Research Groups | The Mushroom R&D Department | Prof. Dan Levanon | List of Publications | Books and Invited Reviews

  • Levanon, D.,  Motro,  B.  and Marchaim,  U.  1986. Organic materials degradation for CO2 enrichment of greenhouse crops. pp.  123-147. In: CO2 Enrichment of Greenhouse Crops. Enoch & Kimbell, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. USA.
  • Levanon, D. 1993. Mushroom production: environmental problem to environmental benefit. In: Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products (S.T. Chang and J.A. Buswell, eds.). Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 331-338.
  • Levanon, D., Danai, O. and Masaphy, S. 1993. Aspects of selecting organic wastes as substrates for edible fungi. In: Mushroom Production and Research (M. Zjalic, ed.). FAO REUR Technical Series 23, pp. 109-119.
  • Levanon, D. 1997. Microbial transformations of pesticides in agricultural soils. In: Modern Agriculture and the Environment (Rosen, Telor, Hadar & Chen, eds.), pp. 861-864. Kluwer Academic Publ., Amsterdam.
  • Levanon, D. and Masaphy, S. 1998. Biodegradation pathway of atrazine in soils of northern Israel. In: Global Environmental Biotechnology.  D.L. Wise, ed. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 505-512.
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. 2000. Environmental aspects of growing mushrooms. In: Manual for Growing Pleurotus. D.J. Royse and J.E. Sanchez, eds.
  • Danai, O. and Levanon D. 2000. Selection of substrates for mushroom cultivation and spawn production.  In: Mushroom Genetic resources for food and agriculture.
    J.E Labarere & U.G Menini eds. FAO publication.

Articles in non-reviewed journals:

  • Levanon, D.,  Henis,  Y., Dosoretz, C. and Motro, B. 1982. Chemical and biological parameters in synthetic composts for mushroom production. Hassadeh 63:58-61. (Heb.)
  • Levanon, D.,  Kipnis, T., Levin, I. and Cohen, U. 1982. Preservation of peat soil by cultivation of perennial grass. Gan Sadeh Vameshek 8:23-29. (Heb.).
  • Levanon, D. Dosoretz,  C., Motro, B. and Cohen, I. 1983. `Cabutz' a substitute for imported peat as casing soil for mushroom growth. Hassadeh 64(2):276-279. (Heb.).
  • Levanon, D., Cohen, U., Levin, I., Kipnis, T. and Yochay, Y. 1983. Guinea grass - a  high yielding perennial herbage crop for the peat soils of the Hula Valley. Gan Sadeh Vameshek  Sept. 21-24.  (Heb.).
  • Motro, B. and D. Levanon. 1984. Organic material as a source of carbon dioxide for greenhouses. Hassadeh 64(9):1836-1838. (Heb).
  • Levanon, D. and O. Danai. 1985. The international symposium on mushroom science. Hassadeh 65(4):704-706. (Heb.).
  • Metzger, L., Levanon, D. and Mingelgrin, U. 1985. The influence of sewage sludge application on loam-soil: Microbiological aspects. Hassadeh 65(9):1982. (Heb.).
  • Silanikove, N., Cohen, U., Levanon, D., Kipnis, T. and Guggenheim, Y. 1986. Preservation of guinea grass humid hay with urea. 1. Laboratory trials. Hassadeh 66(10): 2092-2093. (Heb.).
  • Silanikove, N., Cohen, U., Levanon, D., Kipnis, T. and Guggenheim, Y. 1986. Preservation of guinea grass humid hay with urea. 2. Field trials. Hassadeh 66(11): 2234-2235. (Heb.)
  • Gelb, S. and Levanon, D. 1988. Developing the Galilee: the case of Migal. Jerusalem Letter; Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Nov. 1988 pp. 1-6.
  • Levanon, D., Zohari, T. and Hembreight, D. 1994. The research accompanying the new Hula Project. Ecol. & Environ. 4(1):225-229 (Heb.).

Articles published in Proceedings of Symposia:

  • Kipnis, T., Levanon, D. and Dovrat, A. 1975. Assessment of the fertilizer nitrogen requirement of Rhodes grass for the control of soil nitrate accumulation. Proc. 6th Confer. Ecol. Soc., Tel Aviv.
  • Degani, G., Marchaim, U., Dosoretz, C., Levanon, D. and Perach, Z. 1983. Two different digested cow manures as substitution for Sarotherodon aureus food. Cong. Jerus. Ecol. 511-521.
  • Degani, G., Levanon, D. and Marchaim, U. 1983. Substitution of digested slurry composed of fermented human waste,  cow manure and straw) added to the culture tank for Oreochromis aureus food. Cong. Nazereth., May. 366-373.
  • Levanon, D., Dosoretz, C., Motro, B. and Kahn, I. 1983. Organic wastes as peat substitutes in the cultivation of edible mushrooms. 2nd Int. Symp. on peat in agriculture and horticulture. Bet Dagan, Israel, Oct. 319-334.
  • Levanon, D., Kipnis, T., Levin, I. and Cohen, U. 1983. The cultivation of  perennial herbage crops in peat soils of the Hula Valley. 2nd Int. Symp. on peat in agriculture and horticulture, Bet Dagan, Israel.  97-114.
  • Levanon, D. and I. Levin. 1984. Preservation of peat soil by cultivation of perennial herbage crops. 3rd Intl. Symp. on Land Subsidence, Venice, Italy. pp. 529-537.
  • Levanon, D., Metzger, L. and Mingelgrin, U. 1986. The role of microflora in soil stabilization by sewage sludge. 4th Int. Symp. on Microbiol. Ecology. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Aug. 24-29.
  • Ashani, Y., Rothschild, N., Segal, Y., Levanon, D. and Raveh, L. 1991. An  enzyme hydrolyzing organophosphorus compounds. Medical Defense Bioscience Review Program. Washington, DC.
  • Levanon, D. 1992. Microbial mineralization of pesticides in the soil. Batsheva de Rothschild Symp. on use of natural and genetically engineered microorganisms to combat pollution. Kiryat Anavim, Israel.
  • Levanon, D., Codling, E.E., Meisinger, J.J. and Starr, J.L. 1992. Fate of agrochemicals in the soil as affected by tillage practices. 5th Intl. Conf. on Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability. Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Levanon, D. 1992. Role of fungi and bacteria in biodegradation of pesticides in the soil. Harnessing Biotechnology for the 21st Century, VA, U.S.A.
  • Levanon, D. 1992. The role of microorgnisms in the effect of tillage on biodegradation of pesticides in the soil. Impact and interactions of inorganic, organic and microbiological soil components on environmental quality. Intl. Soc. Soil Sci., working group MO, Edmonton, Canada.
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. 1994. The use of sludge from biogas plant for mushroom cultivation. 4th FAO/SREN Conference, Kiryat Shmona, Israel.
  • Levanon, D. 1994. Microbial transformations of pesticides in agricultural soil. In: Modern Agriculture and the Environment. Rehovot, Israel.
  • Levanon, D. and Masaphy, S. 1996. Biodegradation pathways of atrazine in soils of northern Israel. Environ. Biotech. Symp., Boston, USA.
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. 1997. Recycling agricultural waste through mushroom production. Indian Soc. Mush, Sci., Solan, H.P. India,
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. 1998.  Selection of substrates for mushroom cultivation and spawn production. 1st Intl. Symp. on Mushroom Genetic Resources. Bordeaux, France.

Abstracts:

1. Levanon, D. and U. Mingelgrin.  1982. Detoxification  of systems  contaminated with organophosate esters. Proc. 5th Int. Cong. Pesticide Chem. (IUPAC) Kyoto, Japan.
2. Levanon,  D., Motro, B., Dosoretz, C. and Danai, O. 1984. Morphogenesis and nutrition of Agaricus bisporus as affected by synthetic casing. Proc.  Int.  Symp. on Substrates for Mushroom Growing and the Cultivation of Pleurotus sp. Budapest, Hungary.
3. Degani, D., Horowitz, A. and Levanon, D. 1984. Optimum level of protein in purified diet and density effect on growth of juvenile Anguilla anguilla L. Aquaculture '84. Int. Conf. Verona, Italy, No. 15.
4. Levanon,  D., Danai, O. and Motro, B. 1985. Morphogenesis and nutrition of A. bisporus as affected by synthetic casing. 9th Cong. European Mycologists. Oslo.
5. Levanon, D., Metzger, L. and Mingelgrin, U. 1985. The role of microbial communities in soil stabilization by sewage sludge. FEMS Symp. on Microbial Communities in Soil. Copenhagen, Denmark.
6. Levanon, D. and A. Hadas. 1985. Microbial communities active in nitrogen mineralization and nitrification. FEMS Symp. on Microbial Communities in Soil. Copenhagen, Denmark.
7. Levanon, D. and O. Danai. 1986. The use of agricultural waste a synthetic casing. Proc. Technical and Scientific Symp. on Edible Fungi. Penn. State University, July.
8. Levanon, D., Danai, O. and Silanikove, N. 1986. The efficiency of lignocellulose degradation by varieties of Pleurotus sp.  Proc. Technical and Scientific Symp. on
   Edible Fungi. Penn. State University, July.
9. Levanon,  D., Tchelet, R. and Henis, Y. 1987. Two stage degradation of Parathion
   by Flavobacterium sp. and Pseudomonas sp. In: Symp. on reducing riskfrom  
   echemicals through biotechnology. Seattle, USA. 
10. Levanon, D., Danai, O. and Masaphy, S. 1988. Preservation and use of cotton straw for Pleurotus cultivation. GIAM & INCABB Symp. on Global Impacts of Applied Microbiol. and Biotechnol. Hong Kong.
11. *Masaphy, S., Levanon, D. and Dosoretz, C. 1988. Pellet formation by the fungus
   Pleurotus pulmonarius. GIAM & INCABB Symp.on Global Impacts of Applied 
   Microbiol. and Biotechnol. Hong Kong.                                   
12. Levanon, D. 1989. Regional development of remote rural areas.  Scientific development of the Middle East towards the  year 2000. USA-Israel-Egypt Joint Symp. Herzliya, Israel.
13. *Rothschild, N., Levanon, D., Gertler, A., Sakal, E. and Henis, Y. 1990. Purification and characterization of the enzyme parathion hydrolase isolated from Pseudomonas spp. Proc. Ann. Meeting Israel Soc. Microbiol. p. 23.
14. Levanon, D. & Masaphy, S. 1991. Enzymatic activity of Pleurotus pulmonarius in liquid culture. Int. Meeting Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Dallas, TX, USA.        
15. Hadar, Y., Amir, R., Levanon, D. and Chet, I. 1994. Sclerotia formation in Morchella esculenta. 7th Intl. Cong. on Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. IUMS, Prague.
16. Danai, O. and Levanon, D. 1996. An alternative material for casing soil in mushroom production.  8th Intl. Cong. on Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology (IUMS ), Jerusalem.
17   Levanon D. 2000 Chemical Physical and Biological criteria for compost maturity.  Int conf. On microbiology of compost. Innsbruck. Austria.

Final research reports:

  • Levanon, D., Dosoretz, C.G., Henis, Y. and Motro, B. (1980-86).  Nutritional factors that affect mushroom growth. (Hebrew).
  • Levanon, D., Kipnis, T., Levin, I. and Cohen, U. (1980-85).  Preservation and utilization of Huleh peat soils by perennial grasses. (Hebrew).
  • Levanon, D. (1980-87). Research and development activities for highland in northern Israel. (Hebrew).
  • Levanon, D., Dosoretz, C.G. and Danai, O. (1983-86). The use of  agricultural wastes for mushroom casing. (Hebrew).
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. (1984-87). The potential production of oyster mushrooms Pleurotus sp. in Israel. (Hebrew).
  • Levanon, D. and Hadas, A. 1984. Nitrogen transformations in the soil. Report to BARD.
  • Levanon, D. and Danai, O. 1986. Production of Pleurotus mushroom on cotton waste. Report to Industrial Binational Fund.
  • Levanon, D., Kingsburski, R. and Yaron, B. 1988. The effect of sludge on soil structure. Report to Israel-Germany Water Technology Fund.
  • Henis, Y., Alexander, M. and Levanon, D. 1988. Microbial degradation of  pesticides. Comprehensive Report to BSF.
  • Levanon, D., Shaaltiel, Y., Bar-Ilan, I. and Mingelgrin, U. 1989-91. Development of monitoring system for pesticides in surface water of the Lake Kinneret Basin. Report to Israel Water Authority.
  • Levanon, D. 1990-91. The effect of tillage on mobility of agro-chemicals (nitrates and pesticides) in the soil. Report to Environ.Chem.Lab., ARS USDA, Beltsville, MD, USA.
  • Danai, O., Levkovitz, G. and Levanon, D. 1991. The development of technologies for mushroom production in northern Israel. Report to Northern R & D and MIGAL, Kiryat Shmona, Israel.
  • Levanon, D., Hadar, Y., Chen, Y. and Pluda, D. 1996. Composting of agricultural wastes. Report to Chief Scientist’s Fund.
  • Wackett, L.P., Sandowsky, M.J., Mandelbaum, R.J. and Levanon, D. 1998.  Bacterial minerlization of atrazine as a model for herbicide degradation: molecular and applied aspects.  Final Report BARD Project US2394-93.
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