Yuval Cohen Ph.D.
Researcher
- Institute of Plant Sciences
- Fruit Tree Sciences
- Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences, Room 3002
- +972-506220406
- +972-39683407
Biography
My research group is focused on subtropical fruit crops, especially on mangoes and date palms and combines horticultural studies with physiological as well as molecular biology approaches.
Yuval coordinates the Israeli mango breeding project for the last 18 years. He is involved in identification and commercialization of several new Israeli mango cultivars. He leads several research projects on mango flowering physiology, out of season mango production, and on the identification of fruit quality traits of mango. He is a collaborator in projects to develop genomic resources for mango, including development of a genetic map, the ‘Tommy Atkins’ genome draft, identification of polyembryony trait in mango, and studying the fibrousness in the mango mesocarp.
Yuval has studied different aspects of date palm biology and physiology including research projects on date palm fertilization and fruit settings, fruit quality, effects of plant regulators on vegetative growth and on reproduction and date propagation. He collaborated with other research groups to promote solutions for efficient irrigation, precision agriculture and plant protection of date palms.
Education
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1985-88
B.Sc. in Biology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Degree awarded with distinction, July 1988.
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1988-1989
Teaching diploma (High school - biology), School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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1988-1994
Ph.D. in Biology at the Department of Botany, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Title of thesis: The Biogenesis and Assembly of the Photosystem I (PSI) reaction center in higher plants. Supervision by: Prof. Rachel Nechushtai.
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1994-1998
Postdoctoral כקךךם'at The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Prof. Patricia Zambryski. Research subject: Identification of plasmodesmal components using viral movement proteins as affinity probes. Research subject: Analysis of the movement proteins of Turnip Crinkle Virus (TCV).
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2010-11
Sabbatical leave at U.C. Davis, with Prof. Eduardo Blumwald Research subject: proteomic and metabolomic analysis of sugar and acid metabolism in pomegranate arils. Research subject: Characterization of the SARK promoter under abiotic stress and senescence Research subject: Non-climacteric ripening in plum fruits
Research Areas
- Date palm physioilogy
- Mango breeding
- Flowering. fruit setting and fruit thinning in date palm
- Characterization of quality fruit traits in mango