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Ilan Paran is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel. Their research focuses primarily on plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to the study of agricultural and biological sciences.

Their recent scholarly output includes several publications addressing the genetics, domestication, and structural genomics of the Capsicum genus (pepper). Among these are:

  • "Global range expansion history of pepper (Capsicum spp.) revealed by over 10,000 genebank accessions," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Pepper variome reveals the history and key loci associated with fruit domestication and diversification," 2022, Molecular Plant
  • "High-quality chromosome-scale genomes facilitate effective identification of large structural variations in hot and sweet peppers," 2022, Horticulture Research
  • "Pepper Fruit Elongation Is Controlled by Capsicum annuum Ovate Family Protein 20," 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Multi-environment association study highlights candidate genes for robust agronomic quantitative trait loci in a novel worldwide Capsicum core collection," 2023, The Plant Journal

Their frequent coauthors include Véronique Lefèbvre, Giovanni Giuliano, Yelena Borovsky, Pasquale Tripodi, and Lorenzo Barchi. The collaborative nature of their work spans multiple disciplines centered around plant biology and genetics.

Their research is commonly published in journals such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Plant
  • Horticulture Research
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Plant Journal

The main fields of study for Ilan Paran include Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They specialize in subfields such as Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, and Pharmacology.

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Best Publications

  • Identification of markers linked to disease-resistance genes by bulked segregant analysis: a rapid method to detect markers in specific genomic regions by using segregating populations.

    Richard W Michelmore;I. Paran;R. V. Kesseli

  • Development of reliable PCR-based markers linked to downy mildew resistance genes in lettuce

    I. Paran;Richard W Michelmore

  • Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species

    Seungill Kim;Minkyu Park;Seon In Yeom;Yong Min Kim

  • The I2C family from the wilt disease resistance locus I2 belongs to the nucleotide binding, leucine-rich repeat superfamily of plant resistance genes.

    Naomi Ori;Yuval Eshed;Ilan Paran;Gernot Presting

  • Genetic and molecular regulation of fruit and plant domestication traits in tomato and pepper

    Ilan Paran;Esther van der Knaap

  • The Pun1 gene for pungency in pepper encodes a putative acyltransferase

    Charles Stewart;Byoung-Cheorl Kang;Kede Liu;Michael Mazourek

  • Identification of restriction fragment length polymorphism and random amplified polymorphic DNA markers linked to downy mildew resistance genes in lettuce, using near-isogenic lines.

    Ilan Paran;Richard Kesseli;Richard Michelmore

  • Molecular dissection of Tomato leaf curl virus resistance in tomato line TY172 derived from Solanum peruvianum.

    Ilana Anbinder;Moshe Reuveni;Raviv Azari;Ilan Paran

  • The Making of a Compound Inflorescence in Tomato and Related Nightshades

    Zac B Lippman;Oded Cohen;John Paul Alvarez;Mohamad Abu-Abied

  • QTL mapping of fruit-related traits in pepper (Capsicum annuum)

    A. Ben Chaim;I. Paran;R. C. Grube;M. Jahn

  • Candidate gene analysis of organ pigmentation loci in the Solanaceae.

    T. A. Thorup;B. Tanyolac;K. D. Livingstone;S. Popovsky

  • Quantitative traits in plants: beyond the QTL.

    Ilan Paran;Dani Zamir

  • Molecular mapping of capsaicinoid biosynthesis genes and quantitative trait loci analysis for capsaicinoid content in Capsicum.

    Eyal Blum;Michael Mazourek;Mary O'Connell;Jeanne Curry

  • A dynamic interface for capsaicinoid systems biology.

    Michael Mazourek;Anuradha Pujar;Yelena Borovsky;Ilan Paran

  • Mapping of yield-related QTLs in pepper in an interspecific cross of Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens

    G. U. Rao;A. Ben Chaim;Y. Borovsky;I. Paran

  • The A locus that controls anthocyanin accumulation in pepper encodes a MYB transcription factor homologous to Anthocyanin2 of Petunia.

    Yelena Borovsky;Michal Oren-Shamir;Rinat Ovadia;Walter De Jong

  • QTL analysis for capsaicinoid content in Capsicum

    Arnon Ben-Chaim;Yelena Borovsky;Matthew Falise;Michael Mazourek

  • QTLs mapping for fruit size and shape in chromosomes 2 and 4 in pepper and a comparison of the pepper QTL map with that of tomato

    S Zygier;A B Chaim;A Efrati;G Kaluzky

  • Recombinant inbred lines for genetic mapping in tomato.

    I. Paran;I. Goldman;S. D. Tanksley;D. Zamir

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in Capsicum annuum

    A. Ben Chaim;R. C. Grube;M. Lapidot;M. Jahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Dani Zamir
Dani Zamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yuval Eshed
Yuval Eshed Weizmann Institute of Science
Molly Jahn
Molly Jahn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard W. Michelmore
Richard W. Michelmore University of California, Davis
Zachary B. Lippman
Zachary B. Lippman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Naomi Ori
Naomi Ori Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert Fluhr
Robert Fluhr Weizmann Institute of Science
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Matthew A. Jenks
Matthew A. Jenks University of Arizona
Roland Schafleitner
Roland Schafleitner World Vegetable Center

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