Prof. Abraham Sztejnberg, Ph.D.

Contact Details:

Phone: +972 8 9489334
Fax: +972 8 9466794
E-mail: abraham@agri.huji.ac.il

Teaching:

Introduction to Plant Pathology.

Phytopathology in Orchard Crops.

Plant Diseases and the Environment.

Proseminar A in Plant Protection.

Proseminar B in Plant Protection.

Research Interests:

Phytoalexins in citrus.

Biological control of powdery mildews and downy mildews.

Insect and mite control by fungi.

Diseases of deciduous trees and grapes.

Biology, epidemiology and control of grape powdery mildew.

Integrated control of pepper powdery mildew.

Students and Post-doctoral Scholars:

S. Doron, M.Sc.

G. Mairovich-Rosenbaum, M.Sc.

N. Weiss, M.Sc.

A. Gafni, M.Sc.

Present:

U. Yichya, M.Sc.

S. Bakshi, M.Sc.

Y. Mesica, M.Sc.

C. Lahav, M.Sc.

M. Brand, M.Sc.

Z. Paz, M.Sc.

Z. Madar, Ph.D.

Y. Rotem, Ph.D.

S. Ovadia, Post-doctoral Associate

D. Lavan, Post-doctoral Associate

Selected Publications:

Rotem, Y., O. Shoseyov and A. Sztejnberg, 1995. The role of cellulase (endo-1,4-b-glucanase) in gummosis diseases in apricot. J. Phytopathology 143: 7-10

Madar, Z., H.E. Gottlieb, M. Cojocaru, J. Riov, Z. Solel and A. Sztejnberg, 1995. Antifungal terpenoids produced by cypress after infection by Diplodia pinea f. sp. cupressi. Phytochemistry 38:351-354.

Mozes-Koch, R., O. Edelbaum, O. Livneh, A. Sztejnberg, A. Uziel, U. Gerson and I. Sela, 1995. Identification of Hirsutella species, isolates wihin a species and intraspecific heterokaryons by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). J. Pl. Dis. Prot. 102:284-290.

Madar, Z., Z. Solel, J. Riov and A. Sztejnberg, 1995. Phytoalexin production by cypress in response to infection by Diplodia pinea f. sp. cupressi and its relation to water stress. Physiol. Mol. Plant Path. 47:29-38.

Weiss, N., A. Sztejnberg and O. Yarden, 1996. The chsA gene, encoding a class-I chitin synthase from Ampelomyces quisqualis. Gene 168:99-102.

Abo-Foul, S., V.I. Raskin, A. Sztejnberg and J.B. Marder, 1996. Disruption of chlorophyll organization and function in powdery mildew-diseased cucumber leaves and its control by the hyperparasite Ampelomyces quisqualis. Phytopathology 86:195-199.

Falk, S.P., R.C. Pearson, D.M. Gadoury, R.C. Seem and A. Sztejnberg, 1996. Fusarim proliferatum as a biocontrol agent against grape downy mildew. Phytopathology 86:1010-1017.

Chernin, L., A. Gafni, R. Mozes-Koch, U. Gerson and A. Sztejnberg, 1997. Chitinolytic activity of acaropathogenic fungi Hirsutella thompsonii and Hirsutella necatrix. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:440-446.

Sztejnberg, A., S. Doron-Shloush and U. Gerson, 1997. The biology of the acaropathogenic fungus Hirsutella kirchnieri. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 7:577-590.

Elad, Y., B. Kirshner, N. Yehuda and A. Sztejnberg, 1998. Management of powdery mildew and gray mold of cucumber by Trichoderm harzianum T39 and Ampelomyces quisqualis AQ10. BioControl 43:241-251.

Rotem, Y., O. Yarden and A. Sztejnberg, 1999. The mycoparasite Ampelomyces quisqualis expresses exgA encoding an exo-b-1,3-glucanase in culture and during mycoparasitism. Phytopathology 89 (in press).