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MARANI, AVISHALOM
Cotton2K
simulation model
Nisuy Anova
Software
1924 Born, Cernauti, Romania; in Israel since 1926.
1947 M.Sc. (Agr.) Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1955 Ph.D., Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1955-56 Post-Doctoral Research at the Plant Breeding Institute,
Cambridge, England.
1957 Lecturer
1962-1963 Sabbatical at the North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, USA.
1963 Senior Lecturer
1968-1974 Chairman, Department of Field and Vegetable Crops.
1969 Associate Professor
1974-1975 Sabbatical at the Department of Genetics,
University of Birmingham, England.
1979-1980 Sabbatical at the Crop Simulation Research Unit,
ARS, USDA, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
1986-1988 Chairman, Department of Field and Vegetable Crops.
1988-1989 Sabbatical at the Systems Research Laboratory,
USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.
1990 Sabbatical at the Root Physiology Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS,
Urbana, IL, USA.
1991 Emeritus.
1991-1997 Visiting Scientist at the Water Management
Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Fresno, CA, USA.
Research Interests:
Cotton physiology and breeding.
Moisture stress in field crops and their response to irrigation.
Quantitative genetics in plant breeding.
Heterosis in cotton and its role in breeding.
The use of interspecific crosses in cotton breeding.
Computer modeling of physiological and soil processes, and of
agricultural activities.
Current Activity:
Development of a comprehensive computer model of cotton.
Cotton2K simulation model
Nisuy Anova Software
List of Publications:
1. Plaut, M., Marani, A. (1955). Experiments with fiber flax
varieties. Ktavim 4:43-48.
2. Plaut, M., Marani, A., Bielorai, H. (1955). Experiments on the
growing of Kenaf ( Hibiscus cannabinus ) in Israel. Bull. Res.
Counc. of Israel 4:388-391.
3. Marani, A. (1958). The
relationship between time of harvesting and fibre
production in flax under the conditions of Israel. Fibra 3:15-20.
4. Marani, A. (1961). Inheritance of yield components
in a diallel cross of cotton. Bull.
Res. Counc. of Israel 9D:195-196.
5. Marani, A., Hurwitz, S., Lachover, D., Goldin, E. (1961).
Growth and nutrient uptake of two varieties of
groundnuts under irrigation in Israel. Qualit. Plant. et Mater.
Vegetab. 8:241-260.
6. Marani, A., Dag, J. (1962). Inheritance of the ability of
cotton seeds to germinate at low temperature in
the first hybrid generation. Crop Sci. 2:243-245.
7. Marani, A., Dag, J. (1962). The germination of some cotton varieties
at low temperature. Crop Sci. 2:267.
8. Bentur, S., Luboshitzki, G., Marani, A. (1962). Chemical
criterion for evaluation of tobacco. Bull. Res.
Counc. of Israel 11C:240-248.
9. Marani, A., Horwitz, M. (1963). Growth and yield of cotton as
affected by the time of a single irrigation. Agron.
J. 55:219-222.
10. Marani, A. (1963). Optimum plot size for experiments with oriental
tobacco. Israel J. agric. Res. 13:111-116.
11. Marani, A. (1963). Estimation of optimum plot size using
Smith's procedure. Agron. J. 55:503.
12. Miller, P.A., Marani, A. (1963). Heterosis and combining
ability in diallel crosses of
upland cotton. Crop Sci. 3:441-444.
13. Marani, A. (1963). Heterosis and combining
ability for yield and components of yield
in a diallel cross of two species of cotton. Crop Sci. 3:552-555.
14. Marani, A., Aharonov, B.
(1964). Rate of nitrogen absorption and
dry matter production by upland cotton grown under irrigation. Israel
J. agric. Res. 14:3-10.
15. Marani, A. (1964). Heterosis and combining
ability for height and developmental data
in a diallel cross of two species of cotton. Crop Sci.
4:265-268.
16. Marani, A., Fuchs, Y. (1964). Effect of the
amount of water applied as a single irrigation on
cotton grown under dryland conditions. Agron. J. 56:281-282.
17. Marani, A. (1964).
Some variety X environment interactions
in oriental tobacco and their implications on variety
testing methods. Israel J. agric. Res. 14:117-120.
18. Ellern, S.J., Marani, A. (1964). The influence of dalapon on
growth and development of automn-sown sugar beet.
Weed Res. 4:223-228.
19. Marani, A., Aboye, A.
(1965). Flowering and boll formation in
intraspecific and interspecific crosses of
cotton. Israel J. agric. Res. 15:13-20.
20. Marani, A., Sachs, Y. (1966). Heterosis and
combining ability in a diallel cross among nine varieties
of oriental tobacco. Crop Sci. 6:19-22.
21. Marani, A. (1967). Heterosis and combining
ability in intraspecific and interspecific crosses of cotton.
Crop Sci. 7:519-522.
22. Marani, A. (1968).
Inheritance of lint quality characteristics
in intraspecific crosses among varieties of Gossypium
hirsutum L. and of G.
barbadense L. Crop Sci. 8:36-38.
23. Marani, A. (1968). Heterosis
and F2 performance in intraspecific crosses
among varieties of Gossypium hirsutum L. and of G. barbadense L.
Crop Sci. 8:111-113.
24. Marani, A. (1968).
Heterosis and inheritance of quantitative
characters in interspecific crosses of cotton. Crop Sci.
8:299-303.
25. Marani, A. (1968).
Inheritance of lint quality characteristics in
interspecific crosses of cotton. Crop Sci. 8:653-657.
26. Sela, I., Marani, A. (1970).
Heterogeneity among the uniform-size fragments obtained from
TMV-RNA. Archs. Biochem. Biophys. 139:450.
27. Marani, A., Amirav, A. (1970). Effect of delinting and of
genetic factors on the germination of cotton
seeds at low temperatures. Crop Sci. 10:509-511.
28. Zur, M., Marani, A., Carmeli, R. (1971). Effect of CMH as
compared with that of CCC on height, earliness and yield of
cotton. Israel J. agric. Res. 20:133-134.
29. Marani, A., Amirav, A. (1971). Effects of soil moisture
stress on two varieties of upland cotton in Israel.
I. The coastal plain region. Experimental Agriculture 7:213-224.
30. Shimshi, D., Marani, A. (1971). Effects of soil moisture
stress on two varieties of upland cotton in Israel. II. The
northern Negev region. Experimental Agriculture 7:225-239.
31. Marani, A., Amirav, A. (1971). Effects of soil moisture
stress on two varieties of upland cotton in Israel. III. The
Bet-Shean valley. Experimental Agriculture 7:289-301.
32. Marani, A., Fishler, G.,
Amirav, A. (1971). The inheritance of
resistance to blue mold (Peronospora tabacina Adam) in
two cultivars of tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.).
Euphytica 21:97-105.
33. Zur, M., Marani, A., Karadavid, B.
(1972). Effect of growth retardants CCC and CMH on
cotton. Cotton Grow. Rev. 49:250-257.
34. Marani, A., Avieli, A. (1973). Heterosis during the early
phases of growth in intraspecific and interspecific crosses
of cotton. Crop Sci. 13:15-18.
35. Marani, A. (1973). Effects of soil moisture stress on two
varieties of upland cotton in Israel. IV. Effects of periods
of stress occurrence,
correlations and regressions. Experimental
Agriculture 9:121-128.
36. Marani, A., Levi, D. (1973). The effect of soil moisture
during early stages of development on growth
and yield of cotton plants. Agron. J. 65:637-641.
37. Marani, A., Zur, M., Eshel, A., Zimmerman, H., Carmeli,
R., Karadavid, B. (1973). Effect of
time and rate of application of two growth retardants
on growth, flowering and yield of upland cotton. Crop Sci. 13:429-432.
38. Marani, A., Ephrat, E., Dor, Z. (1974). Effect of
wide plant spacing on six cultivars of upland cotton.
Crop Sci. 14:271-273.
39. Ashri, A., Zimmer, D.E., Urie, A.L., Cahaner, A., Marani,
A. (1974). Evaluation of the
germ-plasm collection of safflower, C.
tinctorius L. IV. Yield and yield components and their
relationships. Crop Sci. 14:799-802.
40. Marani, A. (1975). Simulation
of response of small self-fertilizing
populations to selection for quantitative traits:
Effect of number of loci, selection intensity and
initial heritability under conditions of no dominance. Theor. and Appl.
Genetics 46:221-231.
41. Marani, A., Yaacobi,
Y.Z. (1976). Evaluation of Verticillium wilt
tolerance in upland cotton relative to lint yield reduction. Crop Sci.
16:392-395.
42. Ashri, A., Knowles, P.F.,
Zimmer, D.E., Urie, A.L., Cahaner, A., Marani, A. (1977).
Evaluation of the germ-plasm collection of safflower,
C. tinctorius L. III. Oil content and
iodine value and their
associations with other characters. Economic Botany
31:38-46.
43. Wallach, D., Marani, A., Kletter, E. (1978). The relation of
cotton crop growth and development to final yield. Field Crops
Res. 1:283-294.
44. Marani, A. (1979). Growth rate of cotton bolls and their
components. Field Crops Res. 2:169-175.
45. Marani,A., Ephrath, J. (1985). Penetration of radiation
into cotton crop canopies. Crop Sci. 25:309-313.
46. Marani, A., Baker,D.N., Reddy,
V.R., McKinion, J.M. (1985). The effect of water
stress on canopy senescence and apparent photosynthesis in cotton. Crop
Sci. 25:798-802.
47. Netzer, D., Tal, Y., Marani, A., Weintall,
C. (1985). Resistance of
interspecific cotton hybrids ( Gossypium
hirsutum X G. barbadense containing G.
harknessii cytoplasm) to Fusarium wilt. Plant Disease 69:312-313.
48. Wolf, S., Rudich, J., Marani,
A., Rekah, Y. (1986). Predicting harvesting date
of processing tomatoes by a simulation model. J. Amer. Soc.
Hort. Sci. 111:11-16.
49. Wolfson, D., Marani, A., Steinitz, B. (1987). Chilling sensitivity
of roselle. Hortscience 22:954.
50. Halevy, J., Marani, A., Markovitz, T. (1987). Growth and NPK uptake
of high-yielding cotton grown at different nitrogen levels in a
permanent-plot experiment. Plant and Soil 103:39-44.
51. Olesinski, A.A., Wolf, S., Rudich, J., Marani, A. (1989) Effect of
leaf age and shading on photosynthesis in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum).
Annals of Botany 64:643-650.
52. Olesinski, A.A., Wolf, S., Rudich, J., Marani, A. (1989) The effect
of nitrogen fertilization and irrigation frequency on photosynthesis of
potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). Annals of Botany 64:651-657.
53. Ephrath, J.E., Shteinberg, D., Drieshpoun, J., Dinoor, A., Marani,
A. (1989) Alternaria alternata in cotton ( Gossypium
hirsutum L.) cv Acala: effects on gas exchange, yield components
and yield accumulation. Neth. J. Plant Path. 95:157-166.
54. Wolf, S., Olesinski, A.A., Rudich, J., Marani, A. (1990) Effect of
high temperature on photosynthesis in potatoes. Annals of Botany
65:179-185.
55. Wolf, S., Marani, A., Rudich, J. (1990). Effect of high temperature
on assimilate partitioning in potatoes. Annals of Botany 66:513-520.
56. Ephrath, J., Marani, A., Bravdo, B.A. (1990) Effects of moisture
stress on stomatal resistance and photosynthetic rate in cotton (
Gossypium hirsutum L.). I. Constant levels of stress. Field Crops
Research 23:117-131.
57. Shtienberg, D., Dinoor, A,. Marani, A. (1990) Wheat disease
control advisory, a decision support system for management of foliar
diseases of wheat in Israel. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology
12:195-203
58. Shtienberg, D., Dinoor, A,. Marani, A. (1990) Evaluation of
the single tillers method for yield loss assessment in wheat under
Israeli conditions. Journal of Phytopathology 130: 331-341
59. Saranga, Y., Rudich, J., Marani, A. (1991) The relations between
leaf water potential of cotton plants and environmental and plant
factors. Field Crops Research 28:39-46.
60. Saranga, Y., Zamir, D., Marani, A., Rudich,
J. (1991) Breeding tomatoes for salt tolerance: field
evaluation of Lycopersicon germplasm for yield and dry-matter
production. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 116:1067-1071.
61. Wolf, S., Marani, A., Rudich, J. (1991). Effect of temperature on
carbohydrate metabolism in potato plants. J. Exp. Bot. 42:619-625.
62. Saranga, Y., Cahaner, A., Zamir, D., Marani, A., Rudich,
J. (1992) Breeding tomatoes for salt tolerance: inheritance of
salt tolerance and related traits in interspecific population.
Theor. Appl. Genet. 84:390-396.
63. Marani, A., G.E. Cardon, and C.J. Phene. (1992).
CALGOS, a version of GOSSYM adapted for irrigated cotton. I. Drip
irrigation, soil water transport and root growth. Proc. Beltwide Cotton
Conference 1992: 1352-1357.
64. Marani, A., C.J. Phene. and G.E. Cardon. (1992).
CALGOS, a version of GOSSYM adapted for irrigated cotton. II. Leaf
water potential and the effect of water stress. Proc. Beltwide Cotton
Conference 1992: 1358-1360.
65. Marani, A., C.J. Phene. and G.E. Cardon. (1992).
CALGOS, a version of GOSSYM adapted for irrigated cotton. III. Leaf and
boll growth routines. Proc. Beltwide Cotton Conference 1992: 1361-1363.
66. Marani, A., R.B. Hutmacher, and C.J. Phene. (1993).
Validation of CALGOS simulation of leaf water potential in drip
irrigated cotton. Proc. Beltwide Cotton Conference 1993: 1225-1228.
67. Saranga, Y., Zamir, D., Marani, A., Rudich, J. (1993)
Breeding tomatoes for salt tolerance: variations in ion concentrations
associated with response to salinity. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.
118:405-408.
68. Arazi, Y., Wolf, S., Marani, A. (1993). A prediction of
developmental stages in potato plants based on the accumulation of heat
units. Agric. Syst. 43:35-50.
69. Ephrath, J.E., Marani, A., Bravdo, B.A. (1993) Photosynthetic rate,
stomatal resistance and leaf water potential in cotton (Gossypium
hirsutum L.) as affected by soil water and irradiance. Photosynthetica
29:63-71.
70. Ephrath, J.E., and Marani, A. 1993. Simulation of the effect of
drought stress on the rate of photosynthesis in cotton. Agricultural
Systems 42:327-341.
71. Ephrath, J.E., Goudriaan, J., Marani, A. 1996. Modelling diurnal
patterns of air temperature, radiation, wind speed and relative
humidity by equations from daily characteristics. Agricultural Systems
51:377-393.
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