Current Collaborators

Yigal Elad

Position	Pathogen Control Unit Coordinator
current site of work	Dept. of Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, ARO, The Volcani Center
city	Bet Dagan
postal code	50250
country	Israel
e-mail	elady@volcani.agri.gov.il
phone	972 3 9683539
mobile phone
degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis	Ph D 1983, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "The mechanism of biological control of soil borne plant pathogens by Trichoderma harzianum Rifai agrr."
expertise	Plant Pathology, Microbiology
professional societies	American Phytopathological Society, British Mycological Society, Israeli Phytopathological Society, IOBC
research experience, training, professional stages	1983-4 Visiting scientist at the Colorado State University, 1992 scientist at IPO Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2002-3 visiting scientist at Birkbeck College, University of London, Since 1985 researcher at the Volcani Center; Plant pathology, biocontrol, integrated disease management, host pathogen relationships, physiology of the diseased plant
languages (level: mother tongue, fluent, basic)	English fluent
current research area	Plant pathology, biocontrol, integrated disease management, host pathogen relationships, physiology of the diseased plant

Publication List:

Elad, Y. (2000) Trichodema harzianum T39 preparation for biocontrol of plant diseases – control of Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Cladosporium fulvum. Biocontrol Science and Technology 10:499-507.

Elad, Y. (2000) Biological control of foliar pathogens by means of Trichoderma harzianum and potential modes of action. Crop Protection 19:709-714.

Guetsky R., Shtienberg, D., Elad, Y., and Dinoor, A. (2001) Combining biocontrol agents to reduce the variability of biological control. Phytopathology 91:621-627.

Bar-Tal, A., Baas, R., Ganmore-Neumann, R., Dik, A., Marissen, N., Silber, A., Davidov, S., Hazan, A., Kirshner, B. and Elad, Y. (2001) Rose flower production and quality as affected by Ca concentration in the petal. Agronomie 21:393-402.

Shaul-Keinan, O., Gadkar V., Ginzberg, I., Grünzweig J.M., Chet, I., Elad, Y., Wininger, S., Belausov, E., Eshed, Y., Atzmon, N., Ben-Tal, Y. and Kapulnik, Y. (2002) Hormone concentration in tobacco roots change during arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization with Glomus intraradices. New Phytologist 154:501-507.

Chagué, V., Elad, Y., Barakat R., Tudzynski, P. and Sharon, A. (2002) Ethylene biosynthesis in Botrytis cinerea. FEMS microbiology Ecology 40:143-149.

Freeman, S., Maymon, M., Kirshner, B., Rav-David D. and Elad, Y. (2002) Use of GUS transformants of Trichoderma harzianum isolate T39 (TRICHODEX) for studying interactions on leaf surfaces. Biocontrol Science and Technology 12:401-407.

Guetsky, R., Shtienberg, D., Elad, Y., Fischer, E. and Dinoor, A. (2002) Improving biological control by combining biocontrol agents with several mechanisms of disease suppression. Phytopathology 92:976-985.

Al-Masri, M. I., Ali-Shtayeh, M., S., Elad, Y., Sharon, Y., Tudzynski, P. and Barakat, R. (2002) Effect of plant growth regulators on white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) on bean and cucumber. Journal of Phytopathology 150:481-487.

Guetsky, R., Elad, Y., Shtienberg, D. and Dinoor, A. (2002) Establishment, survival and activity of the biocontrol agents Pichia guilermondii and Bacillus mycoides applied as a mixture on strawberry plants. Biocontrol Science and Technology 12:705-714.

Guetsky, R., Elad, Y., Shtienberg, D. and Dinoor, A. (2002) Improved biocontrol of Botrytis cinerea on detached strawberry leaves by adding nutritional supplements to a mixture of Pichia guillermondii and Bacillus mycoides. Biocontrol Science and Technology 12:625-630.

Freeman, S., Minz, D., Kolesnik, I., Barbul, O., Zveibil1, A., Maymon, M., Nitzani, Y., Kirshner, B., Rav-David, D., Bilu, A., Dag, A., Shafir, S. and Elad, Y. (2004) Trichoderma biocontrol of Colletotrichum acutatum and Botrytis cinerea in strawberry, population survival, and identification of biocontrol isolates according to ITS sequence analysis. European Journal of Plant Pathology 110:361-370.

Bilu, A., Dag, A., Elad, Y. and Shafir, S. (2004) Honey bee dispersal of biocontrol agents: an evaluation of dispensing devices. Biocontrol Science and Technology 14:607-617.

Maymon, M., Minz, D., Barbul, O., Zveibil, A., Elad, Y. and Freeman, S. (2004) Identification of Trichoderma biocontrol isolates to clades according to Ap-PCR and ITS sequence analyses. Phytoparasitica 32:370-375.

Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Contro, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (Senior editor, coediting with B. Williamson, P. Tudzynski and N. Delen), c. 416p.

Elad, Y. (2001) TRICHODEX: commercialization of Trichoderma harzianum T39 – a case study. Agrow Report, Biopesticides: Trends and Opportunities. PJB Publications Ltd, Richmond, GB pp. 45-50.

Steyaert, J.M., Ridgway, H.J., Elad, Y. and Stewart, A. (2003) The genetic basis of mycoparasitism - a mechanism of biological control by Trichoderma spp. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 31: 281-291.

Blumel, S., Mathews, G. A., Greenstein, A. and Elad, Y. (2000) Pesticides in IPM: selectivity, application, side effects and resistance problems. In: (eds) Albajes, R., Gullino, M. L., Van Lenteren, J. C. and Elad, Y., Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Pp 150-167.

Elad, Y. and Freeman, S. (2002) Biological control of fungal plant pathogens. In: (ed.) Kempken, F., The Mycota, A comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research. XI. Agricultural Applications. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany. Pp 93-109.

Elad, Y., Williamson, B., Tudzynski, P. and Delen, N. (2004) Botrytis spp. and diseases they cause in agricultural systems – an introduction. In: Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Contro, Elad, Y., Williamson, B., Tudzynski, P. and Delen, N. (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 1-8.

Sharon, A., Elad, Y., Barakat, R. and Tudzynski, P. (2004) Phytohormones in Botrytis-plant interactions. In: Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Contro, Elad, Y., Williamson, B., Tudzynski, P. and Delen, N. (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 163-179.

Elad, Y. and Stewart, A. (2004) Microbial control of Botrytis spp. In Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Contro, Elad, Y., Williamson, B., Tudzynski, P. and Delen, N. (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 223-241.

Stotz, H., Elad, Y., Powell, A. and Labavitch, J. (2004) Innovative biological approaches to Botrytis suppression. In: Botrytis: Biology, Pathology and Contro, Elad, Y., Williamson, B., Tudzynski, P. and Delen, N. (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 369-392.