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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its on reason for existing"

- Albert Einstein -

PUBLICATIONS

Selected publications (of the last five years)

Golan, S., Waits, Y., Ziffer-Berger, J., Barzilai, M., Hanin, N., Henkin, Z., Barazani, O. (2019) Germination behavior of Sarcopoterium spinosum in response to smoke chemicals indicates adaptation to fire in the southeastern Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences: 66: 103-111.

 

Barazani, O., Erez, T., Ogran, A., Hanin, H., Barzilai, M., Dag, A., Shafir, S. (2019) Natural variation in flower color and scent in populations of Eruca sativa (Brassicaceae) affects pollination behavior of honey bees. Journal of Insect Science 19: 6.

Ziffer-Berger, J. Keren-Keiserman, A., Doron-Faigenboim, A., Mummenhoff, K., Barazani, O. (2019) Notes on the generic position of Brassica deserti (Brassicaceae). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences: 66: 89-93.

 

Ogran, A., Faigenboim, A., Barazani, O. (2019) Transcriptome responses to different herbivores reveal differences in defense strategies between populations of Eruca sativaBMC Genomics 20: 843.

    

Ogran, A., Conner, J., Agrawal, A.A., Barazani, O. (2020) Evolution of phenotypic plasticity: genetic differentiation and additive genetic variation for induced plant defense in wild arugula Eruca sativaJournal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 237-246.

Ziffer-Berger, J., Waitz, Y., Behar, E., Ben Joseph, O., Bezalel, L., Wasserstrom, H., Bajpai,  P.K., Bhattacharya, S., Przesdzink, F., Westberg, E., Mummenhoff, K., Barazani, O. (2020) Seed dispersal of wild radishes and its association with within-population spatial distribution.

BMC Ecology 20: 30.

Galili, E., Langgut, D., Terral, J. F., Barazani, O., Dag, A., Kolska Horwitz, L., Ogloblin Ramirez, I.,  Rosen, B., Weinstein-Evron, M., Chaim, S., Kremer, E., Lev-Yadun, S., Ben-Barak-Zelas, Z., Fishman, A. (2021) Early production of table olives at a mid-7th millennium BP submerged site off the Carmel coast (Israel). Scientific Reports 11: 2218.

                                                     

Waitz, Y., Wasserstrom, H., Hanin, N., Landau, N., Faraj, T., Barzilai, M., Ziffer-Berger,J., Barazani, O. (2021) Close association between flowering time and aridity gradient for Sarcopoterium spinosum in Israel. Journal of Arid Environments 188: 104468.

Ogran, A.  Wasserstrom, H., Barzilai, M., Faraj, T. Dai, N., Carmi, N., Barazani, O. (2021) Water deficiency and induced defense against a generalist insect herbivore in desert and Mediterranean populations of Eruca sativa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 47: 768-776.

                                                                            

Terral, J-F., Bonhomme, V., Pagnoux, C., Ivorra, S., Newton, C., Paradis, L., Ater, M., Kassout, J., Limier, B., Bouby, L., Cornet, F., Barazani, O., Dag, A., Galili, E. (2021) Pit shape diversity in the olive tree, as the result of a long and complex domestication and diversification history, unveils traits of the oldest table olives of over 7000-years-old from Hishuley Carmel site (Israel). Agronomy 11: 2187

                                                                                              

Barazani, O. (2022) Testing the costs of defense against herbivore in ecotypes of Eruca sativa (Brassicaceae) Israel. Journal of Plant Sciences doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22238980-bja10074

                                                                                              

Wasserstrom, H., Ziffer Berger, J., Barzilai, M., Mummenhoff, K., Barazani, O. (2022) Phenotypic variation of wild radishes Raphanus pugioniformis and R. raphanistrum associated with local conditions in the southeast Mediterranean. Flora 287: 151997.

                                                                                               

Tepper, Y., Porat, N., Langgut, D., Barazani, O., Bajpai, P.K., Dag, A., Ehrlich, Y., Boaretto, E., Bar-Oz, G. (2022) Relict olive trees at runoff agriculture remains in Wadi Zetan, Negev Desert, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science- Reports 41: 103302.

                                                                                      

Bajpai, P.K., Weiss, H., Dvir, G., Hanin, N., Wasserstrom, H., Barazani O. (2022) Phenotypic differentiation and diversifying selection in populations of Eruca sativa along an aridity gradient. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 40.

                                                                                                         

Bajpai, P.K., Harel, A., Shafir, S., Barazani O. (2022) Whole genome sequencing reveals footprints of adaptive genetic variation in populations of Eruca sativaFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 938981.                         

 

Bhattacharya, S., Gröne, F., Przesdzink, F., Ziffer-Berger, J. Barazani, O., Mummenhoff, K., Kappert, N. (2022) Root of all success’: Plasticity in root architecture of invasive wild radish in variable habitat conditions provide adaptive benefit over its endemic relative. Frontiers in Plant Science  13: 1035089.

Barazani, O., Dag, A., Dunseth, Z. (2023) The History of Olive Cultivation in the South Levant. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1131557. 

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