Abbo, Shahal
1/2012:
Plant domestication and crop evolution in the Near East:
learn more about the 'protracted domestication assumption'
30/6/08: the grain crisis
Born 1957, in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Ph.D, Hebrew University 1991
Lecturer 1995, Senior Lecturer 2001,
Associate Professor 2006
Email: abbo@agri.huji.ac.il
Tel: 972-8-9489443
Fax: 972-8-9489899
Research interests:
Crop evolution in the Near East.
Genetics and breeding of chickpea.
Chickpea evolution and genetics of
yield components
Study of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genetics and evolution, and
their bearing on grain yield. Unlike the major grain crops of the
Mediterranean region (wheat, barley) which retained their natural cycle
of autumn germination and late spring maturation, thereby exploiting
winter rainfall, chickpea was made into a spring-sown crop, probably
soon after its domestication. This change in the plant cycle fixed
certain traits in the domesticated genepool.
- Inherent day-length sensitivity - a trait that delays
flowering to the late spring, exposing the crop to drought, which
severely restricts yield.
- Inherent requirements of high temperature for the
reproductive process, preventing fruitful podding of early flowering
material during the early spring.
- High susceptibility to Ascochyta blight, an air-borne
fungal disease that spreads during the winter and can cause total
yields losses.
The major activities in my laboratory involve genetic analyses of
chickpea response to ascochyta blight, the study of the relationship
between major flowering genes and grain yield and study of the
domestication traits of chickpea.
Nutritional quality characters of
chickpea
Chickpea seed contains 0.1-0.26 g Ca per 100 g dry seed. Calcium, an
important nutrient for humans, is deposited in the chickpea seed via
diffusion through the pod wall to the testa. Hence, smaller seed will
contain more Ca per unit of dry weight than larger seed. Since seed
size is a major price determinant, data on the relationship between Ca
content and seed size are extremely important. This work, in
collaboration with Dr. R. Reifen (Hebrew University) and Dr. M. Grusak
(USDA, TX, USA), point to the existence of factors other than seed size
in determining Ca content in chickpea. We are also studying the
genetics of carotenoids content in chickpea seed.
Selected Publications
1] Abbo S, E Millet E, Pinthus MJ (1987) Genetically controlled differences in the effects of chlormequat on tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum). Plant Growth Regulation 5: 235-239.
2] Abbo S, Ladizinsky G (1991) Anatomical aspects of hybrid embryo abortion in the genus Lens L. Botanical Gazette 152: 316-320.
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3] Abbo S, Miller TE, King IP (1993) Primer-induced in situ
hybridization to plant chromosomes. Genome 36: 815-817.
4] Abbo S, Dunford R P, Miller T E, Reader S M, King I P (1993) Primer-mediated in situ detection of the B-hordein gene cluster on barley chromosome 1H.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 90: 11821-11824.
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5] Abbo S, Ladizinsky G (1994) Genetical aspects of hybrid embryo
abortion in the genus Lens L. Heredity 72: 193-200.
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6] Abbo S, Miller TE, Reader S M, Dunford RP, King IP (1994)
Detection of ribosomal DNA sites in lentil and chickpea by fluorescent
in-situ hybridization. Genome 37: 713-716.
7] Abbo S, Dunford RP, Miller TE, Reader SM, Foote T, Flavell RB, Moore G (1995) Organization of retro-elements and stem-loop repeat families in the genomes and nuclei of cereals. Chromosome Research 3: 5-15.
8] Lev-Yadun S, Beharav A, Abbo S (1996)
Evidence for polygenic control of fiber differentiation in spring wheat and
its relationship with the GA-insensitivity locus Rht1.
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 23: 185-189.
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9] Liu B, Segal G, Vega JM, Feldman M, Abbo S (1997)
Isolation and characterization of
chromosome-specific DNA sequences from a
chromosome-arm genomic library of common wheat.
Plant Journal 11: 959-965.
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10] Or E, Hovav R, Abbo S (1999) A major gene for flowering time in chickpea.
Crop Science 39: 315-322.
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11] Lev-Yadun S, Beharav A, Di-nur R, Abbo S (1999)
Gibberellic acid (GA) increases fibre
cell differentiation and secondary cell-wall deposition in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) culms.
Plant Growth Regulation 27: 161-165.
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12] Lev-Yadun S, Abbo S (1999) Traditional utilization of A’kub (Gundelia tournefortii, Asteraceae)
in Israel and the Palestinian Authority area. Economic Botany 53: 217-223.
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13] Abbo S, Rubin B (2000) Transgenic crops: A cautionary tale. Science 287: 1927-1928.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5460.1927b
14] Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A, Abbo S (2000) The cradle of agriculture. Science 288: 1602-1603.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.288.5471.1602
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15] Abbo S, Grusak M, Tzuk T, Reifen R (2000) The relationship between
seed size and calcium concentration in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) seed.
Plant Breeding 119: 427-431.
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16] Kumar J, Abbo S (2000) Genetics of flowering time in chickpea and its
bearing on productivity in semiarid environments.
Advances in Agronomy 72: 107-138.
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17] Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S, Ladizinsky G (2001) Tracing the wild genetic stocks
of crop plants. Genome 44: 309-310.
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18] Gopher A, Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S (2001) The “When”, the “Where” and
the “Why” of the Neolithic Revolution in the Levant.
Documenta Praehistorica XXVIII: 49-62.
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19] Lichtenzveig J, Shtienberg D, Zhang HB, Bonfil DJ, Abbo S (2002)
Biometric analyses of the inheritance of resistance to Dydimella rabiei
in chickpea. Phytopathology 92: 417-423.
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20] Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S, Galwey N (2002) Vernalization response of
wild chickpea. New Phytologist 154: 695-701.
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21] Abbo S, Shtienberg D, Lichtenzveig J, Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A (2003)
Chickpea, summer cropping, and a new model for pulse domestication in the
ancient Near-East. Quarterly Review of Biology 78: 435-448.
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22] Hovav R, Upadhyaya K C, Beharav A, Abbo S (2003)
Major flowering time gene and polygenes effects on chickpea grain weight.
Plant Breeding 122: 539-541.
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23] Abbo S, Berger J, Turner NC (2003) Evolution of cultivated chickpea:
four bottlenecks limit diversity and constrain adaptation.
Functional Plant Biology 30: 1081-1087.
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24] Lichtenzveig J, Scheuring C, Dodge J, Abbo S, Zhang HB (2005)
Construction of BAC and BIBAC libraries and their applications for generation of SSR markers for genome analysis of chickpea, Cicer arietinum L.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics 110: 492-510.
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25] Abbo S, Molina C, Jungmann R, Grusak MA, Berkovitch Z, Reifen Ruth,
Kahl G, Winter P, Reifen R (2005)
QTL governing carotenoid concentration and weight in seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).
Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 185-195.
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26] Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S, Rubin B, Gopher A (2005) On the origin of
Near Eastern founder crops and the "dump-heap hypothesis".
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 52: 491-495.
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27] Ben David R, Abbo S (2005) Phenological variation among
Israeli populations of Cicer judaicum Boiss.
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56: 1219-1225.
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28] Ben David R, Can C, Lev-Yadun S, Abbo S (2006) Ecogeography and
demography of Cicer judaicum, a wild annual relative of domesticated chickpea.
Crop Science 46: 1360-1370.
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29] Bonfil DJ, Lichtenzveig J, Shai I, Lerner A, Tam S, Abbo S (2006)
Associations between earliness, Ascochyta response and grain yield in chickpea.
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57: 465-470.
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30] Abbo S, Gopher A, Peleg Z, Saranga Y, Fahima T, Salamini F, Lev-Yadun S
(2006) The ripples of "The Big (agricultural) Bang": the spread of early wheat cultivation.
Genome 49: 861-863.
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31] Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A, Abbo S (2006) How and when was wild wheat domesticated?
Science 313: 296.
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32] Lichtenzveig J, Bonfil DJ, Zhang HB, Shtienberg D, Abbo S (2006)
Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting time to flowering and response to Ascochyta blight in chickpea.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics 113: 1357-1369.
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33] Kerem Z, Gopher A, Lev-Yadun S, Weinberg P, Abbo S (2007) Chickpea domestication in the Neolithic Levant through the nutritional perspective.
Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 1289-1293.
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34] Frenkel O, Shtienberg D, Abbo S, Sherman A (2007)
The sympatric Ascochyta complex of wild Cicer judaicum and domesticated chickpea.
Plant Pathology 56: 464-471.
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35] Bonfil DJ, Goren O, Mufradi I, Lichtenzveig J, Abbo S (2007)
Development of early flowering kabuli chickpea with regular and simple leaves.
Plant Breeding 126: 125-129.
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36] Abbo S, Frenkel O, Sherman A, Shtienberg D (2007)
The sympatric Ascochyta pathosystems of Near Eastern legumes, a key for better understanding of pathogen biology.
European Journal of Plant Pathology 119: 111-118.
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37] Abbo S, Zezak I, Schwartz E, Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A (2008)
Experimental harvest of wild pea in Israel: implications for the origin of Near Eastern farming.
Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 922-929.
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38] Frenkel O, Sherman A, Abbo S, Shtienberg D (2008)
Differential aggressiveness among Didymella rabiei isolates originated from domesticated chickpea and sympatric wild Cicer judaicum.
Phytopathology 98: 600-608.
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39] Abbo S, Saranga Y, Peleg Z, Lev-Yadun S, Kerem Z, Gopher A (2009)
Reconsidering domestication of legumes versus cereals in the ancient Near East.
The Quarterly Review of Biology 84: 29-50.
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39] Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A (2010)
Yield stability: an agronomic perspective on the origin of Near Eastern agriculture.
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19: 143-150.
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40] Abbo S, Lev-Yadun S, Gopher A (2010)
Agricultural origins: centers and noncenters; a Near Eastern reappraisal.
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 29: 317-328.
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41] Ben-David R, Abbo S, Berger JD (2010)
Stress gradients select for ecotype formation in Cicer judaicum Boiss., a wild relative of domesticated chickpea.
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 57: 193-202.
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42] Frenkel O, Peever TL, Chilvers MI, Özkilinc H, Can C, Abbo S, Shtienberg D, Sherman A (2010)
Ecological genetic divergence of the fungal pathogen Didymella rabiei on sympatric wild and domesticated Cicer spp.
(chickpea).
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 30-39.
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43] Özkilinc H, Frenkel O, Abbo S, Eshed R, Sherman A, R Ophir, Shtienberg D, Can C (2010)
A comparative study of Turkish and Israeli populations of Didymella rabiei, the ascochyta pathogen of chickpea.
Plant Pathology 59: 492-503.
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44] Abbo S, Bonfil DJ, Kerem Z, Berkovitch Z, Reifen R (2010)
Towards enhancing lutein concentration in chickpea, cultivar and management effects.
Plant Breeding 129: 407-411.
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44] Zhang X, Scheuring CF, Zhang MP, Dong JJ, Zhang Y, Huang JJ, Lee M-K,
Abbo S, Sherman A, Shtienberg D, Chen W, Muehlbauer F, Zhang H-B (2010)
A BAC/BIBAC-based physical map of chickpea, Cicer arietinum L.
BMC Genomics 11: 501.
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45] Shahal Abbo, Simcha Lev-Yadun, and Avi Gopher (2012)
Plant Domestication and Crop Evolution in the Near East: On Events and Processes
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 31:3, 241-257
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