Newe Ya’ar Student Day
Agricultural Research Facing Future Challenges
10.10.2023
Program
9:00-9:20
Greetings
Sustainability
9:20-9:35
Simon Futerman
Using cover crops as reflectors of the spatial variation in soil nutrient availability
9:35-9:50
Nadav Halali
Utilizing renewable energy for Black Soldier Fly farming
9:50-10:05
Eilon Winkler
Service crops as a component of weed management interface in field crops
10:05-10:20
Raz Saporta
Early detection of sunflower broomrape, and its benefits to agriculture
10:20-10:40
Coffee break
Genetics and molecular biology
10:40-10:55
Asaf Dafna
Genetic dissection of root-mediated yield improvement in melon
10:55-11:10
Dana Siso
Genomic characterization and identification of broomrape resistance in sunflower
11:10-11:25
Dr. Bedabrata Saha
Gene replacement and base substitution: the next generation of non-GMO genome edited crops. Glyphosate tolerance in tomato as proof of concept
11:25-11:40
Gal Wodowsky
Exploring the role of virus symbionts in advancing mealybug biological pest control
11:40-12:00
coffee break
Biochemistry and physiology
12:00-12:15
Tali Kahana
Chemical variation among Salvia domonica L. populations: A potential new source of Sclareol and Omega 3
12:15-12:30
Jenny Yusim
Studying microbial function in methane formation in reactor system
12:30-12:45
Intesaful Mohamad Huque
Induction of stomatal opening following night-chilling event alleviates physiological damage in mango trees
12:45-13:00
Elazar Volk
Service crops will save the world! but how? Findings from first year of monitoring
13:00-15:00
Lunch
