M.Sc. in Plant Sciences
Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Tuvia Yaacoby
Education:
1960 - 1966: High School, Jerusalem.
1971 - 1974: B. Sc. HUJI, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot,
1980 - 1982: M.Sc. HUJI, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection.
1984 - 1989: Ph.D. HUJI, "Characterization of Triazine-resistance in Grass Weeds: Phalaris paradoxa, Lolium rigidum and Alopecurus myosuroides".
Employment:
1977 - 1981: Plant Pathologist, Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Inspection
Services, Bet - Dagan, Israel.
1989 - 1990: Research Fellow, Univ. of Guelph, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Guelph,
Ontario, Canada.
1981 - Present: Chief Herbologist, Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Protection and
Inspection Services, Bet-Dagan, Israel.
Science Related Activities:
1981 - Present: Member, the Advisory Committee for Herbicides Registration, Israel Ministry
of Agriculture.
1984 - Present: Member, Sub-Committee of Weed Control and Defoliation for Cotton
Production, Israel Ministry of Agriculture.
1985 - 1991: Member, Board of Directors, Weed Science Society of Israel.
1992 - 1994: President, Weed Science Society of Israel.
1999 - 2001: President, Weed Science Society of Israel (2nd. Term)
2007 - : Member, EPPO Expert Panel Invasive Alien Plants.
Society Membership:
Weed Science Society of Israel (WSSI)
Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)
European Weed Research Society (EWRS)
International Weed Science Society (IWSS)
Area of Research Interest:
Herbicide ResistanceWeed Ecology and Biology (Invasive plants)
Weed Control in Field Crops.
Herbicide Mode of action - Synergism
Herbicide Registration and Extension
