Nitsan Lugassi, Ph.D.

Name:	Nitsan Lugassi, Ph.D. (Researcher)
Units:	Plant Sciences, Vegetable and Field Crops


Tel:	03-9683754
Cell:	052-3489153
Email:	lugassin@gmail.com nitsanl@volcani.agri.gov.il
Address:	Department of Vegetable Research, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel


Lugassi N, Kelly G, Arad T, Farkash C, Yaniv Y, Yeselson Y, Schaffer AA, Raveh E, Granot D, Carmi N. 2020. Expression of Hexokinase in Stomata of Citrus Fruit Reduces Fruit Transpiration and Affects Seed Development. Frontiers in Plant Science 11 Lugassi N, Yadav BS, Egbaria A, Wolf D, Kelly G, Neuhaus E, Raveh E, Carmi N, Granot D. 2019. Expression of Arabidopsis Hexokinase in Tobacco Guard Cells Increases Water-Use Efficiency and Confers Tolerance to Drought and Salt Stress. Plants.8:613. Kelly G, Egbaria A, Khamaisi B, Lugassi N, Attia Z, Moshelion M, Granot D. 2019. Guard-Cell Hexokinase Increases Water-Use Efficiency Under Normal and Drought Conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019-November-19;10. Halpern M, Bar-Tal A, Lugassi N, Egbaria A, Granot D, Yermiyahu U. 2019. The role of nitrogen in photosynthetic acclimation to elevated [CO2] in tomatoes. Plant and Soil. Jan;434:397-411. Kottapalli J, David-Schwartz R, Khamaisi B, Brandsma D, Lugassi N, Egbaria A, Kelly G, Granot D. 2018. Sucrose-induced stomatal closure is conserved across evolution. PLoS ONE. Oct 12;13. Kelly G, Lugassi N*, Belausov E, Wolf D, Khamaisi B, Brandsma D, Kottapalli J, Fidel L, Ben-Zvi B, Egbaria A, et al. 2017. The Solanum tuberosum KST1 partial promoter as a tool for guard cell expression in multiple plant species. Journal of Experimental Botany. May 17;68:2885-2897. Epub 2017/05/23. (equal contribution). Goren S, Lugassi N*, Stein O, Yeselson Y, Schaffer AA, David-Schwartz R, Granot D. 2017. Suppression of sucrose synthase affects auxin signaling and leaf morphology in tomato. PLoS ONE. Aug 7;12. (equal contribution). Lugassi N, Kelly G, Fidel L, Yaniv Y, Attia Z, Levi A, Alchanatis V, Moshelion M, Raveh E, Carmi N, et al. 2015. Expression of Arabidopsis Hexokinase in Citrus Guard Cells Controls Stomatal Aperture and Reduces Transpiration. Frontiers in Plant Science.6:1114. Epub 2016/01/07. Hendelman A, Kravchik M, Stav R, Zik M, Lugassi N, Arazi T. 2013. The developmental outcomes of P0-mediated ARGONAUTE destabilization in tomato. Planta. Jan;237:363-377. Lugassi N, Nakayama N, Bochnik R, Zik M. 2010. A novel allele of FILAMENTOUS FLOWER reveals new insights on the link between inflorescence and floral meristem organization and flower morphogenesis. Bmc Plant Biology. Jun 28;10.

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