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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. Naomi Ori
Tel: 972-8-948-9605
E-mail: naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il

 

1. Zait Y., Assmann S.M. (2022) Salty or sweet? Guard cell signaling and osmotic control under saline conditions. Advances in Botanical Research, 103: 61-87.

2. Markovich O., Zexer N., Negin B., Zait Y., Blum S., Ben-Gal A., Elbaum R. (2022) Low Si combined with drought causes reduced transpiration in sorghum. Lsi1 mutant, Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05298-4.

3. Preisler Y., Zait Y. (2022) Forests' response to gradual climate change and increased frequency of extreme events – a global and local perspective, Forest, 17, 36-4 3

4. Zait Y, Ferrero-Serrano, Á., Assmann S.M. (2021) The α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein regulates mesophyll CO2 conductance and drought tolerance in rice, New Phytologist, 232: 2324–2338.

5. Shtein I., Wolberg S., Munitz S., Zait Y., Rozenzweig T., Grünzweig J.M., Ohana-Levi N., Netzer Y. (2021) Temperature-driven dynamic structural changes in grapevine, Tree Physiology 41 (7) 1199–1211,

6. Zait Y., Konsens I., Schwartz A. (2020) Elucidating the limiting factors for regeneration and successful establishment of the thermophilic tree Ziziphus spina-christi under a changing climate Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 1-12.

7. Negin B., Yaaran A., Kelly G., Zait Y., Moshelion M. (2019) Mesophyll abscisic acid restrains early growth and flowering but does not directly suppress photosynthesis. Plant Physiology, 180 (2), 910-925

8. Zait Y., Shtein I., Schwartz A. (2019) Long-term acclimation to drought, salinity and temperature in the thermophilic tree Ziziphus spina-christi: revealing different tradeoffs between mesophyll and stomatal conductance. Tree Physiology, 39,701-716

9. Zait Y., Elingold I., Londener A., Gal Z., Or G., Galpaz N. (2020). Banana frost protection by thermal nets. Acta Hortic. 1272, 21-26

10. Zait Y., Schwartz A. (2018) Climate-related limitations on photosynthesis and drought-resistance strategies of Ziziphus spina-christi. Frontiers in forest and climate change, 1,1-15

11. Zait Y., Shapira O., Schwartz A. (2017) The effect of blue light on stomatal oscillations and leaf turgor pressure in banana leaves. Plant, Cell & Environment, 40, 1143–1152.

12. Zait Y., Harazi A., Ephrath J., Schwartz A. (2017) The effect of environmental conditions on annual growth and development of Ziziphus spina christi –in natural habitat under Mediterranean climate and in planted forests under semi-arid climate. Forest, 17, 36-43

13. Matzrafi M., Herrmann I., Nansen C., Kliper T., Zait Y, Ignat T., Siso D., Rubin B., Karnieli A., Eizenberg H. (2017) Hyperspectral Technologies for Assessing Seed Germination and Trifloxysulfuron-methyl Response in Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer Amaranth). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1–13.