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Plant Science and Agronomy
Israel
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
73
Citations
15093
World Ranking
606
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

Horticulture, Botany, Ripening, Postharvest and Biochemistry are her primary areas of study. Her work deals with themes such as Molecular cloning and Solanaceae, which intersect with Horticulture. Her Botany research includes elements of Browning, Polyethylene and Shelf life.

The concepts of her Ripening study are interwoven with issues in Fruit tree, Pectinase, 1-Methylcyclopropene and Softening. Her Postharvest research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Inoculation, Citrus paradisi and Agronomy. Her Biochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Food science and Prunus.

Her most cited work include:

  • Postharvest heat treatments (435 citations)
  • Chilling injury in peach and nectarine (359 citations)
  • Dual role for tomato heat shock protein 21: protecting photosystem II from oxidative stress and promoting color changes during fruit maturation. (263 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Susan Lurie mainly investigates Horticulture, Ripening, Postharvest, Botany and Biochemistry. Her Cultivar, Chilling injury, Rosaceae, Malus and Titratable acid study are her primary interests in Horticulture. Her study in Ripening is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Pectinase, Pectin, Fruit tree and Softening.

Her research integrates issues of Agronomy, Shelf life, Biotechnology, Botrytis cinerea and Solanaceae in her study of Postharvest. Her Botany research incorporates elements of Browning and Pepper. Her work carried out in the field of Biochemistry brings together such families of science as Cotyledon and Shoot.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (60.00%)
  • Ripening (36.47%)
  • Postharvest (34.71%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2008-2021)?

  • Horticulture (60.00%)
  • Ripening (36.47%)
  • Postharvest (34.71%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Susan Lurie spends much of her time researching Horticulture, Ripening, Postharvest, Botany and Cultivar. Borrowing concepts from Mathematics, Susan Lurie weaves in ideas under Horticulture. Ripening is a subfield of Food science that Susan Lurie investigates.

The Postharvest study combines topics in areas such as Cardboard box, Biotechnology, Abiotic component and Hass avocado. Her Botany research includes elements of Oxidative stress and Humidity. Her studies in Cultivar integrate themes in fields like Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Cell wall, Gene and Preharvest.

Between 2008 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Superficial scald, its etiology and control (125 citations)
  • High density SNP mapping and QTL analysis for fruit quality characteristics in peach (Prunus persica L.) (74 citations)
  • Inhibitory effect of ACC deaminase-producing bacteria on crown gall formation in tomato plants infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens or A. vitis (54 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Gene

Her main research concerns Horticulture, Botany, Cultivar, Ripening and Browning. Many of her studies involve connections with topics such as Biochemistry and Horticulture. In most of her Botany studies, her work intersects topics such as Food preservation.

Her Cultivar research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Protein family, Peptide sequence, Thaumatin, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Cell wall. Susan Lurie combines subjects such as Flesh, Titratable acid, Pink lady and Orchard with her study of Ripening. Her studies deal with areas such as Dry weight, Berry, Rachis and Relative humidity as well as Browning.

Best Publications

  • Chilling injury in peach and nectarine

    Susan Lurie;Carlos H. Crisosto

  • Postharvest heat treatments

    Susan Lurie

  • Dual role for tomato heat shock protein 21: protecting photosystem II from oxidative stress and promoting color changes during fruit maturation.

    Inbal Neta-Sharir;Tal Isaacson;Susan Lurie;David Weiss

  • Expression of Small Heat-Shock Proteins at Low Temperatures A Possible Role in Protecting against Chilling Injuries

    Adnan Sabehat;Susan Lurie;David Weiss

  • Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on ripening of 'Canino' apricots and 'Royal Zee' plums

    Li Dong;Susan Lurie;Hong-Wei Zhou

  • Cell wall metabolism during the development of chilling injury in cold-stored peach fruit: association of mealiness with arrested disassembly of cell wall pectins

    David A. Brummell;Valeriano Dal Cin;Susan Lurie;Carlos H. Crisosto

  • Superficial scald, its etiology and control

    Susan Lurie;Christopher B. Watkins

  • The correlation between heat-shock protein accumulation and persistence and chilling tolerance in tomato fruit.

    Adnan Sabehat;David Weiss;Susan Lurie

  • Acquisition of low-temperature tolerance in tomatoes by exposure to high-temperature stress

    Susan Lurie;Joshua D. Klein

  • Ethylene involvement in the cold storage disorder of ‘Flavortop’ nectarine

    Li Dong;Hong-Wei Zhou;Lilian Sonego;Amnon Lers

  • Prestorage heat treatment as a means of improving poststorage quality of apples.

    Joshua D. Klein;Susan Lurie

  • Heat treatment of ripening apples: differential effects on physiology and biochemistry.

    Susan Lurie;Joshua D. Klein

  • Mode of Action of Plastic Film in Extending Life of Lemon and Bell Pepper Fruits by Alleviation of Water Stress

    Shimshon Ben-Yehoshua;Boris Shapiro;Zev Even Chen;Susan Lurie

  • Heat‐shock proteins and cross‐tolerance in plants

    Adnan Sabehat;David Weiss;Susan Lurie

  • Delayed storage and controlled atmosphere storage of nectarines: two strategies to prevent woolliness

    Hong-Wei Zhou;Susan Lurie;Amnon Lers;Andrei Khatchitski

  • Postharvest heat treatments: introduction and workshop summary.

    I.B Ferguson;S Ben-Yehoshua;E.J Mitcham;R.E McDonald

  • Reversible Inhibition of Tomato Fruit Gene Expression at High Temperature (Effects on Tomato Fruit Ripening).

    S. Lurie;A. Handros;E. Fallik;R. Shapira

  • The possible involvement of peroxidase in resistance toBotrytis cinereain heat treated tomato fruit

    Unknown

  • The relationship between water loss, lipid content, membrane integrity and LOX activity in ripe pepper fruit after storage

    Kissinger Maalekuu;Yonatan Elkind;Alicia Leikin-Frenkel;Susan Lurie

  • Control of brown rot and blue mold of peach and nectarine by short hot water brushing and yeast antagonists

    Ozgur Akgun Karabulut;Lea Cohen;Batia Wiess;Avinoam Daus

  • Pectin esterase, polygalacturonase and gel formation in peach pectin fractions

    Hong-Wei Zhou;Ruth Ben-Arie;Susan Lurie

  • Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on volatile emission and aroma in cv. Anna apples.

    Susan Lurie;Claire Pre-Aymard;Uzi Ravid;Olga Larkov

  • Postharvest heat treatments of horticultural crops

    Susan Lurie

  • Reduction of chilling injury in stored avocado, grapefruit, and bell pepper by methyl jasmonate

    Shimon Meir;Sonia Philosoph-Hadas;Susan Lurie;Samir Droby

Frequent Co-Authors

Amnon Lichter
Amnon Lichter Agricultural Research Organization
Ruth Ben-Arie
Ruth Ben-Arie Agricultural Research Organization
Ron Porat
Ron Porat Agricultural Research Organization
Shaojin Wang
Shaojin Wang Northwest A&F University
Carlos H. Crisosto
Carlos H. Crisosto University of California, Davis
Amnon Lers
Amnon Lers Agricultural Research Organization
Samir Droby
Samir Droby Agricultural Research Organization
John M. Labavitch
John M. Labavitch University of California, Davis
Saichol Ketsa
Saichol Ketsa Kasetsart University
Reinaldo Campos-Vargas
Reinaldo Campos-Vargas Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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