment interactions, climate change, physiology and ecology of seed germination.
Prof. Gideon Ladizinsky
Emeritus
Evolution of cultivated crops; Chormosomal and genetic diversity in wild relatives.
Prof. Nava Moran
Emeritus
Plant signal transduction, regulation of plant membrane transport, plant ion channels, bundle sheath.
Prof. Haim D. Rabinowitch
Emeritus
Kennedy Leigh A
Vegetable physiology, breeding & seed production, esp. tomatoes, alliums, and potatoes.
Prof. Joseph Riov
Emeritus
Kennedy Leigh A, room 220
Mechanisms of controlling adventitious root formation, with an emphasis on auxin activity and metabolism. Genetics of forest trees. Abscission control of plant organs.
Prof. Baruch Rubin
Emeritus
Building A
Weed biology and management; herbicide physiology and action in crops, weeds and environment; Mechanisms of herbicide-resistance in weeds.
Prof. Amnon Schwartz
Emeritus
Building A
Plant water relations, Plant gas exchange, Irrigation scheduling of orchards and vineyards based on physiological parameters.
Prof. Elisha Tel-Or
Emeritus
Plant Responses to Environmental Abiotic Stresses; Phytoremediation of industrial sludges by the Nymphae is being developed for polluted sludge in Haifa Bay.