​Peleg Lab
Crop production under changing environment
Our research
Crops production under changing environment
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As sessile organisms, plants must regulate their growth and development in order to avoid or cope with numerous external stimuli. Global climate change toward greater aridity and the ever-increased population pose a research challenge to enhance crop productivity. The development of crop-plants with enhanced tolerance to environmental stress, high yields, and improved water use efficiency is of paramount importance for agriculture and will contribute to mitigating the severe losses brought about by environmental stress.
Current projects​
Uncover sesame genetic diversity
Wild six-row barley
Future Crop for Carbon Farming
Climate-resilience wheat
Previous projects​
Abiotic stress combinations
WheatME: Improve wheat production under climate change in the Middle East region
Wheat root hydraulic architecture
Weed control under changing climate
Our Collaborators:
Prof. Gota Morota, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Dr. Ittai Herrmann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Dr. Roi Ben-David, Agriculture Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Israel.
Dr. Martin Mascher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
Prof. Harkamal Walia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
Dr. Nimrod Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Prof. Assaf Distelfeld, University of Haifa, Israel.
Dr. Ran Lati, Agriculture Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Israel.
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Funding Sources
Research in the Peleg lab is generously funded by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), The Chief Scientist Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MOARD) Israel, US-Israel binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), the German Research Foundation (DFG), The Israeli Field Crops Board, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yissum, ICA Foundation, The Israeli Plant Gene Bank (IGB), the Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program, USAID, and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Dutch foreign policy.
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