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Israel
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
78
Citations
18061
World Ranking
478
National Ranking
7

Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
17997
World Ranking
1315
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yaacov Okon is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. The available information provides a focused overview of their academic profile and research context.

There are no listed recent papers or publications attributable to Yaacov Okon in the provided data. Similarly, no frequent co-authors or common publication venues have been recorded.

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Best Publications

  • Plant Growth-Promoting Effects of Diazotrophs in the Rhizosphere

    Sofie Dobbelaere;Jozef Vanderleyden;Yaacov Okon

  • Agronomic applications of azospirillum: An evaluation of 20 years worldwide field inoculation

    Yaacov Okon;Carlos A. Labandera-Gonzalez

  • Responses of agronomically important crops to inoculation with Azospirillum

    Sofie Dobbelaere;Anja Croonenborghs;Amber Thys;David Ptacek

  • Methods for Growing Spirillum lipoferum and for Counting It in Pure Culture and in Association with Plants.

    Yaacov Okon;Stephan L. Albrecht;R. H. Burris

  • Azospirillum as a potential inoculant for agriculture

    Yaacov Okon

  • Indole-3-acetic acid: a reciprocal signalling molecule in bacteria-plant interactions

    Mark Lambrecht;Yaacov Okon;Ann Vande Broek;Jos Vanderleyden

  • Development and function of Azospirillum -inoculated roots

    Y. Okon;Y. Kapulnik

  • Development and function ofAzospirillum-inoculated roots

    Y. Okon;Y. Kapulnik

  • Ecological and Agricultural Significance of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates

    Daniel Kadouri;Edouard Jurkevitch;Yaacov Okon;Susana Castro-Sowinski

  • Enhanced Mineral Uptake by Zea mays and Sorghum bicolor Roots Inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense

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  • Key physiological properties contributing to rhizosphere adaptation and plant growth promotion abilities of Azospirillum brasilense.

    Sharon Fibach-Paldi;Saul Burdman;Yaacov Okon

  • Effect of Azospirillum brasilense coinoculated with Rhizobium on Phaseolus vulgaris flavonoids and Nod factor production under salt stress

    Marta S. Dardanelli;Marta S. Dardanelli;Francisco J. Fernández de Córdoba;M. Rosario Espuny;Miguel A. Rodríguez Carvajal

  • A Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus (Glomus intraradix) Induces a Defense Response in Alfalfa Roots

    Hanne Volpin;Yonatan Elkind;Yaacov Okon;Yoram Kapulnik

  • Effect of inoculation with wild type Azospirillum brasilense and A. irakense strains on development and nitrogen uptake of spring wheat and grain maize

    Sofie Dobbelaere;Anja Croonenborghs;Amber Thys;David Ptacek

  • Effects of inoculation with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on resident rhizosphere microorganisms.

    Susana Castro-Sowinski;Susana Castro-Sowinski;Yoav Herschkovitz;Yaacov Okon;Edouard Jurkevitch

  • Chapter 7 Plant Growth-Promoting Actions of Rhizobacteria

    Stijn Spaepen;Jozef Vanderleyden;Yaacov Okon

  • Involvement of the Reserve Material Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate in Azospirillum brasilense Stress Endurance and Root Colonization

    Daniel Kadouri;Edouard Jurkevitch;Yaacov Okon

  • Changes in root morphology of wheat caused by Azospirillum inoculation

    Yoram Kapulnik;Yaacov Okon;Yigel Henis

  • The development of Azospirillum as a commercial inoculant for improving crop yields.

    Yaacov Okon;Robin Itzigsohn

  • Identification and quantification of IAA and IBA in Azospirillum brasilense-inoculated maize roots

    Elazar Fallik;Yaacov Okon;Ephraim Epstein;Alexander Goldman

  • Aggregation in Azospirillum brasilense: effects of chemical and physical factors and involvement of extracellular components

    Saul Burdman;Edouard Jurkevitch;Boris Schwartsburd;Michal Hampel

  • Recent advances in the use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in agriculture.

    S. Burdman;E. Jurkevitch;Y. Okon

  • Production of the reserve material poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and its function in Azospirillum brasilense Cd

    Sara Tal;Yaacov Okon

Frequent Co-Authors

Yigal Henis
Yigal Henis Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Saul Burdman
Saul Burdman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yoram Kapulnik
Yoram Kapulnik BARD The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
Ilan Chet
Ilan Chet Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jaime Kigel
Jaime Kigel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Anton Hartmann
Anton Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Donald A. Phillips
Donald A. Phillips University of California, Davis
Yvan Moënne-Loccoz
Yvan Moënne-Loccoz Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Dov Prusky
Dov Prusky Agricultural Research Organization

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