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Early infestation of an Indian fig prickly pear. (Courtesy Prof. Zvika Mendel of the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center)
August 8, 2019, 4:14 am
Israeli scientists fight to save iconic Sabra prickly pear from devastating pest
Predatory flies from Mexico are being released to devour an insect that is decimating the Sabra cactus across northern Israel
By Sue Surkes
Dr Dvory Namdar, the chief chemist and research associate at the government's marijuana greenhouses at the Volcani Center in Rishon Lezion, holds a flowering cannabis plant on June 27, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
August 18, 2018, 12:43 pm
Weed firms fume as government rolls with cannabis research but stubs out exports
The Volcani Center’s medical marijuana research is part of Israel’s bid to be a world leader in medical cannabis, though businesses are angry over Netanyahu’s exports freeze
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative image of a brown spider (JasonOndreicka; iStock by Getty Images)
April 30, 2018, 11:48 am
Male spiders prefer mature aggressive females over fertile young ones
Israeli researchers say older female mates are 50 percent more likely to eat males after sex
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of an agricultural field in Israel, May 2013 (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
November 22, 2016, 12:33 pm
Israel fund to raise $50m to invest in ag-tech projects
Copia Agro & Food fund aims at improving the food chain, reduce harmful effects of food production
By Iacopo Luzi
Groundwork BioAg's mycorrhizal fungi mixed in with ordinary soil. (photo credit: Courtesy)
February 6, 2015, 12:24 pm
Israeli-developed ‘fancy fungus’ helps plants grow
Mycorrhiza is a secret sauce that can help many crops thrive. An Israeli firm has developed a way to use it more effectively
By David Shamah
Indian men, women and children work on a field in Pushkar, Rajasthan (Photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90
February 24, 2014, 6:34 pm
A better potato for India, via Israeli tech
Distribution, not famine, is what ails masses of the second largest country’s poor, says a researcher — and Israel has the solutions
By David Shamah
Yechezkel Dagan (C.), flanked by Hishtil executives Reut Rothman (L.) and Ronny Hasid (R.), present Hishtil's Basil Tree at IPM Essen (Photo credit: Courtesy)
February 4, 2014, 2:18 pm
Sweet smell of success wafts from Israel’s ‘Basil Tree’
A 78 year-old Holocaust survivor triumphantly returns to his birthplace, showing off the latest in Israeli horticulture technology
By David Shamah
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