Phytopathology, Biological Control

Dr. Ofir Degani

Late Wilt of Maize—The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective

Degani O.
In "Plant-Pathogen Interaction" [Dr(s) Praveen Kumar Verma, Sonal Mishra, Vikas Srivastava & Shakti Mehrotra (Eds). Springer Nature Publishers. Switzerland. (2023) in press. 24 pages. Estimated Print Publication Date: Oct-2023.
2023

Molecular Real-Time PCR Monitoring of Onion Fusarium Basal Rot Chemical Control

Dimant, Elhanan, and Ofir Degani
Journal of Fungi, 2023, 9, no. 8: 809.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9080809
2023

The Cotton Charcoal Rot Causal Agent, Macrophomina phaseolina, Biological and Chemical Control

Degani, O., Gordani, A., Dimant, E., Chen, A., & Rabinovitz, O.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 14, 1272335.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1272335
2023

A Green Solution to Maize Late Wilt Disease

Degani O.
In Trichoderma: Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Applications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2023), chapter 3. 65-82.
2023

Real-time PCR early detection of Trichoderma treatments efficiency against cotton charcoal rot disease

Ofir Degani, Paz Becher, and Asaf Gordani
Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
Volume 4, June 2023, 100027
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.napere.2023.100027
2023

Integrated Biological and Chemical Control against the Maize Late Wilt Agent Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Gordani, Asaf, Bayan Hijazi, Elhanan Dimant, and Ofir Degani.
Soil Systems, 2023, 7, no. 1: 1.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems7010001
2023

Cultivars Resistance Assay for Maize Late Wilt Disease

Degani, Ofir, Ran Yifa, Asaf Gordani, Paz Becher, and Assaf Chen.
Biology 2022, 11, 1854.
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11121854
2022

Prevention and Control of Fusarium spp., the Causal Agents of Onion (Allium cepa) Basal Rot

Degani, Ofir, Elhanan Dimant, Asaf Gordani, Shaul Graph, and Eliyahu Margalit
Horticulturae. 2022; 8(11):1071.
https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8111071
2022

Aggressive strains of the late wilt fungus of corn exist in Israel in mixed populations and can specialize in disrupting growth or plant health

Galia Shofman, Marlen Bahouth and Ofir Degan
Fungal Biology, 126(11-12), 793-808, 2022
doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2022.10.003
2022

New Antifungal Compound, 6-Pentyl-α-Pyrone, against the Maize Late Wilt Pathogen, Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Ofir Degani and Asaf Gordani
Agronomy 2022, 12, 2339.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102339
2022

Crop Rotation and Minimal Tillage Selectively Affect Maize Growth Promotion under Late Wilt Disease Stress

Degani, Ofir, Asaf Gordani, Paz Becher, Assaf Chen, and Onn Rabinovitz.
Journal of Fungi. 2022; 8(6):586.
2022

Remote evaluation of maize cultivars susceptibility to late wilt disease caused by Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Ofir Deganiת Assaf Chen, Shlomit Dor, Valerie Orlov-Levin, Moran Jacob, Gil Shoshani & Onn Rabinovitz
Journal of Plant Pathology, 104:509–525, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01039-9
2022

Pathogenic Interactions between Macrophomina phaseolina and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in Mutually Infected Cotton Sprouts

Degani, Ofir, Paz Becher, and Asaf Gordani
Agriculture 2022, 12(2), 255
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020255
2022

Control Strategies to Cope with Late Wilt of Maize

Pathogens 2022, 11, 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010013
2022

A Review: Late Wilt of Maize—The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective

Journal of Fungi, 2021; 7(11):989
2021

Crop Cycle and Tillage Role in the Outbreak of Late Wilt Disease of Maize Caused by Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Ofir Degani, Asaf Gordani, Paz Becher and Shlomit Dor
Journal of Fungi, 2021, 7, 706.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7090706
2021

Trichoderma asperellum Secreted 6-Pentyl-α-Pyrone to Control Magnaporthiopsis maydis, the Maize Late Wilt Disease Agent

Ofir Degani, Soliman Khatib, Paz Becher, Asaf Gordani and Raviv Harris
Biology 2021, 10, 897.
doi:10.3390/biology10090897
2021

Early detection of soil-borne diseases in field crops via remote sensing

Chen A., Jacob M., Shoshani G., Dafny-Yelin M., Degani O. and Rabinovitz O.
Precision agriculture’21. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2021. 37-44
2021

Trichoderma longibrachiatum and Trichoderma asperellum Confer Growth Promotion and Protection against Late Wilt Disease in the Field

Degani O, Rabinovitz O, Becher P, Gordani A, Chen A.
Journal of Fungi. 2021; 7(6):444.
2021

The Microflora of Maize Grains as a Biological Barrier against the Late Wilt Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Degani Ofir, Regev Danielle and Dor Shlomit.
Agronomy. 2021; 11(5):965.
2021

Assessment of Commercial Fungicides against Onion (Allium cepa) Basal Rot Disease Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae and Fusarium acutatum

Degani Ofir and Kalman Ben
Journal of Fungi (2021), 7, 235.
2021

Trichoderma Biological Control to Protect Sensitive Maize Hybrids against Late Wilt Disease in the Field

Degani Ofir and Dor Shlomit
Journal of Fungi (2021), 7, 315.
2021

Synergism between Cutinase and Pectinase in the Hydrolysis of Cotton Fibers’ Cuticle

Degani O.
Catalysts (2021), 11, 84.
2021

Soil bioassay for detecting Magnaporthiopsis maydis infestation using a hyper susceptible maize hybrid

Degani Ofir, Regev Danielle, Dor Shlomit and Rabinovitz Onn
Journal of Fungi (2020), 6, 107.
2020

Isolation and Identification of Fusarium spp., the causal agents of onion (Allium cepa) basal rot in northeastern Israel

Kalman Ben, Abraham Dekel, Graph Shaul, Perl-Treves Rafael, Meller Harel Yael and Degani, Ofir.
Biology (2020), 9, 69.
2020