Gilat Research Center

Finding sustainable solutions for intensive agriculture in arid and semi-arid areas. Development of cultivation protocols for a wide variety of crops in the Negev with particular emphasis on: crop growing environment (open field, structures), diseases, pests, soil type and water quality. Provision of agricultural support systems including plant disease diagnostic laboratory, oil quality laboratory, method for monitoring and predicting soil nitrogen and phosphorus needs, flour quality laboratory, Israeli citrus variety depository.