Prof. Hanan Eizenberg Weed Research Lab
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Department of Phytopathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO),
Newe Yaar Research Center
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Ramat Yishai, Israel | eizenber@volcani.agri.gov.il | +972-4-9539535
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Weed Biology and Management
Weed management in vegetables and field crop
Invasive weeds
Herbicide chemigation (herbigation)
Herbicide response
Modelling
Parasitic Weeds
Parasitic weeds biology and management
Resistance
Modelling approach
Decision support system
Tempo-spatial distribution
Remote sensing
Modelling
Spatial distribution and GIS
Weed mapping
Precision Weed Management
MEMBERS
Staff
Guy Achdari
Field trials manager
Hammam Ziadne
Greenhouse manager
PhD Students
Dana Siso
PhD student
Risk assessment of resistance evolution to ALS inhibitors in Phelipanche and Orobanche spp. (PhD thesis). ​Genetical aspects in the resistance of sunflower to Orobanche cumana and Phelipanche aegyptiaca (MSc thesis).
Roni Gafni
PhD student
Tempo-spatial distribution of Amaranth spp under varied climate and geographical conditions.
Omer Kapiluto
PhD student
Biology and management of Solanum elaeagnifolium (PhD thesis); Modelling of Ambrosia confertiflora development (MSc thesis).
Amit Paporisch
PhD candidate
Effect of seasonal application with sulfonylurea herbicides on its fate and efficacy in the soil.
Guy Atsmon
PhD student
Hyper-spectral weed detection
MSc Students
Nimrod Elron
MSc student
Investigating the mechanism of tomato response to the herbicide imazapic.
Amit Wallach
MSc student
Development of a smart control approach of Phelipanche aegyptiaca in cabbage.
Evyatar Asaf
MSc student
Intra-row weed control in field crops using finger weeder
Omer Nehurai
MSc student
Early detection of glyphosate effect on Solanum nigrum L. using hyperspectral remote sensing
Past Students
Siuar Emran
MSc
​Profiling the carotenoids metabolome and biochemical aspects of the parasitism in carrot roots by broomrape.
Oz Ben-David
MSc
Factors affecting chemical control of Orobanche cumana in sunflower.
Hagai Raz
MSc
Biology, management and spatial distribution of Partenium hysterophorus.
Tal Shilo
PhD
Remote sensing and identification of weeds (Post-doctoral research); Physiological aspects of the host/parasite interactions between tomato and the parasitic plant Orobanche spp. (PhD thesis); Modeling the sub-surface development of Cyprus rotundus (MSc thesis).
Amnon Cochavi
PhD
The effect of abiotic stress on parasite–host Interactions (PhD thesis). Developing a decision support system for rational control of the parasitic weed Phelipanche aegyptiaca. in carrot (MSc thesis).
Nitzan Birger
MSc
​Patterns of weeds spatial distribution in varied agricultural systems
Itamar Levi
MSc student
Early detection of noxious weeds after herbicides application by non destructive method of hyperspectral imagery
Gilad Shalev
MSc
Precision agriculture as a tool for developing economical and environmentally friendly weed management in cotton
Itay Roy
MSc
Characterization of spatial patterns of Egyptian broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) in processing tomato in Israel
Noam Ariel
MSc
Molecular identification and quantification of broomrape (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) seeds in a soil sample
Ran Lati
PhD
Three-dimensional driven spatio-temporal model for weed detection in row crops.
Ofer Stern
MSc
Factors effecting bromoxynil application in sweet corn
Visiting Scientists
Dr. Xihui Xu
Prebiotics and probiotics computational approaches to enhance atrazine degradation in contaminated soils (POST DOC)
Mrs. Hailey Larose
Exploring segregation patterns of germination specificity in O. cumana and O. cernua (BARD Graduate Student Fellowship).
PROJECTS
Year Granting Source Title
2003 CDR (CAR) Integrated broomrape control in sunflower
2005 (RNP) France-Israel Precision agriculture approaches in corn
2012 USAIS (MERC) Impacts of spreading olive mill wastewater 2013 BARD Identifying the genes involved in host root perception by root parasitic weeds
2015 ISF-NSFC An integrated empirical - computational approach for promoting degradation of herbicides in soil
2003 Chief Sci. Detection and characterization of Orobanche cumana races in Israel
2005 Chief Sci. Developing a model for Phelipanche aegyptiaca control in tomato
2006 Chief Sci. Developing a decision support system for Amaranthus albus control.
2007 Chief Sci. An environmental solution for olive mill waste water 2007 Chief Sci. Precision agriculture in cotton –d eveloping a temporal- spatial model for weed control
2007 Chief Sci. A physiological approach for Orobanche seedbank eradication in soil
2008 Chief Sci. Developing a decision support system for rational control of Orobanche cumana in sunflower
2009 Chief Sci. Using a weed crop competition model for reducing herbicide rates in cotton
2010 Chief Sci. National Project- Alleviating broomrape damage in the Israeli agriculture, an integrative approach
2011 Chief Sci. Perennial use of olive mill wastewater for weed control in organic farming
2014 Chief Sci. Developing a decision support system for rational control of Orobanche cumana in sunflower
2014 Chief Sci. Alleviating broomrape damage in the Israeli agriculture, an integrative approach
2014 Chief Sci. Integrated approach to control Ambrosia spp.
2015 Chief Sci. Developing a decision support system for integrated control of field bindweed
2016 Chief Sci. Integrated approach to control Partenium spp. 2016 Chief Sci. Sulfosulfuron dissipation in the soil
2017 Chief Sci. Egyptian broomrape control in cabbage
2017 Chief Sci. Non-chemical weed management using flaming
2017 Chief Sci. Weed management in vineyard
2017 Chief Sci. Tempo-Spatial aspects in Amaranthus spp. Management in tomato
2018 Chief Sci. Biology and management of Solanum elaeagnifolium
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Reviewed Journals
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Ephrath, J. E., and Eizenberg, H. (2010). Quantification of the dynamics of Orobanche cumana and Phelipanche aegyptiaca parasitism in confectionery sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Weed Research. 50: 140-152.
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Eizenberg, H., and Joel, D. M. (2008). The canon of potato science: Parasitic weeds. Potato Research. 50:275–278.
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Lati, R. N ., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2011). Robust methods for measurement of leaf cover area and biomass from image data. Weed Science. 59: 276-284.
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Lati, R. N ., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2011). Temperature- and radiation-based models for predicting spatial growth of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus). Weed Science. 59:476-482.
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Lati, R. N., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2012). Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) emergence and development is affected by seed density and burial depth. Phytoparasitica. 40: 195-203.
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Ephrath J. E., Hershenhorn, J., Achdari G., Bringer S., and Eizenberg, H. (2012). The use of logistic equations for the detection of the initial parasitism phase of Phelipanche aegyptiaca in tomato (Solanum lycopersicon). Weed Science. 60:57–63.
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Eizenberg, H., Aly, R., and Cohen, Y. (2012). Technologies for smart chemical control of broomrape (Orobanche spp. and Phelipanche spp.). Weeds Science. 60: 316-323.
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Lati, R. N., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2012). Trifloxisulfuron application timing and weed density impact on purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) control. Weed Science. 60: 464-500.
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Eizenberg, H., Hershenhorn, J., Achdari, G., and Ephrath, J. (2012). A thermal time model for predicting parasitism of Orobanche cumana in irrigated sunflower: Field validation. Field Crops Research. 137: 49-55.
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Lati, R. N., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2012). Estimation of plant growth parameters via image-based reconstruction of their 3D shape. Agronomy Journal. 105: 191-198.
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Shilo, T., Rubin, B., Ephrath, J., and Eizenberg, H. (2013). Continuous non-destructive monitoring of Cyperus rotundus development using a minirhizotron. Weeds Research. 53: 164-168.
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Lati R. N., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2013). Plant growth parameter estimation from sparse 3D reconstruction based on salient features. Precision Agriculture. 14: 586-605.
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Lati R. N., Aly, R., Lande, T., and Eizenberg, H. (2013). First Report of the Parasitic Plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca Infecting Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) in Israel. Plant Disease. 97: 695.
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Lati R. N., Filin, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2013). Estimating plant growth parameters using a dynamic programming-based stereovision model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 98: 260-271
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Lati R. N., Filin, S., Aly, R., Lande, T., Levin, I., and Eizenberg, H. (2014). Absolute weed detection in precision agriculture using genetically modified tomatoes. Pest Management Science. 70: 1059-1065.
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Cohavi, A., Rubin, B., Achdari, G., Smirnov, E., and Eizenberg H. (2015). Egyptian broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) management in carrot under field conditions. Weed Technology. 29: 519-528
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Goldwasser, Y., Miryamchik, H., Rubin, B., and Eizenberg, H. (2015). Field dodder (Cuscuta campestris) - a new model describing temperature dependent seed germination. Weed Science. 64: 53-60.
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Cohavi, A., Rubin, B., Smirnov, E., Achdari, G., and Eizenberg H. (2016). Factors affecting Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Egyptian broomrape) control in carrot. Weed Science. 64: 321-330.
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Shilo, T., Zygier, L., Rubin, B., Wolf, S., and Eizenberg, H. (2016). Mechanism of glyphosate control of Phelipanche aegyptiaca. Planta 244: 1095-1107.
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Cochavi, A. Rubin, B., Achdari, G., and Eizenberg, H. (2016). Thermal time model for Egyptian broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) parasitism dynamics in carrot (Daucus carota L.): Field validation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:1807. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01807.
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Liebman, M., Baraibar, B., Buckley, Y., Childs, D., Christensen, S., Cousens, R., Eizenberg, H., Heijting, S, Loddo, D., Merotto, A., Renton, M., and Riemens, M.. Ecologically sustainable weed management: How do we get from proof-of-concept to adoption? (2016). Ecological Applications. 26: 1352–1369.
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Shilo, T., Rubin, B., Plakhine, D., Gal, S., Amir, R., Hacham, Y., Wolf, S., and Eizenberg H. (2017) Secondary Effects of Glyphosate Action in Phelipanche aegyptiaca: Inhibition of solute transport from the host plant to the parasite. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:255. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00255.
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Matzrafi, M., Herrmann, I., Nansen, C., Kliper, T., Zait, Y., Ignat, T., Siso, D., Rubin, B., Karnieli, A., and Eizenberg, H. (2017) Hyperspectral Technologies for assessing seed germination and trifloxysulfuron-methyl response in Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer amaranth). Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:474. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00474.
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Cohen, Y., Roi, I., Blank, L., Goldstein, E., and Eizenberg, H. (2017). Spatial distribution of the root parasitic weed Phelipanche aegyptiaca in processing tomatoes using ecoinformatics and spatial analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:973. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00973.
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Eizenberg, H., Plakhine, D., Ziadnza, H., Tsechansky, J., and Graber, E. R. (2017). Non-chemical control of root parasitic weeds with biochar. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:909. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00909.
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Cochavi, A., Rapaport, T., Gendler, T., Karnieli, A., Eizenberg, H., Rachmilevitch, S. and Ephrath, J. E. (2017). Recognition of Orobanche cumana below-ground parasitism through physiological and hyper spectral measurements in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:909. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00909
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Kumar Dubey, N., Eizenberg, H., Leibman, F., Wolf, D., Edelstein, M., Abu-Nassar, J., Gal-On, A., and Aly, R. (2017). Enhanced host-parasite resistance based on down-regulation of Phelipanche aegyptiaca target genes by mobile small RNA. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:1574. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01574.
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Levy, G. J., Dag, A., Raviv, M., Zipori, I., Medina, S., Saadi, I., Krasnovski, A., Eizenberg, H., and Laor, Y. (2018). Annual spreading of olive mill wastewater over consecutive years: Effects on cultivated soils physical properties. Land Degradation and Development. 29: 176-187. 3/229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2861.
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Cochavi, A., Ephrath, J., Eizenberg, H., and Rachmilevich, S. 2018. Phelipanche aegyptiaca parasitism impairs salinity tolerance in young leaves of tomato. Physiologia Plantarum (accepted for publication).
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Paporisch, A., Laor, Y., Rubin, B., Achdari, G., & Eizenberg, H. (2018). Application Timing and Degradation Rate of Sulfosulfuron in Soil Co-affect Control Efficacy of Egyptian broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) in Tomato. Weed Science, 66(6), 780-788.
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Xu, X., Zarecki, R., Medina, S., Ofaim, S., Liu, X., Chen, C., ... & Eizenberg, H. (2019). Modeling microbial communities from atrazine contaminated soils promotes the development of biostimulation solutions. The ISME journal, 13: 494-508.
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Lati, R. N., Filin, S., Elnashef, B., & Eizenberg, H. (2019). 3-D Image-Driven Morphological Crop Analysis: A Novel Method for Detection of Sunflower Broomrape Initial Subsoil Parasitism. Sensors, 19: 1569.
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Blank, L., Birger, N., Eizenberg, H. (2019). Spatial and temporal distribution of Ecballium elaterium in almond orchards. Agronomy 9:751.
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Emran, S., Nawade, B., Yahyaa, M., Nassar, J.A., Tholl, D., Eizenberg, H. and Ibdah, M., 2020. Broomrape infestation in carrot (Daucus carota): Changes in carotenoid gene expression and carotenoid accumulation in the parasitic weed Phelipanche aegyptiaca and its host. Scientific Reports, 10:1-10
Reviews and Book Chapters
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Joel, D.M., Hershenhorn J., Eizenberg H., Aly R., Ejeta G., Rich P.J., Ransom J.K., Sauerborn J. and Rubiales D. (2007). Biology and management of weedy root parasites. Horticultural Reviews 33: 267-350 (J. Janick, ed.).
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Eizenberg, H., Hershenhorn, J., Ephrath, J. E. and Kanampiu, F. (2013). Chemical management. In: Root Parasitic Orobanchaceae: Parasitic Mechanisms and Control Strategies. Eds: Joel, D. and Gressel J. Springer, New York. 415-432.
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Jordan, N., Schut, M., Graham, S., Barney, J.N., Childs, D.Z., Christensen, S., Cousens, R.D., Davis, A.S., Eizenberg, H., Ervin, D.E., Fernandez-Quintanilla, C., Harrison, L.J., Harsch, M.A., Heijting, S., Liebman, M., Loddo, D., Mirsky, S.B., Riemens, M., Neve, P., Peltzer, D.A., Renton, M., Williams, M., Recasens, J., Sønderskov, M. (2016). Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? Weed Research 56: 345–358.
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Müller-Stöver, D., Nybroe, O., Baraibar, B., Loddo, D., Eizenberg, H., French, K., Sønderskov, M., Neve, P., Peltzer, D.A., Maczey, N. Christensen, S. (2016). Contribution of the seed microbiome to weed management. Weed Research 56: 335–339.
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Rubiales, D., Fernández-Aparicio, M., Vurro, M. Eizenberg, H. (2018). Advances in Parasitic Weeds Research. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00236.
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Vurro, M., Perez-De-Luque, M. and Eizenberg, H. (2018). Parasitic weeds. In: Weed Science and Research. Eds: Hatcher, P. and Williams B. F. (in press).
CONTACT
Prof. Hanan Eizenberg
Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research
Newe Ya'ar Research Center
P.O.Box 1021, Ramat Yishay
30095, Israel
+972-4-9539535