Crop production under changing environment

Pre-prints​​​

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2024

• Sabag I., Pnini S., Morota G. & Peleg Z. (2024) Refining flowering date enhances sesame yield independently of day-length. BMC Plant Biology, 24, 711. Link

• Sadeh R., Ben-David R., Herrmann I. & Peleg Z. (2024) Spectral-genomic chain-model approach enhance wheat yield components prediction under Mediterranean climate. Physiologia Plantarum, 176, e14480. Link

• Ntawuguranayo S., Zilberberg M., Nashef K., Bonfil D., Bansila N.K., Pinera F., Reynolds M.P., Peleg Z. & Ben-David R.​ (2024) Stem traits promote wheat climate-resilience. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1388881.  Link 

• Sabag I., Bi Y., Sahoo M.M.,  Herrmann I., Morota G. & Peleg Z. (2024) Leveraging genomics and temporal high-throughput phenotyping to enhance association mapping and yield prediction in sesame. The Plant Genome, e20481 PubMed

• Gadri Y., Avneri A. & Peleg Z. (2024) Induced mutation in the SiALS gene offers new weed management opportunities for sesame crop. Plant Science, 345, 112104.  PubMed

• Avneri A., Peleg Z., Bonfil D.J., Sadeh R., Perach O., Herrmann I., Abbo S., & Lati R.N. (2024) Optimization of chickpea irrigation in a semi-arid climate based on morpho-physiological parameters.  European Journal of Agronomy, 156,127171. Link 

• Sadeh R., Avneri A., Tubul Y., Lati R.N., Bonfil D.J., Peleg Z. & Herrmann I. (2024) Chickpea leaf water potential and leaf area index spectral estimation from ground and VENµS satellite. Precision Agriculture, 25: 1658–1683. Link

2023

• Roth I.S., Singer A., Yadid I., Sibony M., Peleg Z. & Rubin B. (2023) Do traits travel? Multiple-herbicide-resistant A. tuberculatus, an alien weed species in Israel. Plants 12, 4002.  PubMed

• Bacher H., Montagu A., Herrmann I., Walia H., Schwartz N. & Peleg Z. (2023) Stress-induced deeper rooting introgression enhances wheat yield under terminal drought. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74, 4862–4874. PubMed

• Sabag I., Bi Y., Peleg Z. & Morota G. (2023) Multi-environment analysis enhances genomic prediction accuracy of agronomic traits in sesame. Frontiers in Genetics. 14, 1108416.  PubMed

• Avneri A., Aharon S., Brook A., Atsmon G., Smirnov E., Sadeh R., Abbo S., Peleg Z., Herrmann I., Bonfil D.J. & Lati R.N. (2023) UAS-based imaging for prediction of chickpea crop biophysical parameters and yield. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 205, 107581. Link

2022​

• Golan. E., Peleg Z., Tietel Z., & Erel R. (2022) Sesame response to nitrogen management under contrasting water availabilities. Oil Crop Science, 7,166-173  Link.

• Peleg Z., Abbo S. & Gopher A. (2022) When half is more than the whole: Wheat domestication syndrome reconsidered. Evolutionary Applications, 15, 2002-2009. PubMed

• Dharni J.S., Dhatt B.K., Paul P., Gao T., Awada T., Bacher H., Peleg Z., Staswick P., Hupp J., Yu H., & Walia H. (2022) A non-destructive approach for measuring rice panicle-level photosynthetic responses using 3D-image reconstruction. Plant Methods, 18, 126. PubMed

• Mulero G., Bacher H., Kleiner U., Peleg Z. & Herrmann I. (2022) Spectral estimation of in-vivo wheat chlorophyll a/b ratio under contrasting water availabilities. Remote Sensing, 14, 2585 Link

• Teboul N., Magder A., Zilberberg M. & Peleg Z. (2022) Elucidating the pleiotropic effects of the sesame KANADI1 locus on leaf and capsule development. The Plant Journal, 110, 88-102. PubMed

• Bacher H., Sharaby Y., Walia H. & Peleg Z. (2022) Modifying root/shoot ratios improves root water influxes in wheat under drought stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73, 1643–1654. PubMed

• Arun P.V., Sadeh R., Avneri A., Tubul Y., Camino C., Budhiraju K.M., Porwal A., Lati R.N., Zarco-Tejada P.J., Peleg Z. & Herrmann I. (2022) Multimodal Earth observation data fusion: Graph-based approach in shared latent space. Information Fusion, 78, 20-39. Link

2021

• Sabag I., Morota G. & Peleg Z.  (2021) Genome-wide association uncovers the genetic architecture of tradeoff between flowering date and yield components in sesame. BMC Plant Biology, 21, 549.  PubMed    Media cover

• Bacher H., Zhu F., Gao T., Liu K., Dhatt B., Awada T., Zhang C.,  Distelfeld A., Yu H., Peleg Z. & Walia H. (2021) Wild emmer introgression alters root-to-shoot growth dynamics in durum wheat in response to water stress. Plant Physiology, 187, 1149–1162.   PubMed

• Hendel E., Bacher H., Oksenberg A., Walia H., Schwartz N. & Peleg Z. (2021) Deciphering the genetic basis of wheat seminal root anatomy uncovers ancestral axial conductance alleles. Plant, Cell & Environment, 44, 1921-1934.  PubMed    Media cover  HE

• Shulner I., Asaf E., Ben-Simhon Z., Cohen-Zinder M., Shabtay A., Peleg Z., Lati R.N. (2021) Optimizing weed management for the New super-forage Moringa oleifera. Agronomy, 11, 1055.  Link

• Fatiukha A., Deblieck D., Klymiuk V., Merchuk-Ovnat L., Peleg Z., Ordon F., Fahima T., Korol A.B., Saranga Y., & Krugman T. (2021) Genomic architecture of phenotypic plasticity of complex traits in tetraploid wheat in response to water stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 1723.  PubMed

• Matzrafi M., Peleg Z. & Lati R. (2021) Herbicide resistance in weed management. Agronomy, 11, 280.  Link

• Aharon S., Fadida-Myers A., Nashef K., Ben-David R., Lati R.N. & Peleg Z. (2021) Genetic improvement of wheat early vigor promote weed-competitiveness under Mediterranean climate. Plant Science, 303, 110785. PubMed

• Abbo S., Peleg Z., Lev-Yadun S. & Gopher A. (2021) Does the proportion of shattering vs. non-shattering cereal remains in archaeobotanical assemblages reflect Near Eastern Neolithic arable fields? Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 284, 104339.  Link

2020

• Aharon S., Peleg Z., Argaman E., Ben-David R. & Lati R.N.(2020) Image-based high-throughput phenotyping of cereals early vigor and weed-competitiveness traits. Remote Sensing, 12, 3877. Link

• Sade N., Weng F., Tajima H., Zeron Y., Zhang L., del Mar Rubio-Wilhelmi M., Day G., Peleg Z. & Blumwald E. (2020) A cytoplasmic receptor-like kinase contributes to salinity tolerance. Plants, 9, 1383.  PubMed

• Teboul N., Gadri Y., Berkovich Z., Reifen R. & Peleg Z. (2020) Genetic architecture underpinning yield components and seed mineral-nutrients in sesame. Genes, 11, 1221.  PubMed

• Sade N. & Peleg Z. (2020) Future challenges for global food security under climate change. Plant Science, 295: 110467 PubMed

• Gadri Y., Eshed-Williams L. & Peleg Z. (2019) Tradeoffs between yield components promote crop stability in sesame. Plant Science, 295: 110105. PubMed

• Gal A., Hendel E., Peleg Z., Schwartz N. & Sade N. (2020) Measuring grasses hydrostatic root system hydraulic conductivity. Current Protocols in Plant Biology, 5, e20110.  PubMed

• Fatiukha A., Klymiuk V., Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Cakmak I. Krugman T., Korol A.B. & Fahima T. (2020) Variation in phosphorus and sulfur content shapes the genetic architecture and phenotypic associations within wheat grain ionome, Plant Journal, 101: 555-572.  PubMed

2019​

• Horesh A., Igbariya K., Peleg Z. & Lati R.N. (2019)  LPG flaming as a post-emergence weed control management for direct seeded and bulb onion. Agronomy, 9, 876.  Link

• Shorinola O., Kaye R., Golan G.,  Peleg Z.,  Kepinski S. & Uauy C. (2019) Genetic screening for mutants with altered seminal root numbers in hexaploid wheat using a high-throughput root phenotyping platform, G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9, 2799-2809 PubMed

• Golan G., Ayalon I., Perry A., Zimran G., Ade-Ajayi T., Mosquna A., Distelfeld A., Peleg Z. (2019) GNI-A1 mediates trade-off between grain number and grain weight in tetraploid wheat, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132, 2353–2365.  PubMed

• Horesh A., Goldwasser Y., Igbariya K., Peleg Z. & Lati R.N. (2019)  Propane flaming as a new approach to control Mediterranean invasive weeds. Agronomy, 9, 187.  Link

• Sakuma S., Golan G., Guo Z., Ogawa T., Tagiri A., Sugimoto K., Bernhardt N., Brassac J., Mascher M., Hensel G., Ohnishi S., Jinno H., Yamashita Y., Ayalon I., Peleg Z., Schnurbusch T. & Komatsuda T. (2018) Unleashing floret fertility in wheat through the mutation of a homeobox gene, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116, 5182-5187.  PubMed   Media cover  EN, HE

• Shaar-Moshe L., Hayouka R., Roessner U. & Peleg Z. (2019) Phenotypic and metabolic plasticity shapes life-history strategies under combinations of abiotic stresses, Plant Direct, 3, e00113. PubMed

2018

• Avni R., Oren L., Shabtai G., Assili S., Pozniak C., Hale I., Ben-David R. Peleg Z. & Distelfeld A. (2018) Genome based meta-QTL analysis of grain weight in tetraploid wheat identifies rare alleles of GRF4 associated with larger grains, Genes, 9, 636. PubMed

• Abu-Zaitoun S.Y., Chandrasekhar K., Assili S., Shtaya M.J., Jamous R.M., Mallah O.B., Nashef K., Sela H., Distelfeld A., Alhajaj N., Ali-Shtayeh M.S., Peleg Z. & Ben-David R. (2018). Unlocking the genetic diversity within a Middle-East panel of durum wheat landraces for adaptation to semi-arid climate.  Agronomy, 8, 233. Link

• Pinhasi van-Oss R., Gopher A., Kerem Z., Peleg Z., Lev-Yadun S., Sherman A., Zhang H.-B., Vandemark G., Coyne C.J., Reany O. & Abbo S. (2018) Independent selection for seed free tryptophan content and vernalization response in chickpea domestication. Plant Breeding, 137, 290-300.  PubMed

• Ben-David R., Dinoor A., Peleg Z. & Fahima T. (2018) Reciprocal hosts' responses to powdery mildew isolates originating from domesticated wheats and their wild progenitor. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9,75.  PubMed

• Golan G., Hendel E., Espitia Mendez G.E., Schwartz N. & Peleg Z. (2018) Activation of seminal root primordia during wheat domestication reveals underlying mechanisms of plant resilience. Plant, Cell & Environment, 41, 755-766. PubMed

2017

• Pri-Tal O., Shaar-Moshe L., Wiseglass  G., Peleg Z. & Mosquna A. (2017) Non-redundant functions of the dimeric ABA receptor BdPYL1 in the grass Brachypodium. The Plant Journal, 92,774-786.  PubMed

• Avni R., Nave M., Barad O., Twardziok O.S., Gundlach H., Hale I., Mascher M., Spannagl M., Wiebe K., Jordan W.K., Golan G., Deek J., Ben-Zvi B., Baruch K., Ben-Zvi G., Himmelbach A., MacLauclin P.R., Sharpe A., Fritz A., Ben-David R., Budak H., Fahima T., Korol A.B., Faris J., Hernandez A., Mikel M., Levy A., Steffenson B., Maccaferri M., Tuberosa R., Cattivelli L., Faccioli P., Ceriotti A., Kashkush K., Pourkheirandish M., Komatsuda T., Eilam T., Sela H., Sharon A., Ohad N., Chamovitz D., Mayer F.X.K., Stein N., Ronen G., Peleg Z., Pozniak C., Akhunov E. & Distelfeld A. (2017) Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication. Science, 357, 93-97. PubMed   Media cover

• Matzrafi M., Gerson O., Rubin B. & Peleg Z. (2017) Different mutations endowing resistance to Acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors results in changes in ecological fitness of Lolium rigidum populations. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1078. PubMed

• Matzrafi M., Shaar-Moshe L., Rubin B. & Peleg Z. (2017) Unraveling the transcriptional basis of temperature-dependent pinoxaden resistance in Brachypodium hybridum. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1064. PubMed

• Shaar-Moshe L., Blumwald E. & Peleg Z. (2017) Unique physiological and transcriptional shifts under combinations of salinity, drought and heat. Plant Physiology, 174, 421-434. PubMed

• Frenkel E., Matzrafi M., Rubin B. & Peleg Z. (2017) Effects of environmental conditions on the fitness penalty in herbicide resistant  Brachypodium hybridum. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 94. PubMed

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2016

• Matzrafi M., Seiwert B., Reemtsma T., Rubin B. & Peleg Z. (2016) Climate change increases the risk of herbicide-resistant weeds due to enhanced detoxification. Planta,  244, 1217–1227. PubMed

2015

• van Oss R., Abbo S., Eshed R., Sherman A., Coyne C.J., Vandemark G.J., Zhang H-B. & Peleg Z. (2015) Genetic relationship in cicer sp. expose evidence for geneflow between the cultigen and its wild progenitor. PLoS ONE, 10:e0139789. PubMed

• Amram A., Fadida- Myers A., Golan G., Nashef K., Ben-David R. & Peleg Z. (2015) Effect of GA-sensitivity on wheat early vigor and yield components under Mediterranean deep sowing conditions. Frontier in Plant Science, 6:487.    PubMed

• Raineri J., Wang S., Peleg Z., Blumwald E. & Chan R. (2015) The rice transcription factor OsWRKY47 is a positive regulator of the response to water deficit stress. Plant Molecular Biology, 88, 401-413.   PubMed

• Golan G., Oksenberg A. & Peleg Z. (2015) Genetic evidence for differential selection of grain and embryo weight during wheat evolution under domestication. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61, 5703-5711.  PubMed

• Shaar-Moshe L., Hubner S. & Peleg Z. (2015) Identification of conserved drought-adaptive genes using a cross-species meta-analysis approach.  BMC Plant Biology, 15, 111.  PubMed

• Peleg Z., Shabtay A. & Abbo S. (2015) Allelic diversity between and within three wild annual Cicer species. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 62, 177-188.  PubMed

2014

• Ben-David R., Peleg Z., Dinoor A., Saranga Y., Korol A.B. & Fahima T. (2014) Genetic dissection of quantitative powdery mildew resistance loci in tetraploid wheat. Molecular Breeding, 34, 1647-1658. PubMed

• Avni R., Nave M., Eilam T., Sela H., Alekperov C., Peleg Z., Dvorak J., Korol A.B. & Distelfeld A. (2014) Ultra-dense genetic map of durum wheat × wild emmer wheat developed using the 90K iSelect SNP genotyping assay.  Molecular Breeding, 34, 1549-1562. PubMed

• Matzrafi M., Gadri Y., Frenkel E., Rubin B. & Peleg Z.  (2014)  Evolution of herbicide resistance mechanism in grass weeds.  Plant Science, 29, 43-52. PubMed   Audioslide Presentation

• Abbo S., Pinhasi van-Oss R., Gopher A., Saranga Y., Ofner I. & Peleg Z. (2014) Plant domestication versus crop evolution: A conceptual framework for cereals and grain legumes.  Trends in Plant Science, 19, 351-360.  PubMed   Video abstract

2013

• Reguera M., Peleg Z., Abdel-Tawab Y.M., Tumimbang E.B., Delatorre C.A. & Blumwald E. (2013) Stress-induced CK synthesis increases drought tolerance through the coordinated regulation of carbon and nitrogen assimilation in rice. Plant Physiology, 163, 1609-1622.  PubMed

2012

• Delatorre C.A., Cohen Y., Liu L., Peleg Z. & Blumwald E. (2012) The regulation of the SARK promoter activity by hormones and environmental signals. Plant Science, 193-194, 39-47. PubMed 

• Reguera M., Peleg Z. & Blumwald E. (2012) Targeting metabolic pathways for genetic engineering abiotic stress-tolerance in crops. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1819, 186-194. PubMed

 

2005-2011

• Peleg Z. & Blumwald E. (2011) Hormone balance and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 14, 290-295.  PubMed 

• Peleg Z., Reguera M., Tumimbang E., Walia H. & Blumwald E. (2011) Cytokinin mediated source-sink modifications improve drought tolerance and increase grain yield in rice under water stress. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 9, 747-758.  PubMed

• Peleg Z., Apse M.P. & Blumwald E. (2011) Engineering salinity and water stress tolerance in crop plants: Getting closer to the field. Advances in Botanical Research, 57, 405-428.   PubMed

• Bassil E., Ohto M., Esumi T., Tajima H., Zhu Z., Cagnac O., Belmonte M., Peleg Z., Yiamaguchi T. & Blumwald E. (2011) The Arabidopsis intracellular Na+/H+ antiporters AtNHX5 and AtNHX6 are endosomal-associated and necessary for plant growth and development. Plant Cell, 23, 224-239. PubMed

• Durmaz E., Coruh C., Dinler G., Grusak M.A., Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Fahima T., Yazici A., Ozturk L., Cakmak I. & Budak H. (2011) Expression and cellular localization of ZIP1 transporter under zinc deficiency in wild emmer wheat. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 29, 582-596.  PubMed   

• Peleg Z., Fahima T., Korol A.B., Abbo S. & Saranga Y. (2011) Genetic analysis of wheat domestication and evolution under domestication. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62, 5051-5061.  PubMed

• Krugman T., Peleg Z., Quansah L., Chagué V., Korol A.B., Nevo E., Saranga Y., Fait A., Chalhoub B. & Fahima T. (2011) Drought adaptation mechanisms in roots of wild emmer wheat. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 11, 565-583. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Fahima T., Aharoni A. & Elbaum R. (2010) Genetic control over silica deposition in wheat awns. Physiologia Plantarum, 140, 10-20. PubMed

• Gomez-Becerra H.F., Yazici A., Budak H., Ozturk L., Peleg Z., Morgounov A., Fahima T., Saranga Y. & Cakmak I. (2010) Genetic variation and environmental stability of grain mineral nutrient concentrations in Triticum dicoccoides under five environments.  Euphytica, 171, 39-52. PubMed

• Krugman T., Chagué V., Peleg Z., Balzergue S., Just J., Korol A.B., Nevo E., Saranga Y., Chalhoub B. & Fahima T. (2010) Multilevel regulation and signaling processes associated with adaptation to ‎terminal drought in wild emmer wheat. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 10, 167-186. PubMed

• Ben-David R., Xie W., Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Dinoor A., Korol A.B. & Fahima T. (2010) Identification and mapping of PmG16 a powdery mildew resistance gene derived from wild emmer wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 121, 499-510. PubMed

• Chatzav* M., Peleg* Z., Yazici A., Ozturk L., Fahima T., Cakmak I. & Saranga Y (2010) Genetic diversity for grain nutrients in wild emmer wheat: Potential for wheat improvement. Annals of Botany, 105, 1211-1220.  *equal contribution. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Cakmak I., Ozturk L., Yazici A., Jun Y., Budak H., Korol A.B., Fahima T. & Saranga Y. (2009) Quantitative trait loci conferring grain mineral nutrient concentrations in durum wheat × wild emmer wheat RIL population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 119, 353-369.  PubMed

• Abbo S., Saranga Y., Peleg Z., Kerem Z., Lev-Yadun S. & Gopher A. (2009) Reconsidering domestication of legumes versus cereals in the ancient Near East.  The Quarterly Review of Biology, 84, 29-50. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Fahima T., Krugman T., Abbo S., Yakir D., Korol A.B. & Saranga Y. (2009) Genomic dissection of drought resistance in durum wheat × wild emmer wheat recombinant inbreed lines population. Plant, Cell & Environment, 32, 758-779. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Krugman T., Abbo S., Nevo E. & Fahima T. (2008).  Allelic diversity associated with aridity gradient in wild emmer wheat populations. Plant, Cell & Environment, 31, 39-49. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Fahima T., Krugman T., Abbo S. & Saranga Y. (2008). Genetic structure of natural wild emmer wheat populations as reflected by transcribed versus anonymous SSR markers. Genome, 51, 187-195.  PubMed 

• Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Yazici A.M., Fahima T., Ozturk L. & Cakmak I. (2008) Grain zinc, iron and protein concentrations and zinc-efficiency in wild emmer wheat under contrasting irrigation regimes.  Plant and Soil, 306, 57-67. PubMed

• Peleg Z., Saranga Y., Suprunova T., Ronin Y., Röder M.S., Kilian A., Korol A.B. & Fahima T. (2008). High-density genetic map of durum wheat × wild emmer wheat based on SSR and DArT markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 117, 103-115. PubMed 

• Distelfeld A., Cakmak I., Peleg Z., Ozturk L., Yazici A.M., Saranga Y. & Fahima T. (2007) Multiple QTL effects of wheat Gpc-B1 locus on grain protein and micronutrient concentrations.  Physiologia Plantarum, 129, 635-643.  PubMed

• Peleg Z., Fahima T. & Saranga Y. (2007) Drought resistance in wild emmer wheat: physiology, ecology and genetics. Israel Journal of Plant Science, 55, 289-297. PubMed

• 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. PubMed 

• Peleg Z., Fahima T., Abbo S., Krugman T., Nevo E., Yakir D. & Saranga Y. (2005). Genetic diversity for drought resistance in wild emmer wheat and its ecogeographical associations.  Plant, Cell & Environment, 28, 176-191. PubMed

 

 

Book chapters

• Shaar-Moshe L. & Peleg Z. (2023) Systems Biology Approach Unfolds Unique Life-History Strategies in Response to Abiotic Stress Combinations. In: Gupta N.K., Shavrukov Y., SinghalR.K. & Borisjuk N. (Eds.) Multiple Abiotic Stress Tolerances in Higher Plants. CRC Press. Link

• Peleg Z.,  Walia H.  &  Blumwald  E.  (2012)  Integrating Genomics and Genetics to Accelerate the Development of Drought and Salinity Tolerant Crops. In: Altman A. & Hasegawa M.P. (Eds.) Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture: Prospects for the 21st Century. Pp. 271-282. Elsevier Publishing. Link.