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95
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31561
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1912
National Ranking
18

Overview

Asaph Aharoni is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Ecology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Plant Surface Properties and Treatments, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Potato Plant Research, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Plant Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Plants.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Asaph Aharoni include:

  • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices (2021, Nature Methods)
  • Rhizosphere microbiome mediates systemic root metabolite exudation by root-to-root signaling (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Analysis of wild tomato introgression lines elucidates the genetic basis of transcriptome and metabolome variation underlying fruit traits and pathogen response (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • The Plant Cuticle: An Ancient Guardian Barrier Set Against Long-Standing Rivals (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere via a circular metabolic economy (2022, The Plant Cell)

Asaph Aharoni has collaborated frequently with several researchers over multiple publications. These co-authors include Ilana Rogachev, Sayantan Panda, Sagit Meir, Adam Jóźwiak, and Prashant D. Sonawane.

Best Publications

  • The genome of woodland strawberry ( Fragaria vesca )

    Vladimir Shulaev;Daniel J. Sargent;Ross N. Crowhurst;Todd C. Mockler

  • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices

    Saleh Alseekh;Asaph Aharoni;Yariv Brotman;Kevin Contrepois

  • The shine clade of AP2 domain transcription factors activates wax biosynthesis, alters cuticle properties, and confers drought tolerance when overexpressed in Arabidopsis

    Asaph Aharoni;Shital Dixit;Reinhard Jetter;Eveline Thoenes

  • The strawberry FaMYB1 transcription factor suppresses anthocyanin and flavonol accumulation in transgenic tobacco

    Asaph Aharoni;C. H. Ric De Vos;Martina Wein;Zhongkui Sun

  • Identification of the SAAT Gene Involved in Strawberry Flavor Biogenesis by Use of DNA Microarrays

    Asaph Aharoni;Leopold C. P. Keizer;Harro J. Bouwmeester;Zhongkui Sun

  • Terpenoid Metabolism in Wild-Type and Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants

    Asaph Aharoni;Ashok P. Giri;Stephan Deuerlein;Frans Griepink

  • Genetic engineering of terpenoid metabolism attracts bodyguards to Arabidopsis.

    Iris F. Kappers;Asaph Aharoni;Asaph Aharoni;Teun W. J. M. van Herpen;Ludo L. P. Luckerhoff

  • Improvement of water use efficiency in rice by expression of HARDY, an Arabidopsis drought and salt tolerance gene

    Aarati Karaba;Shital Dixit;Raffaella Greco;Raffaella Greco;Asaph Aharoni;Asaph Aharoni

  • Gain and Loss of Fruit Flavor Compounds Produced by Wild and Cultivated Strawberry Species

    Asaph Aharoni;Ashok P. Giri;Francel W.A. Verstappen;Cinzia M. Bertea

  • Biosynthesis of Antinutritional Alkaloids in Solanaceous Crops Is Mediated by Clustered Genes

    M. Itkin;U. Heinig;O. Tzfadia;A. J. Bhide;A. J. Bhide

  • Nontargeted metabolome analysis by use of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Mass Spectrometry

    Asaph Aharoni;C. H. Ric de Vos;Harrie A. Verhoeven;Chris A. Maliepaard

  • Volatile science? Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plants

    Asaph Aharoni;Maarten A. Jongsma;Harro J. Bouwmeester

  • Persistent microbiome alterations modulate the rate of post-dieting weight regain

    Christoph A. Thaiss;Shlomik Itav;Daphna Rothschild;Mariska T. Meijer

  • Functional characterization of enzymes forming volatile esters from strawberry and banana

    Jules Beekwilder;Mayte Alvarez-Huerta;Evert Neef;Francel W.A. Verstappen

  • Rhizosphere microbiome mediates systemic root metabolite exudation by root-to-root signaling.

    Elisa Korenblum;Yonghui Dong;Jedrzej Szymanski;Sayantan Panda

  • The Arabidopsis DESPERADO/AtWBC11 transporter is required for cutin and wax secretion.

    David Panikashvili;Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein;Tali Mandel;Tamar Yifhar

  • Gene Expression and Metabolism in Tomato Fruit Surface Tissues

    Shira Mintz-Oron;Tali Mandel;Ilana Rogachev;Liron Feldberg

  • TOMATO AGAMOUS‐LIKE 1 is a component of the fruit ripening regulatory network

    Maxim Itkin;Heike Seybold;Dario Breitel;Ilana Rogachev

  • Recommendations for Reporting Metabolite Data

    Alisdair R. Fernie;Asaph Aharoni;Lothar Willmitzer;Mark Stitt

  • Reconfiguration of the Achene and Receptacle Metabolic Networks during Strawberry Fruit Development

    Aaron Fait;Kati Hanhineva;Romina Beleggia;Nir Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Pereira
Andy Pereira University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Gad Galili
Gad Galili Weizmann Institute of Science
Harro J. Bouwmeester
Harro J. Bouwmeester University of Amsterdam
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Jianxin Shi
Jianxin Shi Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lukas Schreiber
Lukas Schreiber University of Bonn
Ashok P. Giri
Ashok P. Giri National Chemical Laboratory
Assaf Vardi
Assaf Vardi Weizmann Institute of Science
Alain Goossens
Alain Goossens Ghent University
Antonio Granell
Antonio Granell Spanish National Research Council

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