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Robert Fluhr is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, Fluhr's work focuses notably on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research addresses topics related to Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant responses to water stress, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Light effects on plants, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Redox biology and oxidative stress.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fluhr include Dekel Cohen-Hoch, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Tomer Chen, and Eugene Koh.

Publications authored by Robert Fluhr cover a range of issues mostly within plant biology and stress responses. Notable papers include:

  • Double-stranded RNA targeting fungal ergosterol biosynthesis pathway controls Botrytis cinerea and postharvest grey mould, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Lipoxygenase functions in 1O2 production during root responses to osmotic stress, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Enhanced proteostasis, lipid remodeling, and nitrogen remobilization define barley flag leaf senescence, 2022, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Attenuation of cytosolic translation by RNA oxidation is involved in singlet oxygen-mediated transcriptomic responses, 2021, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Nano-clay, layered-double hydroxide (LDH), improves the efficacy of double-stranded RNA in controlling postharvest decay, 2022, Postharvest Biology and Technology

Research contributions appear regularly in the following publication venues:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Botany

Best Publications

  • Production of Reactive Oxygen Species by Plant NADPH Oxidases

    Moshe Sagi;Robert Fluhr

  • The role of calcium and activated oxygens as signals for controlling cross-tolerance.

    Chris Bowler;Robert Fluhr

  • Superoxide Production by Plant Homologues of the gp91phox NADPH Oxidase. Modulation of Activity by Calcium and by Tobacco Mosaic Virus Infection

    Moshe Sagi;Robert Fluhr

  • Two Distinct Sources of Elicited Reactive Oxygen Species in Tobacco Epidermal Cells.

    Andrew C. Allan;Robert Fluhr

  • Divergent Evolution of Plant NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Homologues in Dicot and Cereal Genomes

    Qilin Pan;Jonathan Wendel;Robert Fluhr

  • 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

  • Pathogenesis-related proteins are developmentally regulated in tobacco flowers.

    Tamar Lotan;Naomi Ori;Robert Fluhr

  • Ethylene: biosynthesis and perception

    R. Fluhr;A.K. Mattoo

  • UV-B-Induced PR-1 Accumulation Is Mediated by Active Oxygen Species.

    Rachel Green;Robert Fluhr

  • Rapid Transcriptome Changes Induced by Cytosolic Ca2+ Transients Reveal ABRE-Related Sequences as Ca2+-Responsive cis Elements in Arabidopsis

    Boaz Kaplan;Olga Davydov;Heather Knight;Yael Galon

  • Intron retention is a major phenomenon in alternative splicing in Arabidopsis.

    Hadas Ner-Gaon;Ronit Halachmi;Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein;Eitan Rubin

  • Organ-Specific and Light-Induced Expression of Plant Genes

    Robert Fluhr;Cris Kuhlemeier;Ferenc Nagy;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Plant Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homologs Impinge on Wound Responsiveness and Development in Lycopersicon esculentum

    Moshe Sagi;Olga Davydov;Saltanat Orazova;Zhazira Yesbergenova

  • Quiescent and Necrotrophic Lifestyle Choice During Postharvest Disease Development

    Dov Prusky;Noam Alkan;Tesfaye Mengiste;Robert Fluhr

  • Comparative Genetics of Nucleotide Binding Site-Leucine Rich Repeat Resistance Gene Homologues in the Genomes of Two Dicotyledons: Tomato and Arabidopsis

    Qilin Pan;Yong Sheng Liu;Ofra Budai-Hadrian;Marianne Sela

  • Nutrition acquisition strategies during fungal infection of plants.

    Hege H. Divon;Robert Fluhr

  • Ethylene Signal Is Transduced via Protein Phosphorylation Events in Plants.

    Vered Raz;Robert Fluhr

  • Calcium Requirement for Ethylene-Dependent Responses.

    Vered Raz;Robert Fluhr

  • Developmental regulation of two genes encoding ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit in pea and transgenic petunia plants: Phytochrome response and blue-light induction.

    Robert Fluhr;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Expression dynamics of the pea rbcS multigene family and organ distribution of the transcripts.

    Robert Fluhr;Phyllis Moses;Giorgio Morelli;Gloria Coruzzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Sagi
Moshe Sagi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Marvin Edelman
Marvin Edelman Weizmann Institute of Science
Guido Sessa
Guido Sessa Tel Aviv University
Dov Prusky
Dov Prusky Agricultural Research Organization
Esra Galun
Esra Galun Weizmann Institute of Science
Jonathan Gressel
Jonathan Gressel Weizmann Institute of Science
Yuval Eshed
Yuval Eshed Weizmann Institute of Science
Ilan Paran
Ilan Paran Agricultural Research Organization
Dani Zamir
Dani Zamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Paul M. G. Curmi
Paul M. G. Curmi University of New South Wales

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