צוותי המחקר-נווה יער

מרכז מחקר צפון נוה-יער

• דוברת גיא

  צוות:Dr. Carly Golodets

  Plant and rangeland ecology: the links between soil resources, plant community structure, and ecosystem functions

  The work examines the links between soil resource availability and grazing, plant functions, community structure and ecosystem functions. The research focusing on: 1) N2-fixation strategies of perennial and annual legumes, 2) Effects of rangelands' nitrogen-enrichment on forage quality and ecosystem stability, and on 3) Reorganization and functioning of vegetation in water limited environments.

• דור יבגניה

  צוות:Avraham Levi - Dept of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, IL

  Development of glyphosate-tolerant tomato through precise genome editing

  In this project, we will develop glyphosate-tolerant tomato using CRISPR-CAS9-based precise nucleotide replacement, as well as strong constitutive expression of EPSPS gene by the swap of EPSPS M82 promoter with the strong tomato promoter Ubiquitin10.

• פרייליך שירי

  צוות:Shlomit Medina, Maria Vetcos

  Agro-ecological genomics: Computational approaches for deciphering the functions of microbial communities

  Our research aims at harnessing microbial function for the service of ecology & agriculture through the educated design of communities. To this end, we apply and develop models for predicting and understanding the networks of interactions formed within microbial communities by analyzing meta/genomics data. Using our tools we can delineate trophic dependencies, exchanges, competitive and cooperative interactions within natural microbial communities and use simulations for predicting potential routes for the optimization of predefined functions. The research in the group focuses on the activity of microbial communities in agricultural soil and is targeted for harnessing genomic approaches towards promoting sustainable solutions in agriculture practice. The current position concerns the use of network approaches for finding environmental friendly solutions for soil borne diseases, based on the analyses of metagenomics data from healthy vs. symptomatic apple orchards following effective

• פוסמניק רועי

  צוות:None

  A Novel Treatment Approach of Dairy Farm Wastewater

  Dairy wastewater from milking shed and yard, contains liquid manure diluted with wash-water and waste milk, becomes a global and local environmental problem. Unfortunately, up to date, there is no feasible economic solution to bring these effluents to meet the standard required by the centralized sewer network. The overall goal of the project is to establish a self-sustained system for sufficient reduction of organic matter, nutrients, and micropollutants.