פרסומים נבחרים (5 שנים אחרונות)

• Burger, Y., Katzir, N., Tzuri, G., Portnoy, V., Saar, U., Shriber, S., Perl-Treves, R. and Cohen, R. (2003). Variation in the response of melon genotype to Fusarium oxysporum   f.sp. melonis race 1 as determined by inoculation tests and by molecular markers. Plant pathol. 52: 204-211.
• Burger, Y., Sa'ar U., Distelfeld, A., Yesselson, Y., Shen S., Katzir, N. And Schaffer A. (2003).  Development of sweet melon (Cucumis melo) genotypes combining high sucrose and organic acid content. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128: 537-540.
• Paris, H.S., Yonash, N., Portnoy, V., Mozes-Daube, N., Tzuri, G., Katzir, N. (2003). Assessment of genetic relationships in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) using DNA markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106: 971-978.
• Silberstein, L., Kovalsky, I., brotman, Y., Perin, C., Dogimont, C., Pitrat, M., Klinger, J., Thompson, G., Portnoy, V., Katzir, N. and Perl-Treves, R. (2003). Linkage map of Cucumis melo including phenotypic traits and sequence-characterized genes. Genome 46: 761-773
• Bartoszewski, G., Katzir, N. and Havey, M. (2004) Organization of repetitive DNAs and the genomic regions carrying ribosomal RNA, cob and atp9 genes in the cucurbit mitochondrial genomes. Theor. Appl. Genet.  108:982-992
• Cohen, R., Burger Y. and Katzir N. (2004). Monitoring physiological races of Podosphaera xanthii (syn. Sphaerotheca fuliginea), the causal agent of powdery mildew in cucurbits: Factors affecting race identification and the importance for research and commerce. Phytoparasitica 32:174-183. (Mini Review)
• Park, Y. H., Brotman Y., Katzir, N. and Havey, M. (2004). Comparative mapping of ZYMV resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and Melon (Cucumis melo L.). Theor. Appl. Genet.  109: 707-717.
• Gonzalo, MJ., Oliver, M., Garcia-Mas, J., Monfort, A., Dolcet-Sanjuan, R., Katzir, N., Arús, P., Monforte, AJ.. (2004). Development of a consensus map of melon (Cucumis melo L.) based on high-quality markers (RFLPs and SSRs) using F2 and double-haploid line populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110 : 802-812.
• Brotman, Y., Kovalski, I., Dogimont, C., Pitrat, M., Portnoy, V., Katzir N. and Perl- Treves, R. (2005). Molecular markers linked to papaya ring spot virus resistance and Fusarium race-2 resistance in melon. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110: 337-345.
• Nakata E., Staub, J. E., López-Sesé A. and N. Katzir. (2005).  Genetic diversity in Japanese melon (Cucumis melo L.) as assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA and simple sequence repeat markers.  Genetic Resources and Crop Evol. 52: 405-419.
• Ibdah, M., Azulay, Y., Portnoy, V., Wasserman, B., Bar, E., Meir, A., Burger, Y., Hirschberg, J., Schaffer, A.A., Katzir, N., Tadmor, Y., and Lewinsohn, E. (2006). Functional characterization of CmCCD1, a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from melon.
  Phytochemistry 67:1579-89.
• Gottlieb, Y., Ghanim, M., Belausov, E., Gerling, D., Portnoy, V., Chiel, E., Tzuri, G., Horowitz R., Kontsedalov, S., Steinberg, S., Mozes-Daube, N Gal, S., Katzir N. and Zchori-Fein E., (2006). Identification and localization of Rickettsia in Bemisia tabaci. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 72: 3646-3652.
• Burger, Y., U. Sa'ar, H. S. Paris, E. Lewinsohn, N. Katzir, Y. Tadmor and Schaffer A. A. (2006). Genetic variability as a source of new valuable fruit quality traits in Cucumis melo. Israel Jour. of Plant Sci. 54: 233-242.
• A. Levi, A., Davis, · A., Hernandez, A., · Wechter, P., · Thimmapuram, J., Trebitsh. ·T., Tadmor, k., · Katzir, N., Portnoy, ·V., King, S. (2006). Genes expressed during the development and ripening of watermelon fruit. Plant Cell Rep: 25: 1233-1245.
• Dai, N., Petreikov,  M., Portnoy, V., Katzir, N., Pharr, D. M. and Schaffer A. A. (2006). Cloning and expression analysis of a udpgalactose/glucose pyrophosphorylase from melon fruit provides evidence for the major metabolic pathway of galactose metabolism in raffinose oligosaccharide metabolizing plants. Plant Physiol. 142: 294-304.
• Matalon,Y., Katzir, N., Gottlieb, Y., Portnoy, V.,Zchori-Fein, E. (2007). Cardinium in Plagiomerus diaspidis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (In Press).
• Lotan-Pompan, M., Cohen, R., Yarden, O., Portnoy V., Burger, Y. and Katzir N. (2007) Trifluralin herbicide-induced resistance of melon to fusarium wilt involves expression of stress- and defence-related genes. Plant Mol. Pathol. 8: 9-22.
• Chiel, E., Gottlieb, Y., Zchori-Fein, E., Mozes-Daube, N., Katzir, N., Inbar, M., Ghanim, M. (2007). Biotype-dependent secondary symbiont communities in sympatric populations of Bemisia tabaci.Bull. Entomol. Res. 97: 407-413.
• Portnoy, V., Benyamini, Y., Bar, E., Harel-Beja, R., Gepstein, S., Giovannoni, J.J., Schaffer, AA., Burger, J., Tadmor, Y., Lewinsohn, E., Katzir, N. (2008). The molecular and biochemical basis for varietal variation in sesquiterpene content in melon (Cucumis melo L.) rinds. Plant Mol. Biol. (In press, DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9296-6).
• Grumet R., Katzir N., Little, H. A., Portnoy, V., Burger, J. (2007). New insights into reproductive development in melon (Cucumis melo L.). International Journal of Plant Developmental Biology 1: 253-264 (Invited review)