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Nirit Bernstein, Ph.D.  (Researcher)
Soil, Water and Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Physics and Irrigation
CV  Research Interests / Job description  
Telephone Tel: 03-9683707 03-9683383
Cellphone Cell: 050-6220707
Email Email:   nirit@volcani.agri.gov.il
Office location Office location: Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sci.

Senior Research Scientist 

Plant Physiology

Specialization: Plant stress physiology, Plant Nutrition, Growth Kinematics and dynamics

Research Interests / Job description
Plant Physiology
• Understanding salinity effects on plant growth and development, on all levels of organization in the plant: cellular, tissue, organ and whole plant levels.
• Irrigation of agricultural crops with brackish water (saline or treated effluents).
• Environmental stress effects on plant growth and development: including also mineral deficiencies and toxicities, water stress, heat stress.
• Plant nutrition.
• Internalization of bacterial human pathogens into crops via the root system
• Plant growth kinematics and dynamics. Applications for studies into cell and organ growth.
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