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The department of Ornamental Horticulture serves Israeli growers by generating and expanding knowledge on cut flowers, flower bulbs, pot plants, propagation material and decorative branches.  We respond both to immediate, short-term needs and problems, and to long-term questions related to flower development, cultivation and marketing.
 

Specific areas of research addressed by the department include:

• flower development
• timing of flowering
• vernalization
• stabilization of flower pigments
• juvenile-to-mature transition in rooting and flowering abilities
• resistance mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses

We seek constantly to increase and diversify the assortment of plant cultivars available to the growers. To this end we use both classical and molecular breeding techniques, and also introduce and acclimatize new plants from other countries. Propagation problems are addressed via a wide range of techniques including tissue culture, classical rooting methods, and molecular studies.

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Staff members located in other centers:

Raviv Michael, Ph.D.  in Newe Ya'ar