Agricultural Biotechnology of Fungi

Prof. (Emeritus) Dan Levanon

Selection of substrates for mushroom cultivation and Spawn production

Danai, O. and Levanon D.
In Mushroom Genetic resources for food and agriculture ,2000, J.E Labarere & U.G Menini Ed. ,FAO publication , Pages 203-207
2000

Survey of pesticide distribution in upper Jordan Basin

Bar-Ilan, Y., Shmerkin, S., Mingelgrin, U. and Levanon, D.
Water, Air & Soil Poll. 2000 Volume 119 Issue 1-4 Pages 139-156
2000

Physiological and biochemical aspects of fungal transformation of chloro-s-triazine

Masaphy, S., Henis, Y. and levanon, D.
Recent Res. Devel. Microbiology 1999 Volume 3 Pages 161-173
1999

Tannic acid and thiocarbohydrazide as structural reinforcement agents in the preparation of rabbit knee articular cartilage for the scanning electron microscope

D. Levanon; H. Stein
Histochemical Journal 1999 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 71-73
1999

Induction of linoleic acid-supported benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase activity by manganese in the white rot fungus Pleurotus pulmonarius

S. Masaphy; B. Krinfeld; D. Levanon
Chemosphere 1998 Volume 36 Issue 14 Pages 2933-2940
1998

Selection of substrates for mushroom cultivation and spawn production

Levanon, D. and Danai, O.
1st Intl. Symp. on Mushroom Genetic Resources. Bordeaux, France 1998
1998

The role of light in the morphogenesis of Pleurotus ostreatus

Danai, O., Olenik, I., Hadar, Y., Chet, I. and Levanon, D.
Int. J. Mush. Scie. 1998 Volume 2 Pages 33-39
1998

Recycling agricultural wastes through mushroom production

Levanon, D. and Danai, O.
Indian Soc. Mush, Sci., Solan, H.P. India 1997
1997

Biodegradation pathway of atrazine in soils of northern Israel

Levanon, D. and Masaphy, S.
In Global Environmental Biotechnology ,1997, D.L. Wise Ed. ,Springer, Dordrecht he Netherlands, Pages 505-512
1997

In-vitro N-de-ethylation of atrazine by cell-free extract of Pleurotus pulmonarius is induced by Mn 2+

S. Masaphy; Y. Henis; B. Krinfeld; D. Levanon
Biotechnology Letters 1997 Volume 19 Issue 9 Pages 861-864
1997

Microbial transformations of pesticides in agricultural soil

Levanon, D.
In Modern Agriculture and the Environment ,1997, Rosen, Tel-Or, Hadar & Chen, Ed. ,Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht The Netherlands, Pages 491-499.
1997

Recycling agricultural residuals in Israel

Levanon, D. and Danai, O.
BioCycle 1997 Volume 38 Issue 6 Pages 56-57
1997

Microbial degradation of aromatic and polyaromatic toxic compounds adsorbed on powdered activated carbon

Abu-Salah, K., Shelef, G., Levanon, D., Armon, R. and Dosoretz, C.G.
J. Biotechnology 1996 Volume 51 Issue 3 Pages 265-272
1996

Biodegradation pathways of atrazine in soils of northern Israel

Levanon, D. and Masaphy, S.
Environ. Biotech. Symp., Boston, USA. 1996
1996

Parathion degradation by Xanthomonas sp. and its crude enzyme extract in clay suspensions

S. Masaphy; T. Fahima; D. Levanon; Y. Henis; U. Mingelgrin
Journal of Environmental Quality 1996 Volume 25 Issue 6 Pages 1248-1255
1996

Degradation of atrazine by the lignocellulolytic fungus Pleurotus pulmonarius during solid-state fermentation

S. Masaphy; D. Levanon; Y. Henis
Bioresource Technology 1996 Volume 56 Pages 207-214
1996

Wet bubble suppression when cabutz is used as casing or prochloraz is applied to peat moss.

Danai, O. and Levanon, D.
Mushroom News 1996 Volume 44 Issue 11 Pages 24-27
1996

Evidence for cytochrome P-450 and P-450-mediated benzol(a) pyrene hydroxylation in the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

S. Masaphy; D. Levanon; Y. Henis; K. Venkateswarlu; S. L. Kelly
FEMS Microbiology Letters 1996 Volume 135 Issue 1 Pages 51-55
1996

Manganese-enhanced biotransformation of atrazine by the white rot fungus Pleurotus pulmonarius and its correlation with oxidation activity

S. Masaphy; Y. Henis; D. Levanon
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1996 Volume 62 Issue 10 Pages 3587-3593
1996

Microsomal and cytosolic cytochrome P450 mediated benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylation activity in Pleurotus pulmonarius.

Masaphy, S., Levanon, D., Henis, Y., Venkateswarlu, K. and Kelly, S.L.
Biotechnology Letter 1995 Volume 17 Pages 969-974
1995

Microsomal and cytosolic cytochrome P450 mediated benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylation in Pleurotus pulmonarius

S. Masaphy; D. Levanon; Y. Henis; K. Venkateswarlu; S. L. Kelly
Biotechnology Letters 1995 Volume 17 Issue 9 Pages 969-974
1995

Quantitative analysis of chondroitin sulphate retention by tannic acid during preparation of specimens for electron microscopy

D. Levanon; H. Stein
Histochemical Journal 1995 Volume 27 Issue 6 Pages 457-465
1995

Chemical, physical and microbiological considerations in recycling spent mushroom substrates

Levanon, D. and Danai, O.
Compost Sc. & Util. 1995 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 72-80
1995

Turgor changes in Morchella esculenta during translocation and sclerotial formation

R. Amir; E. Steudle; D. Levanon; Y. Hadar; I. Chet
Exp. Mycol 1995 Volume 19 Pages 129-136.
1995

Factors affecting translocation and sclerotial formation in Morchella esculenta.

R. Amir; D. Levanon; Y. Hadar; I. Chet
Exp. Mycol. 1995 Volume 19 Pages 61-70
1995