Prof. Shmuel Gazit
Emeritus
Reproductive biology and productivity of subtropical fruit tree crops; avocado, mango and litchi breeding.
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Mailing Address:
The Robert H. Smith Institute of
Plant Sciences and Genetics
in Agriculture
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Administrator: Neomi Maimon
Tel: 972-8-948-9251,
Fax: 972-8-948-9899,
E-mail: neomim@savion.huji.ac.il
Secretary of teaching program:
Ms. Iris Izenshtadt
Tel: 972-8-9489333
E-mail: Iris.Izenshtadt@mail.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. David Weiss
Tel: 972-8-948-9436
Fax: 972-8-948-9899
E-mail: david.weiss@mail.huji.ac.il
Prof. Shmuel Gazit
Born: 1929, Tel Aviv
Ph. D. 1961, Hebrew Univ.; Lect. 1965; Sen. Lect. 1971
Assoc. Prof. 1978; Prof. 1992; Prof. Emeritus 1999.
Research Interests:
Reproductive biology and productivity of subtropical fruit tree crops ( especially, avocado, mango, litchi and annona); Avocado pollination and pollinators; Breeding, selection and evaluation of avocado, mango and litchi cultivars; Selection of mango rootstocks.
Professional affiliation:
The International society for Horticultural Science;
The American Society for Horticultural Science; The Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture; The Rare Fruit Council, International.
Awards:
1999 – The Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture “Wilson Popenoe Award”.