Professional biography and academic background
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1995-1998: B.Sc. Biology & Environmental Sciences. The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
1999-2002: M.Sc. (Magna Cum Laude). Plant Pathology. The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Rehovot.
2003-2008: Ph.D. Crop Sciences. The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Rehovot.
2008-2010: Post-doctoral Research associate, Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, with Prof. Michael Milgroom.
2010-2011: Post-doctoral associate, Plant Pathology, ARO, The Volcani Center, with Prof, Dani Shtienberg.
2011-date: Research Scientist, Dep. of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, ARO, The Volcani Center. Israel.
2016-2021: Promoted to stage B (Senior lecture), Research Scientist, Dep. of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, ARO, The Volcani Center. Israel.
2021-To date: Promoted to Stage A(Associated professor). Research Scientist, Dep. of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, ARO, The Volcani Center. Israel
Articles in Reviewed Journals
1. Lichtenzveig, J., Gamliel, E., Frenkel, O., Michaelido, S., Abbo, S., Sherman, A. and Shtienberg, D. (2005). Distribution of mating types and diversity in virulence of Didymella rabiei in Israel. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 113: 15-24.
2. Frenkel, O., Shtienberg, D., Abbo, S. and Sherman, A. (2007). The sympatric Ascochyta complex of wild Cicer judaicum and domesticated chickpea. Plant Pathol. 56: 464-471.
3. Frenkel, O., Sherman, A., Abbo, S. and Shtienberg, D. (2008). Differential aggressiveness among Didymella rabiei isolates from domesticated chickpea and its sympatric wild relative Cicer judaicum. Phytopathology 98: 600-608.
4. Frenkel, O., Peever, TL., Chilvers, MI., Ozkilinc, H., Can, C., Abbo S., Shtienberg, D. and Sherman, A. (2010). Ecological Genetic Divergence of the Fungal Pathogen Didymella rabiei on Sympatric Wild and Domesticated Cicer spp. App. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 30-39
5. Ozkilinc, H., Frenkel, O., Abbo, S., Eshed, R., Sherman, A., Shtienberg, D., Ophir, R. and Can, C. (2010). A comparative study of Turkish and Israeli populations of Didymella rabiei, the Ascochyta blight pathogen of chickpea. Plant Pathol. 59: 492-503.
6. Frenkel, O., Yermiyahu, U., Forbes, GA., Fry, WE. and Shtienberg, D. (2010). Boron induces systemic acquired resistance against Phytophthora infestans. Plant Pathol. 59: 626-633.
7. Frenkel, O., Brewer, MT. and Milgroom, MG. (2010). Variation in aggressiveness of Eryshiphe necator from different Vitis species and geographic origins in the eastern United States. Phytopathology 100: 1185-1193.
8. Spanu, PD., Abbott, JC., Burgis, TA., Ahmadinejad, N., Ametz, C., Amselem, J., Barton, GR., Benjdia, M., Bidzinski, P., Bindschedler, LV., Both, M., Brewer, MT., Brown, JKM., Butcher, SA., Cadle?Davidson, L., Cadle?Davidson, M., Collemare, J., Cramer, R., Fransisco, LR., Frenkel, O., Godfrey, D., Gurr, SJ., Harriman, J., Hoede, C., King, BC., Klages, S., Kleemann, J., Knoll, D., Koti, PS., Kreplak, J., Lebrun, MH., Lu, X., Maekawa, T., Mahanil, S., Milgroom, MG., Montana, G., Noir, S., O’Connell, RJ., Oberhänsli, S., Parlange, F., Pedersen, C., Quesneville, H., Reinhardt, R., Ridout, CJ., Rott, M., Sacristán, S., Schmidt, SM., Schön, M., Schulze?Lefert, P., Skamnioti, P., Soanes, DM., Sommer, H., Stüber, K., Takahara, H., Talbot, NJ., Thordal?Christensen, H., van Themaat, AL., Vigouroux, M., Weßling, R., Wicker, T. and Panstruga, R. (2010). Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal functional tradeoffs in extreme parasitism. Science 330: 1543-1546.
9 Frenkel, O., Portillo, I., Brewer, MT., Peros, JP., Cadle-Davidson, L and Milgroom, MG. (2011). Development of microsatellite markers from the transcriptome of Erysiphe necator for analyzing population structure in North America and Europe. Plant Pathol. 61:106-119.
10. Ozkilinc, H., Frenkel, O., Shtienberg, D., Abbo, S., Sherman, A., Kahraman, A. and Can, C. (2011). Aggressiveness of eight Didymella rabiei isolates from domesticated and wild chickpea native to Turkey and Israel, a case study. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 131:529-537.
11. Ramming, DW., Gabler, F., Smilanick, JL., Margosan, DA., Cadle Davidson, M., Barba, P., Mahanil, S., Frenkel, O., Milgroom, MG. and Cadle-Davidson, L. (2012). Identification of race specific resistance in North American Vitis spp. limiting Erysiphe necator hyphal growth. Phytopathology 102: 83-93.
12. Brewer, MT., Frenkel, O. and Milgroom, MG. (2012). Linkage disequilibrium and spatial aggregation of genotypes in sexually reproducing populations of Erysiphe necator. Phytopathology 102: 997-1005.
13. Jaiswal, AK., Elad, Y., Graber, ER. and Frenkel, O. (2014). Rhizoctonia solani suppression and plant growth promotion in cucumber as affected by biochar pyrolysis temperature, feedstock and concentration. Soil Biol. Boichem. 69: 110-118.
14. Sharabani, G., Manulis-Sasson, S., Chalupowitz, L., Borenstein, M., Shulhani, R., Lofthaus, M., Sofer, M., Frenkel, O., Dror, O. and Shtienberg, D. (2014). Temperature at early stages of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis infection affects bacterial canker development and virulence-gene expression. Plant Pathol. 63: 1119-1129.
15. Kolton, M., Frenkel, O., Elad, Y. and Cytrin, E. (2014). Potential role of flavobacterial gliding-motility/type IX secretion system complex in root colonization and plant defense. MPMI 27: 1005-1013.
16. Frenkel, O., Cadle-Davidson, L*., Wilcox, W.F. and Milgroom, M.G. (2015). Mechanisms of resistance to an azole fungicide in the grapevine powdery mildew, Erysiphe necator. Phytopathology 105: 370-377.
17. Jaiswal, AK., Frenkel, O., Lew, B., Graber, E.R. and Elad, Y. (2015). Non-monotonic influence of biochar dose on bean seedling growth and susceptibility to Rhizoctonia solani: The Shifted Rmax- Effect. Plant and Soil 395: 125-140.
18. Gur, Y. and Frenkel, O. (2015). First report of Leaf spot on blue lupin (Lupinus pilosus) caused by Pleiochaeta setosa. Plant disease 100:325.
19. Frenkel, O., Bornestein, M., Shulhani, R., Sharabani, G., Sofer, M., Abu-Moch, F., Lofthaus, M., Manulis-Sasson, S. and Shtienberg, D. (2016). Secondary spread of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis in nurseries and the conditionsleading to infection of tomato seedlings. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 144:569-579.
20. Golani, M., Abbo, S., Sherman, A., Frenkel, O and Shtienberg, D. (2016). The temperature response and aggressiveness of Peyronellaea pinodes isolates originating from wild and domesticated Pisum sp. in Israel. Phytopathology 106: 324-332.
21. Golani, M., Frenkel, O., Borenstein, M., Shulhani, R., Abbo, S. and Shtienberg, D. (2016). Prevalence, development and significance of ascochyta blight caused by Didymella pinodes in Pisum elatius populations growing in natural ecosystems. Phytopathology 106: 333-341.
22 Jaiswal, AK., Elad, Y., Paudel, I., Graber, ER. Cytrin, E., and Frenkel, O. (2017). Linking the belowground microbial composition, diversity and activity to soilborne disease suppression and growth promotion of tomato amended with biochar. Scientific Reports 7. doi:10.1038/srep44382.
23. Raviv, B., Aghajanyan, L., Granot, G., Makover, V., Frenkel, O., Gutterman, Y., and Grafi, G. (2017). The dead seed coat functions as a long-term storage for active hydrolytic enzymes. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0181102.
24. Jaiswal, A.K., Elad, Y., Cytryn, E., Graber, E. R., and Frenkel, O. (2018). Activating biochar by manipulating the bacterial and fungal microbiome through pre?conditioning. New Phytologist 219:363-377.
25. Kumar, A., Tsechansky, L., Lew, B., Raveh, E., Frenkel, O. and Graber, E. R. (2018). Biochar alleviates phytotoxicity in Ficus elastica grown in Zn-contaminated soil. Sci. Total Environ. 618:188-198.
26. Jaiswal, A.K., Frenkel, O., Tsechansky, L., Elad, Y. and Graber, E. R. (2018). Immobilization and deactivation of pathogenic enzymes and toxic metabolites by biochar: A possible mechanism involved in soilborne disease suppression. Soil Biol. Biochem. 121:59-66.
27. Philosoph, A.M., Dombrovsky, A., Elad, Y., Jaiswal, A.K., Koren, A., Lachman, O. and Frenkel, O.** (2018). Combined infection with Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and Pythium species causes extensive collapse in cucumber plants. Plant Dis. 102:753-759.
28. Jaiswal, A. K., Graber, E. R., Elad, Y., and Frenkel, O**. (2019). Biochar as a management tool for soilborne diseases affecting early stage nursery seedling production. Crop Protection: 120: 34-42.
29 Philosoph, A.M., Dombrovsky, A., Elad, Y., Koren, A., and Frenkel, O. (2019). Insight into Late Wilting Disease of cucumber demonstrates the complexity of the phenomenon in fluctuating environments.
Plant Dis. 103: 2877-2883.
30 Meparishvili, G., Gur, L., Frenkel, O., Gorgiladze, L., Meparishvili, S., Muradashvili, M., Koiava, L., Dumbadze, R., Reuveni, M. and Jabnidze, R., 2019. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe corylacearum on Hazelnuts in Georgia. Plant Dis. In Press doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-19-1053-PDN
31. Pandaranayaka, E. P., Frenkel, O., Elad, Y., Prusky, D., and Harel, A. (2019). Network analysis exposes core functions in major lifestyles of fungal and oomycete plant pathogens.BMC Genomics: 20: 1-15
32. Pickel, B., Dai, N., Maymon, M., Elazar, M., Tanami, Z., Frenkel, O., Abu-Toami, M., and Freeman, S. (2020). Development of a reliable screening technique for determining tolerance to Macrophomina phaseolina in strawberry. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 157: 707-718.
33. Arya, G.C., Srivastava, D.A., Pandaranayaka, E.P., Manasherova, E., Prusky, D.B., Elad, Y., Frenkel, O., Dvir, H. and Harel, A., 2020. Characterization of the role of a Non-GPCR Membrane-Bound CFEM protein in the pathogenicity and germination of Botrytis cinerea. Microorganisms 8: 1043.
34. Srivastava, D. A., Arya, G. C., Pandaranayaka, E. P., Manasherova, E., Prusky, D., Elad, Y., Frenkel, O., Hai, D., and Harel, A. (2020). Transcriptome profiling data of Botrytis cinerea infection on whole plant Solanum lycopersicum. MPMI 33: 1103-1107.
35. Csikós, A., Németh, M. Z., Frenkel, O., Kiss, L., & Váczy, K. Z. (2020). A fresh look at grape powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) A and B genotypes revealed frequent mixed infections and only B genotypes in flag shoot samples.
Plants 9: 1156.
36. Jaiswal, A. KS., Alkan, N., Sela, N., Philosoph, A.M., Graber, E. R., Elad, Y., and Frenkel, O**. (2020). Molecular insights into biochar-mediated plant growth promotio and systemic resistance in tomato against Fusarium crown and root Rot disease. Scientific Rep. 10: 1- 15.
37. Darzi, E., Lachman, O., Smith, E., Koren, A., Klein, E., Frenkel., O., and Dombrovsky, A. (2020). Paths of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus disease spread and disinfectant based management. Ann. Appl. Biol. 177: 374-384.
38. Gur, Ls., Reuveni, M., Cohen, Y., Cadle-Davidson, L., Kisselstein, B., Ovadia S., and Frenkel, O**. (2021). Population structure of Erysiphe necator on domesticated and wild vines in the Middle East raises questions on the origin of the grapevine powdery mildew pathogen. Environ. Microbiol. 1462-2920.15401.
39. Geiser, D. M., Al-Hatmi, A., Aoki, T., Arie, T., Balmas, V., Barnes, I.,...Frenkel, O.,..... & Viljoen, A. (2020). Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species complex. Phytopathology (ja). https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE
40. Gur, LT., Levy, K., Farber, A., Frenkel, O., Cohen, Y., and Reuveni, M. (2021). Delayed development of resistance to QoI fungicide in Venturia inaequalis in Israeli apple orchards and improved apple scab management using fungicide ixtures. Agronomy 11: 396.
41. Bautista-Jalón, L. S., Frenkel, O., Tsror, L., Malcolm, G. M., Gugino, B. K., Lebiush, S, Milgroom, M.G., and del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, M. (2021). Genetic differentiation of Verticillium dahliae populations recovered from symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts. Phytopathology 111: 149-159.
42. Arya, G. C., Srivastava, D. A., Manasherova, E., Prusky, D. B., Elad, Y., Frenkel, OP.D., and Harel, A. (2021). BcHnm1, a predicted choline transporter, modulates conidial germination and virulence in Botrytis cinerea. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 103653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103653
43. Dror, B., Amutuhaire, H., Frenkel, O., Jurkevitch, E., & Cytryn, E. (2022). Identification of Bacterial Populations and Functional Mechanisms Potentially Involved in Biochar-Facilitated Antagonism of the Soilborne Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. Phytobiomes Journal, 6(2), 139-150.
44. Lalzar, M., Zeevi, A., Frenkel, O., Gamliel, A., Abbo, S., & Iasur Kruh, L. (2022). Seed-Derived Microbial Community of Wild Cicer Seedlings: Composition and Augmentation to Domesticated Cicer. Microbiology Spectrum, e02785-21.
45. Gur, L., Cohen, Y., Frenkel, O., Schweitzer, R., Shlisel, M., & Reuveni, M. (2022). Mixtures of Macro and Micronutrients Control Grape Powdery Mildew and Alter Berry Metabolites. Plants, 11(7), 978.
2. Books and Invited Reviews
1. Abbo, S., Frenkel, O., Sherman, A. and Shtienberg, D. (2007).
The sympatric Ascochyta pathosystems of near eastern legumes, a key for better understanding of pathogen biology. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 119: 111-118.
2. Graber, E.R., Frenkel, O., Jaiswal, A.KS. and Elad, Y. (2014). How may biochar influence severity of diseases caused by soilborne pathogens? Carbon Manage. 5: 169-183.
3 Frenkel, O., Jaiswal, A.K., Elad, Y., Lew, B.,Kammann, C., and Graber, E. R. (2017). The effect of biochar on plant diseases: what should we learn while designing biochar substrates? J. Environ. Engin. Landscape Manag. 25:105-113.