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Bravdo Ben Ami, Prof.
Born 1933, Netanya
PhD. 1965, Hebrew Univ.
Assoc. Prof. 1978
Prof.1984;
Emeritus 2001.
E mail: bravdo@agri.huji.ac.il
Tel: 972-8-948-9094
Fax: 972-8-9462817.
Research Interests:
Cultural practices - mainly irrigation, fertilization and canopy
management - effects on crop productivity. Control of root environment
by drip fertigation as means for optimizing water and mineral use
efficiency and increasing productivity Biochemical and physiological
mechanisms involved in environmental effects on photosynthetic
efficiency. Interactions between plant and environmental factors.
Relationships between crop load and fruit and wine quality.
Biosynthesis and metabolism of aroma compounds in fruit and wine.
Effects of environmental stress (mainly salt and water) on plant
productivity.
Research Projects
Effect of irrigation and fertigation on production and quality of table
grapes. Funding: Israel ministry of Agriculture.
Effect of saline water irrigation on fruit and wine quality in Ramat
Negev. Funding: Ministry of Agriculture.
Effect of effluent irrigation on production and oil quality of olives
in Israel and in the Palestinian authority. Funding: Government of
Belgium, CRB foundation.
Development of an irrigation system based on leaf turgor monitoring,
Funding: Israel Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Professional affiliation
Israel Botanical Society, International Society for Horticutural
Science, American Society for Horticutural Science, American Society
for Enology and Viticulture, American Society of Plant Physiologists.
European Society of Plant Biologists, Society for International
Development (SID). Office International de la Vigne et du Vin
Honors
1985. American Society of Enology and Viticulture, Best paper
award.
Representative articles and research interests:
Waggoner, P.E. and B. Bravdo. (1967). Stomata and the hydrological
cycle. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 57:1069-1102.
Bravdo, B. (1968). Decrease in net photosynthesis caused by
respiration. Plant Physiol. 43:479-483.
Assaf, R., B. Bravdo and I. Levin. (1974). Effects of irrigation
according to water deficit in two different soil layers on yield and
growth of apple trees. J. Hort. Sci. 49:53-
Bravdo, B. (1979). Photorespiration and its relation to photosynthetic
efficiency of plants. (Review). What's New in Plant Physiology
9(11):41-43 (Review).
Bravdo, B. and D. T. Canvin. (1979). Effect of CO2 on photorespiration.
Plant Physiology 63:399-401. .
Bravdo, B. and J.E. Pallas. (1982). Photosynthesis photorespiration and
RuBP carboxylase oxygenase activity in six peanut cultivars.
Photosynthetica 16(1):36-42 cultivars. Photosynthetica 16(1):36-42. .
Bravdo, B., Y. Hepner, C. Loinger, S. Cohen and H. Tabacman. (1984).
Effect of crop level on growth, yield and wine quality of a high
yielding Carignane vineyard. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 35(4):247-252. .
Bravdo, B. and Y. Hepner. (1987). Water management and effect on fruit
quality in grapevines. (Review) In: T. Lee, ed. Proc. of the Sixth
Australian Industry Tech. Conf :150-158.
Shoseyov, O., B. Bravdo, R. Ikan and I. Chet. (1988).
Endo-beta-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger grown on a monoterpene
glycoside-containing medium.Phytochemistry:27 (7) 1973-1976. ill.
Bravdo, B., L. Levin and R. Assaf. (1991). Control of root size and
root environment of fruit trees for optimal fruit production. J. Plant.
Nutr. (15:699-712). .
Bravdo, B. and E.L. Proebsting (1993). Use of drip irrigation in
orchards. Hortechnology (3: 44-49).
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