Physiology and pathology of fruits
Publications
Articles
2023
Patel, M. K., Fanyuk, M., Feyngenberg, O., Maurer, D., Sela, N., Ovadia, R., Oren-Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2023). Phenylalanine induces mango fruit resistance against chilling injuries during storage at suboptimal temperatures. Food Chemistry, 405, 134909.
Gunamalai, L., Duanis-Assaf, D., Sharir, T., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Sela, N., Alkan, N. (2023). Comparative characterization of virulent and less virulent Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 36(8), pp.502-515.
Patel, M. K., Maurer, D., Feyngenberg, O., Duanis-Assaf, D., Sela, N., Ovadia, R., Oren-Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2023). Revealing the mode of action of Phenylalanine application in inducing fruit resistance to fungal pathogens. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 199, 112298.
Kaur, M., Ayarnah, K., Duanis-Assaf, D., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2023). Rapid and simple colorimetric detection of quiescent Colletotrichum in harvested fruit using reverse transcriptional loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) technology. Talanta, 124251.
Wang, D., Luo, W. Z., Zhang, D.-D., Li, R., Kong, Z. Q., Song, J., Dai, X. F., Alkan, N., Chen, J. Y. (2023). Insights into the biocontrol function of a Burkholderia gladioli strain against Botrytis cinerea. Microbiology Spectrum, e04805-04822.
Kaur, M., Ayarnah, K., Duanis-Assaf, D., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2023). based colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the identification of latent Colletotrichum in harvested fruit. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1267, 341394.
Ayarnah, K., Kaur, M., Duanis-Assaf, D., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2023). High-Throughput Bioassay for Detection of Latent Fungi in Postharvest Produce. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1-16.
Duanis-Assaf, D., Alkan, N., Shimshoni, J. A. (2023). Phenyl tetramethyl cyclopropane carboxamide class: New broad-spectrum postharvest fungicides. Food Control, 154, 110041.
2022
Fanyuk, M., Kumar Patel, M., Ovadia, R., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Oren-Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2022). Preharvest application of phenylalanine induces red color in mango and apple fruit’s skin. Antioxidants, 11(3), 491.
Duanis‐Assaf, D., Galsurker, O., Davydov, O., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Sagi, M., Poverenov, E., Fluhr, R., Alkan, N. (2022). Double‐stranded RNA targeting fungal ergosterol biosynthesis pathway controls Botrytis cinerea and postharvest grey mould. Plant biotechnology journal, 20(1), 226-237.
Duanis-Assaf, D., Shlar, I., Galsurker, O., Davydov, O., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Poverenov, E., Fluhr, R., Alkan, N. (2022). Nano-clay, layered-double hydroxide (LDH), improves the efficacy of double‐stranded RNA in controlling postharvest decay. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 193, 112051.
Patel, M. K., Pandey, S., Tanna, B., Alkan, N., Mishra, A. (2022). Comparative metabolomics unveils the role of metabolites and metabolic pathways in the adaptive mechanisms of shrubby halophytes. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 202, 105030.
Gong, D., Bi, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Prusky, D., Alkan, N. (2022). Preharvest elicitors spray improves antioxidant activity, alleviates chilling injury, and maintains quality in harvested fruit. Horticulturae, 8(12), 1208.
Shomron, A., Duanis-Assaf, D., Galsurker, O., Golberg, A., Alkan, N. (2022). Extract from the macroalgae Ulva rigida induces table grapes resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Foods, 11(5), 723.
Harpaz, D., Duanis-Assaf, D., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2022). Detection of postharvest pathogenic fungi by RNA markers in high-throughput platform on streptavidin plate. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 183, 111728.
Zheng, X. R., Zhang, M. J., Qiao, Y. H., Li, R., Alkan, N., Chen, J. Y., Chen, F. M. (2022). Cyclocarya paliurus reprograms the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway against Colletotrichum fructicola. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
2021
Sudheeran, P.K., Sela, N., Carmeli-Weissberg, M., Ovadia, R., Panda, S., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Oren-Shamir, M., Aharoni, A., Alkan, N. (2021). Induced defense response in red mango fruit against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Horticulture Research, 8(1), pp.1-11.
Saidi, L., Duanis-Assaf, D., Galsarker, O., Maurer, D., Alkan, N., Poverenov, E. (2021). Elicitation of fruit defense response by active edible coatings embedded with phenylalanine to improve quality and storability of avocado fruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 174, p.111442.
Feygenberg, O., Diskin, S., Maurer, D., Alkan, N. (2021). Effect of biological and chemical treatments during flowering on stem-end rot, and mango yield. Plant Disease. 105 (6), 1602-1609.
Yadav, A., Fennec, A., Davidovich-Rikanati, R., Meir, S., Kochanek, B., Lewinsohn, E., Aharoni, A., Alkan, N., Friedman, H. (2021). Phenylpropanoid metabolism in astringent and nonastringent persimmon (Diospyros kaki) cultivars determines sensitivity to Alternaria infection. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry.
Bajaj, A., Shrivastav, A. M., Eltzov, E., Alkan, N., Abdulhalim, I. (2021). Detection of necrotrophic DNA marker of anthracnose causing Colletotrichum gloeosporioides fungi in harvested produce using surface plasmon resonance. Talanta, 235, 122776.
Figueroa, C.R., Jiang, C.Z., Torres, C.A., Fortes, A.M., Alkan, N. (2021). Editorial: Regulation of fruit ripening and senescence. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.711458.
2020
Sudheeran, P. K., Ovadia, R., Galsarker, O., Maoz, I., Sela, N., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Oren Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2020). Glycosylated flavonoids: fruit's concealed antifungal arsenal. New Phytologist. 225(4), 1788-1798.
Patel, M. K., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Ovadia, A., Elad, Y., Oren-Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2020). Phenylalanine: A promising inducer of fruit resistance to postharvest pathogens. Foods, 9, 646.
Patel, M.K., Kumar, M., Li, W., Luo, Y., Burritt, D.J., Alkan, N., Tran, L.S.P. (2020). Enhancing salt tolerance of plants: from metabolic reprogramming to exogenous chemical treatments and molecular approaches. Cells, 9(11), p.2492.
Mansoori, A., Singh, N., Dubey, S. K., Thakur, T. K., Alkan, N., Das, S. N., Kumar, A. (2020). Phytochemical characterization and assessment of crude extracts from Lantana camara L. for antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2: 582268. doi: 10.3389/fagro.
Galsurker, O., Diskin, S., Duanis-Assaf, D., Doron-Faigenboim, A., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O. Alkan, N. (2020). Harvesting mango fruit with a short stem-end altered endophytic microbiome and reduce stem-end rot. Microorganisms, 8(4), p.558.
Kumar, S. P., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Love, C., Alkan, N. (2020). Improving the red color and fruit quality of 'Kent' mango fruit by pruning and preharvest spraying of prohydrojasmon or abscisic acid. Agronomy, 10(7), 944.
Jaiswal, A.K., Alkan, N., Elad, Y., Sela, N., Philosoph, A.M., Graber, E.R., Frenkel, O. (2020). Molecular insights into biochar-mediated plant growth promotion and systemic resistance in tomato against Fusarium crown and root rot disease. Scientific Report, 18;10(1):1-5.
Kumar, V., Hatan, E., Bar, E., Davidovich-Rikanati, R., Doron-Faigenboim, A., Spitzer-Rimon, B., Elad, y., Alkan, N., Lewinsohn, E., Oren-Shamir, M. (2020). Phenylalanine increases chrysanthemum flower immunity against Botrytis cinerea attack. The Plant Journal, 10.1111/tpj.14919.
Zamir, D., Galsarker, O., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2020). Detection of quiescent fungi in harvested fruit using CMOS biosensor: A proof of concept study. Talanta, p.120994.
Shimshoni, J.A., Bommuraj, V., Chen, Y., Sperling, R., Barel, S., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D. Alkan, N. (2020). Postharvest fungicide for avocado fruits: antifungal efficacy and peel to pulp distribution kinetics. Foods, 9(2), p.124.
Harpaz, D., Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2020). The incorporation of amplified metal-enhanced fluorescence in a CMOS-Based biosensor increased the detection sensitivity of a DNA marker of the pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Biosensors, 10(12), p.204.
Oliva, M., Hatan, E., Kumar, V., Galsurker, O., Nisim-Levi, A., Ovadia, R., Galili, G., Lewinsohn, E., Elad, Y., Alkan, N., Oren-Shamir, M. (2020). Increased phenylalanine levels in plant leaves reduce susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea. Plant Science, 290, 110289.
2019
Patil, A.S., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Alkan, N. (2019). Exploring cold quarantine to mango fruit against fruit fly using artificial ripening. Scientific reports, 9, 1948.
Fortes, A.M., Agudelo-Romero, P., Pimentel, D., Alkan, N. (2019). Transcriptional modulation of polyamine metabolism in fruit species under abiotic and biotic stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 816.
Sudheeran, P.K., Love, C., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Ovadia, R., Oren-Shamir, M., Alkan, N. (2019). Induction of red skin and improvement of fruit quality in ‘Kent’, 'Shelly' and ‘Maya’ mangoes by preharvest spraying of prohydrojasmon at the orchard. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 149: 18-26.
Diskin, S., Sharir, T., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Alkan, N. (2019). Fludioxonil–A potential alternative for postharvest disease control in mango fruit. Crop Protection, 104855.
2018
Sonawane, P.D., Heinig, U., Panda, S., Gilboa, N.S., Yona, M., Kumar, S.P., Alkan, N., Unger, T., Bocobza, S., Pliner, M., Malitsky, S., Tkachev, M., Meir, S., Rogachev, I., Aharoni A. (2018). Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase governs steroidal specialized metabolites structural diversity and toxicity in the genus Solanum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115: E5419-E5428.
Sudheeran, P., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Alkan, N. (2018). Improved cold tolerance of mango fruit with enhanced anthocyanin and flavonoid contents. Molecules, 23: 1832.
Galsurker, O., Diskin, S., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Alkan, N. (2018). Fruit stem-end rot. Horticulturae, 4: 50.
2017
Sivankalyani, V., Maoz, I., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Alkan, N. (2017). Chilling stress upregulates α-linolenic acid-oxidation pathway and induces volatiles of C6 and C9 aldehydes in mango fruit. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 65: 632-638.
Diskin, S., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Droby, S., Prusky, D., Alkan, N. (2017). Microbiome alterations are correlated with occurrence of postharvest stem-end rot in mango fruit. Phytobiomes, 1: 117-127.
2016
Hen-Avivi, S., Savin, O., Racovita, R.C., Lee, W.S., Adamski, N.M., Malitsky, S., Almekias-Siegl, E., Levy, M., Vautrin, S., Bergès, H. Friedlander, G., Kartvelishvily, E., Ben-Zvi, G., Alkan, N., Uauy, C., Kanyuka, K., Jetter, R., Distelfeld, A., Aharoni A. (2016) A metabolic gene cluster in the wheat W1 and the barley Cer-cqu loci determines β-diketone biosynthesis and glaucousness. The Plant Cell, 28: 1440-1460.
Sivankalyani, V., Sela, N., Feygenberg, O., Zemach, H., Maurer, D., Alkan, N. (2016). Transcriptome dynamics in mango fruit peel reveals mechanisms of chilling stress. Frontiers in plant science, 7: 1579.
Romanazzi, G., Sanzani, S.M., Bi, Y., Tian, S., Martínez, P.G., Alkan, N. (2016). Induced resistance to control postharvest decay of fruit and vegetables. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 122: 82-94.
Sivankalyani, S., Feygenberg, O., Diskin, S., Alkan, N. (2016). Increased anthocyanin and flavonoids in mango fruit peel are associated with cold and pathogen resistance. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 111: 132–139.
2015
*Alkan, N., *Ment, D., *Luria, N., *Bi, F., Reuveni, E., Fluhr, R., Prusky, D. (2015). A role of AREB in the regulation of PACC-dependent acid-expressed-genes and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 28(2): 154-166.
Lee J. S., Kaplunov, T., Zutahy, Y., Daus, A., Alkan, N., Lichter, A. (2015). The significance of postharvest disinfection for prevention of internal decay of table grapes after storage. Scientia Horticulturae. 192: 346-349.
Alkan, N., Fortes A.M. (2015). Insights into molecular and metabolic events associated with fruit response to postharvest fungal pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Sciense. 6: 889. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00889.
Sivankalyani, V., Feygenberg, O., Maorer, D., Zaaroor, M., Fallik, E., Alkan, N. (2015). Combined treatments reduce chilling injury and maintain fruit quality in avocado fruit during cold quarantine. PLOS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140522.
Lashbrooke, J.G., Adato, A., Lotan, O., Alkan, N., Tsimbalist, T., Rechav, K., Moreno, J.P.F., Widemann, E., Grausem, B., Pinot, F., Granell, A., Costa, F., Aharoni, A. (2015). The tomato mixta-like transcription factor coordinates fruit epidermis conical cell development and cuticular lipid biosynthesis and assembly. Plant Physiology. doi:10.1104/pp.15.01145.
Lee, J.S., Kaplunov, T., Zutahy, Y., Daus, A., Alkan, N., Lichter, A. (2015). The significance of postharvest disinfection for prevention of internal decay of table grapes after storage. Scientia Horticulturae, 192: 346-349.
Alkan, N., Friedlander, G., Ment, D., Prusky, D. Fluhr, R. (2015). Simultaneous transcriptome analysis of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and tomato fruits response reveals novel fungal-fruit arm and defense strategies. New Phytologist. 205(2): 801-815. Corresponding author.
Shi, J.X., Adato, A., Alkan, N., He, Y., Lashbrooke, J., Matas, A.J., Meir, S., Malitsky, S., Isaacson, T., Prusky, D., Schreiber, L., Schreiber, L., Granell, A.R., Widemann, E., Grausem, B., Pinot, F., Rose, J.K.C., Rogachev, I., Rothan, C., Aharoni A. (2013). The SlSHINE3 transcription factor regulates cutin assembly in the epidermis of developing tomato fruit. New Phytologist. 197: 468-481.
Older
Heyno, E., Alkan, N., Fluhr, R. (2013). Dual role of plant quinone reductases in host-fungus interaction. Physiologia Plantarum. 149(3):340-53.
Lampl, N., Alkan, N., Davidov, O., Fluhr, R. (2013). Set-point control of RD21 protease activity by AtSerpin1 controls cell death in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 74(3):498-510.
Leviatan, N., Alkan, N., Leshkowitz, D., Fluhr, R. (2013). Genome-wide survey of cold stress-regulated alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana with tiling microarray. PLOS One. 8(6): e66511.
Alkan, N., Meng, X., Reuveni, E., Friedlander, G., Sukno, S.A., Sherman, A., Michael, T., Fluhr, R. Prusky, D. (2013). Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides reveals a conserved role for pacC pH regulation in Fungi. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 26(11):1345-1358. Corresponding author. Editor Pick.
Alkan N., Espeso, E.A., Prusky, D. (2013). Virulence regulation of phytopathogenic fungi by pH. Antioxidant Redox Signaling. 20: 1012-25.
Alkan, N., Fluhr, R. Prusky, D. (2012). Ammonium secretion during Colletotrichum coccodes infection modulates salicylic and jasmonic acid pathways of ripe and unripe tomato fruit. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 25: 85-96.
O’Connell, J.R., Thon, M.R., Hacquard, S., van Themaat, E.V.L., Amyotte, S.G., Kleemann, J., Torres, M.F., Damm, U., Buiate, E.A., Epstein, L., Alkan, N., et al. (2012). Life-style transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses. Nature Genetics. 44: 1060–1065.
Itkin, M., Rogachev, I., Alkan, N., Rosenberg, T., Zamariola, L., Malitsky, S., Masini, L., de-Vos, R., Prusky, D., Burdman, S., Beekwilder, J., Aharoni, A. (2011). GLYCOALKALOID METABOLISM1 is required for steroidal alkaloid glycosylation and prevention of phytotoxicity in tomato. Plant Cell. 23: 3893-3910.
Davidzon, M., Alkan, N., Kobiler, I., Prusky, D. (2010). Acidification by gluconic acid of mango fruit tissue during colonization via stem end infection by Phomopsis mangiferae. Postharvest Biology and Technology 55: 71-77.
Alkan, N., Fluhr, R., Sagi, M., Davydov, O., Prusky, D. (2009). Ammonium secretion by Colletotrichum coccodes activates host NADPH oxidase activity enhancing host cell death and fungal virulence in tomato fruits. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 22: 1484-91.
Alkan, N., Fluhr, R., Sherman, A., Prusky, D. (2008). Role of ammonia secretion and pH modulation on pathogenicity of Colletotrichum coccodes on tomato fruit. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 21: 1058-1066.
Alkan, N., Gadkar, V., Yarden, O., Kapulnik, Y. (2006). Analysis of quantitative interactions between two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mosseae and G. intraradices, by real-time PCR. Applied Environtal Microbiolgy. 72: 4192-4199.
Alkan, N., Gadkar, V., Coburn, J., Yarden, O., Kapulnik, Y. (2004). Quantification of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices in host tissue using real-time polymerase chain reaction. New Phytologist. 161: 877-885.
Book Chapters
Tzortzakis, N., Alkan, N., Ziv, C., Korsten, L. (2019). Postharvest diseases of fresh horticultural produce. Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae crops. In: Postharvest Pathology of Fresh Horticultural Produce (L. Palou and J.L. Smilanick). Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A.
Alkan, N., Kumar, A. (2018). Postharvest storage management of mango fruit. In: Achieving sustainable cultivation of mango. (V. Galán Saúco and P. Lu). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. Cambridge, UK. pp. 377-402
Prusky, D., Alkan, N., Fluhr, R., Tesfaye, M. (2013). Quiescent and necrotrophic lifestyle choice during postharvest disease development. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 51: 155-176.
Prusky, D., Alkan, N., Miyara, I., Barad, S., Davidzon, M., Kobiler, I., Brown-Horowitz, S., Lichter, A., Sherman, A., Fluhr, R. (2010). Mechanisms modulating postharvest pathogen colonization of decaying fruits. In: Postharvest Pathology, Plant pathology in the 21th century. (D. Prusky and M.L. Gullino, eds). 9th International congress, Springer Science. Dordrecht, Netherlands.pp: 43-56
Prusky, D., Kobiler, I., Miyara, I., Alkan, N. (2009). Fruit Diseases. In: The mango, botany, production and Uses, 2nd edition. (R.E. Litz, ed), CABI international, Cambridge, UK. pp. 210-231.
Articles in non-reviewed journal in English/Hebrew
Duanis-Assaf, D., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Erel, R., Alkan, N. (2023). Internal graying in Hass avocado. April 2023.
Alkan, N. (2022). Postharvest avocado - on the way to solutions. Yevul Seea. February 2022, 42-48
Duanis-Assaf, D., Galsurker, O., Diskin, S., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O, Alkan, N. (2020). Harvesting mango and avocado fruit with a short stem-end reduce postharvest decay. Alon Hanotea. 74: August 2020, 36-38.
Alkan, N., Sudheeran P.K., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O, Love, C. (2019). Induction or red peel in mango fruit. Alon Hanotea. 73: August 2019, 16-20.
Gazit, Y., Sade, A., Zioni , S., Alkan, N., Porat, R., Falik, E., Elkalai, S., Feygenberg, OT, Maurer, DT.,Chalapovich, D., Zokerman, E., Nestel, D. (2019). The use of irradiation as a Phytosanitary treat. Alon Hanotea. 73: July 2019, 24-30.
Kumar, S.P, Feygenberg, O, Maurer, D., Diskin, S., Saada, D., Cohen, Y., Luria, S., Alkan, N. (2019). Anthocyanin in mango fruit peel is associated with cold and pathogen resistance. ACTA horticulture in press.
Alkan, N., Lurie, S. Pradeep, K., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O. (2018). Color does make a difference – for mango. IsraelAgri, World Food Day: 38-39.
Alkan, N., Gamrasni, D. (2018). Retaining the quality of fresh produce, conference book of abstracts. Alon Hanotea. 72: May 2018, 32-36.
Alkan, N., Diskin, S., Sharir, T, Feygenberg, O, Maurer, D., Shteinberg, D., Huzi, M., Sagiv, Y. (2018). Biological and chemical treatments during flowering to control mango stem-end rots. Alon Hanotea. 72: March 2018, 38-42.
Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D., Zaaroor, M., Diskin, S., Kalyani, S, Alkan, N. (2016). Postharvest cold-quarantine treatments and reducing chilling injuries in Avocado fruit for export. Alon Hanotea. 70: July 2016, 36-38.
Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O, Kalyani, S, Diskin, S., Alkan, N. (2016). Induced resistance in red mango fruit against postharvest decay and chilling. Alon Hanotea. 70: September 2016, 46-48.
Diskin, S., Feygenberg, O, Maurer, D., Prusky, D., Droby, S., Alkan, N. (2015). Postharvest treatments for stem-end rot in fruits. Alon Hanotea. 70: December 2015, 36-38.
Lichter, A., Kaplonov, S., Daos, A., Dutchi, Y., Maoz, I., Alkan, N., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O, Levi, S., Fridman, H., Rodov, V. (2015). Study the changes in postharvest fruit quality using fluorescence applications. Alon Hanotea. 70: December 2015, 40-43.
Alkan, N., Friedlander, G., Ment, D., Prusky, D., Fluhr, R. (2014). The time-bomb fungus. Weizmann Wonder Wander.
Patents
Alkan, N., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D. (2018). Sensors and detection of volatiles. 62441444, US Provisional. PCT/IL2018/050007 (Expired).
Alkan, N., Feygenberg, O., Maurer, D. (2018). Method and system for creating fruit with cold resistance to enable cold quarantine. 62/756,084, US Provisional, PCT/IB2019/059538. National Phase (2019), Israel, USA, Europe, China (ID4339-00 to 06).
Oren-Shamir, M., Oliva, M., Maurer, D., Feygenberg, O., Lewinsohn, E., Alkan, N., Elad, Y. (2018). Method of controlling fungal infections in plants treatment of plants with phenylalanine for induced resistance against Botrytis cinerea and other pathogens. PCT/IL2017/050958, publication (2018) WO2018/042425. National Phase (2020), Australia (2017319783), Brazil (BR 11 2019 004180 0), Canada (3,035,324), Chile (516-2019), China (2.0178E+12) publication (2019) CN 109890205 A, Europe (17845667.9) publication (2019) EP 3503729 A1, Israel (265127), India (2.01917E+11), Mexico (MX/a/2019/002410), New Zealand (751778), Peru (000449-2019/DIN), USA (16/329,305) publication (2019) US 2019/0246639 A1, South Africa (ID4273-14).
Oren-Shamir, M., Oliva, M., Lewinsohn, E., Alkan, N., Elad, Y. (2019). Method of improving plant performance. PCT/IL2019/050218. Publication (2019) WO2019162952A1.
Alkan, N., Eltzov, E. (2020). Development of CMOS-based sensor for diagnosis of a pathogenic state of fungus in agriculture products. 62/945,238, PCT. National Phase, Israel, USA, Europe, China, India (4509-02 to 06).
Alkan, N., Feygenberg, OT., Maurer, DT. Oren-Shamir, M., Elad, Y. (2022). Methods for improving fruit quality. PCT/IL2022/050027. Publication (2022) WO2022149138A1.
Alkan, N., Poverenov, E. (2020). Postharvest active edible fruit coating. 63/001,609 PCT. National Phase (2022), Israel, USA, Europe, South Africa (4479-00 to 07).