Dr. Ofir Degani : Phytopathology, Biological Control
Sustainable control of onion Fusarium basal rot using seed-applied Trichoderma spp.
Reema Ghanayem, Shahed Ghanayem, Elhanan Dimant & Ofir Degani
2026
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World J Microbiol Biotechnol 42, 112 (2026).
New azoxystrobin clay carrier to control corn late wilt disease
Ariel Hadad, Elhanan Dimant, Peleg Hadari, Eden Etedgi, Giora Rytwo & Ofir Degani
2026
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World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 42, 137 (2026)
Editorial: Insights into the molecular dynamics of stress physiology in allium crops
Ofir Degani, Kiran Khandagale, Suresh Gawande
2026
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Frontiers in Plant Science 17:1825911.
Clay-based azoxystrobin formulation enhances cotton protection against charcoal rot disease
Degani Ofir, Hadad Ariel, Etedgi Eden, Dimant Elhanan, Levi-Lion Achinoam, Hadari Peleg, Rabinovitz Onn & Rytwo Giora
2026
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Journal of Cotton Research 9, 10 (2026).
Sustained Release of Azoxystrobin from Clay Carriers for the Management of Maize Late Wilt Disease
Degani, O., Abramovici, A., Levi-Lion, A., Demenchuk, D., Hadad, A., & Dimant, E.
2025
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Journal of Fungi. 2026; 12(1):21.
Mixed Fungal Strains Challenge Host Resistance: Insights into Magnaporthiopsis maydis Pathogenicity in Maize
Shofman, G. and Degani, O.
2025
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Frontiers in Microbiology 16.
Bio-Hydrolysis of Cotton Fibers’ Cuticle Enhanced by Synergism between Cutinase and Pectinase
Ofir Degani
2024
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In Advances in Biology. Volume 7, Charles D. Grant (Editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. NY, USA, Chapter 4, pp 131-162.
Antagonistic Interactions between Maize Seeds Microbiome Species and the Late Wilt Disease Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis
Degani Ofir, Aseel Ayoub, Elhanan Dimant, and Asaf Gordani
2024
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Fungal Biology 5: 1436759. doi:10.3389/ffunb.2024.1436759
Integrated Management of the Cotton Charcoal Rot Disease Using Biological Agents and Chemical Pesticides
Degani Ofir, Assaf Chen, Elhanan Dimant, Asaf Gordani, Tamir Malul, and Onn Rabinovitz
2024
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Journal of Fungi 2024, 10, (4), 250. doi: 10.3390/jof10040250
Impact of Fusarium Species Composition and Incidence on Onion Basal Rot in Northeastern Israel
Degani Ofir, Elhanan Dimant, and Eliyahu Margalit
2024
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Horticulturae. 2024; 10(4):373. doi:10.3390/horticulturae10040373
Late Wilt of Maize—The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective
Degani O.
2024
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Plant Pathogen Interaction, In: Verma, P.K., Mishra, S., Srivastava, V., Mehrotra, S. (eds). 2024, chapter 4, 89-118, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4890-1_4
A Green Solution to Maize Late Wilt Disease
Degani O.
2023
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Trichoderma: Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Applications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2023), chapter 3. 65-82.
Molecular Real-Time PCR Monitoring of Onion Fusarium Basal Rot Chemical Control
Dimant, Elhanan, and Ofir Degani
2023
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Journal of Fungi, 2023, 9, no. 8: 809.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9080809
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9080809
The Cotton Charcoal Rot Causal Agent, Macrophomina phaseolina, Biological and Chemical Control
Degani, O., Gordani, A., Dimant, E., Chen, A., & Rabinovitz, O.
2023
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 14, 1272335.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1272335
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1272335
Real-time PCR early detection of Trichoderma treatments efficiency against cotton charcoal rot disease
Ofir Degani, Paz Becher, and Asaf Gordani
2023
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Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
Volume 4, June 2023, 100027
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.napere.2023.100027
Volume 4, June 2023, 100027
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.napere.2023.100027
Integrated Biological and Chemical Control against the Maize Late Wilt Agent Magnaporthiopsis maydis
Gordani, Asaf, Bayan Hijazi, Elhanan Dimant, and Ofir Degani.
2023
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Soil Systems, 2023, 7, no. 1: 1.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems7010001
https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems7010001
Cultivars Resistance Assay for Maize Late Wilt Disease
Degani, Ofir, Ran Yifa, Asaf Gordani, Paz Becher, and Assaf Chen.
2022
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Biology 2022, 11, 1854.
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11121854
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11121854
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
2022
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Horticulturae. 2022; 8(11):1071.
https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8111071
https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8111071
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
2022
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Fungal Biology, 126(11-12), 793-808, 2022
doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2022.10.003
doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2022.10.003
New Antifungal Compound, 6-Pentyl-α-Pyrone, against the Maize Late Wilt Pathogen, Magnaporthiopsis maydis
Ofir Degani and Asaf Gordani
2022
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Agronomy 2022, 12, 2339.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102339
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102339
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.
2022
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Journal of Fungi. 2022; 8(6):586.
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
2022
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Journal of Plant Pathology, 104:509–525, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01039-9
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01039-9
Pathogenic Interactions between Macrophomina phaseolina and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in Mutually Infected Cotton Sprouts
Degani, Ofir, Paz Becher, and Asaf Gordani
2022
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Agriculture 2022, 12(2), 255
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020255
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020255
Control Strategies to Cope with Late Wilt of Maize
2022
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Pathogens 2022, 11, 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010013
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010013
A Review: Late Wilt of Maize—The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective
2021
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Journal of Fungi, 2021; 7(11):989