Prof Varda Kagan Zur Publications

Chapters in Collective Volumes

  1. Kagan-Zur, V. and Lips, S.H. Studies on the intercellular location of enzymes of the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle. In: Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Photosyn. M. Avron Ed. Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam,1974.

  2. Donachie, W.D., Sullivan, N.F., Kenan, D.J., Derbyshire, V., Begg, K.J.and Kagan-Zur, V. 1983. Genes and cell division in E. coli. In Progress in Cell Cycle Controls. J. Chaloupka et al., eds. Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague 1983, p. 28-33.

  3. Kagan-Zur, V. and Lips, S.H. 1987. A particulate cytoplasmic fraction enhancing photo- synthesis of isolated chloroplasts by activation of RuBiPCase. In: Progress in Photosynthesis Research. J. Biggins, ed. Vol. III, pp. 289-292,.

  4. Roth-Bejerano, N. Wenkart, S. Mills, D. and Kagan-Zur, V. ( 2001) Mycorrhizal associations between Tuber melanosporum mycelia and Cistus incanus cultured roots. Corvoisier, Olivier & Chevalier eds. Proceedings of the Vth International Congress, Science and Cultivation of Truffle. Mars 4-6, 1999. pp 173-176

  5. Sharon Holdengraeber, Francis Martin, Nurit Roth-Bejerano and Varda Kagan-Zur. (2001) Some lobed fruit bodies of terfezia boudieri (a desert truffle) combine two its – rflp patterns, suggesting independent origins. Fédération française des trufficulteurs eds. Proceedings of the Vth International Congress, Science and Cultivation of Truffle. Mars 4-6, 1999. 78-81

  6. Kagan-Zur, V. Taylor, F. W. and Roth-Bejerano, N. (2001) Identification of plant hosts of the Kalahari desert-truffle Terfezia pfeilii Fédération française des trufficulteurs eds. Proceedings of the Vth International Congress, Science and Cultivation of Truffle. Mars 4-6, 1999. 82-86.

  7. Shabi, E. Freeman, S. Maimon, M. Luzzati, Y. Kagan-Zur V., Roth-Bejerano, N. and Pinkas Y. (deceased). (2001) Introduction of Tuber melanosporum – into Israel. Fédération française des trufficulteurs eds. Proceedings of the Vth International Congress, Science and Cultivation of Truffle. Mars 4-6, 1999. 107-111.

  8. Kagan-Zur V. .2001. Terfezias, a family of mycorrhizal edible mushrooms for arid zones. In: A. Schliesel & D Pasternak eds. Proceeding of the IPALAC Conference on 'Combating Desertification with Plants November 1-5, 1999, Beer-Sheva Israel. Kluwer Academic Publ. New York. pp 45-53

  9. Kagan-Zur V, Roth-Bejerano N, Wenkart S, Bustan A, Ventura Y, Zaritzki M, Mills D, Shabi E, Luzzati Y, Freeman S, & Pinkas Y. (2002) Tuber melanosporum research in Israel. In: I Hall, W Yun, E Danell & A Zambonelli eds. Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms and Their Cultivation. A Compact Disc Edition. ISBN 0-478-10828-X

Invited Review

  1. Giovannetti G, N. Roth-Bejerano, E. Zanini & V. Kagan-Zur (1994). Truffles and their cultivation. Hort. Rev. 17:71-107

Refereed Articles

  1. Kagan-Zur, V. and Lips, S.H. 1975. Studies on the intracellular location of enzymes of the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle. Eur. J. Biochem. 59:17-23.

  2. Kagan-Zur, V., Friedlander, M. and Lips, S.H. 1980. Changes in chloroplasts envelopes induced by light or dark pretreatment of pea seedlings. Planta 149: 427-432.

  3. Kagan-Zur, V. and Lips, S.H. 1983. A particulate cytoplasmic fraction enhancing photo- synthesis of isolated chlroplasts. I. Kinetic aspects and some characteristics of the phenomenon. Isr. J. Bot.32:203-212.

  4. Kagan-Zur, V. and Mizrahi, Y. 1987. Fruit ripening in tetraploid tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) J. Hort. Sci. 62(2): 243-248.

  5. Mizrahi, Y., Taleisnik, E., Zohar, Y., Offenbach, R., Matan, A., Golan, R. and Kagan-Zur, V. 1988. Beneficial effects of salinity: I. Improved quality of tomato fruit with no concomitant loss of yield. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113:202-205.

  6. Sivan, S., Zaritsky, A. and Kagan-Zur, V. 1988. Replication forks of Escherichia coli are not the preferred sites for lysogenic integration of bacteriophage Mu. J. Bact. 170: 3089-3093.

  7. Dewar, S., Kagan-Zur, V., Begg, K.J. and Donachie, W.D. 1989. Transcriptional regulation of cell division genes in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 3:1371-1377.

  8. Roth-Bejerano, N., Livne, D.and Kagan-Zur, V. 1990. Helianthemum-Terfezia relations in different growth media. New Phytol. 114:235-238.

  9. Kagan-Zur, V., Mills, D. and Mizrahi, Y. 1990. Callus formation from tomato endosperm. Acta Horticulturae. 280:139-142,.

  10. Kagan-Zur, V., Zamir, D., Navot, N. and Mizrahi, Y. 1991. A tomato triploid hybrid whose double genome parent is the male. J. Amer. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 116:342-345,.

  11. Kagan-Zur, V., Yaron-Miron, D. and Mizrahi, Y. 1991. A study of triploid tomato fruit attributes. J. Amer. Hortic. Sci 116:228-231.

  12. Kagan-Zur, V., Livne D. and Mizrahi, Y. 1992. Analysis of effects of auxin on fruit size of tetraploid and diploid tomato fruits. J. Hort. Sci. 67: 817-825.

  13. Kagan-Zur, V. and Mizrahi, Y. 1993. Long shelf-life cocktail tomatoes can be picked in bunches. Sci. Hortic. 56:31-41.

  14. Kagan-Zur, V., E. Raveh, S. Lischinsky & N. Roth-Bejerano. 1994. Helianthemum - Terfezia association is enhanced by low iron in the growth medium. New Phytol. 127:567-570

  15. Lapidot, M., Bar-Zvi, D., Kagan-Zur, V. and Mizrahi, Y. 1995. Identification of the double-chromosone donor parent of spontaneous tomato triploids. Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:914-916

  16. Taylor, F.W., Thamage, D.M., Baker, N., Roth-Bejerano, N. and Kagan-Zur, V. 1995. Notes on the Kalahari Desert Truffle Terfezia pfeilii. Mycol. Res. 99:874-878

  17. Roth-Bejerano, N. and Kagan-Zur, V. 1995. Sclerotia-like agregates in culture of Terfezia leonis. Mycol. Veget. Mediter.9:147-152

  18. Kagan-Zur, V., Tieman, D.M., Marlow, J.S. and Handa, A.K. 1995. Differential regulation of polygalacturonase and pectin methylesterase gene expression during and after heat stress in ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruits. Plant Mol. Biol. 29:1101-1110

  19. Kagan-Zur, V., Kuang, J. Tabak,S. Taylor, F.W. and Roth-Bejerano, N. 1999. Potential verification of a host plant for the desert truffle Terfezia pfeilii by molecular methods. Myc. Res. 103:1270-1274

  20. Kagan Zur V., Freeman S., Luzzati Y., Roth-Bejerano N. and Shabi E. (2000) Emergence of the first black Périgord truffle (Tuber melanosporum) in Israel. Mycol. Veget. Mediter. 15:187-192

  21. Kagan-Zur, V, Freeman S, Luzzati Y, Roth-Bejerano, N and Shabi E. (2001) Survival of introduced Tuber melanosporum mycorrhizas at two sites in Israel as measured by its occurrence on mycorrhizas. Plant & Soil 229(2):159-166.

  22. Wenkart S., Roth-Bejerano N., Mills D. and Kagan-Zur V. (2001). Mycorrhizal associations between Tuber melanosporum mycelia and transformed roots of Cistus incanus. Plant Cell Reports. 20(4):369-373. (DOI: 10.1007/s002990100325)

  23. Bohrer, G., Kagan-Zur, V., Roth-Bejerano, N. and Ward, D. (2001). Effects of environmental variables on VAM associations abundance in wild Kalahari-Desert-populations of V. infausta. The Journal of Vegetation Science 12:279-288.

  24. Volis S., Yakubov B., Shulgina I., Kagan-Zur V. Ward D. and Mendlinger S. (2001) Test of adaptive RAPD variation in population genetic structure of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum Koch) Journal of the Linnean Society ( Doi 10.1006/bijl.2001.0569) 74:289-303.

  25. Mills D, S Wenkart, Roth-Bejerano N, and Kagan-Zur V. 2002. A simple procedure for the micropropagation of Cistus incanus from aseptic seedlings and ex vitro plants. Agr Med 132: 77-82

  26. Bohrer, G., Kagan-Zur, V., Roth-Bejerano, N., Ward, D. Beck, G. & Bonifacio, E. 2003 Effects of different AM mycorrhizal communities on mineral acquisition and depletion from the soil by host plants. J. Arid Environ. 55:193 –208

  27. Roth-Bejerano N, E Sela, V Kagan-Zur. 2003. Low soil temperature favors survival of cistus incanus-tuber melanosporum mycorrhizas. Mycol. Veget. Mediter. 18: 84-88.

  28. Roth-Bejerano N, Li Y-F & Kagan-Zur V. 2004. Homokaryotic and heterokaryotic hyphae in Terfezia. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 85: 165–168.

  29. Aviram S, N Roth-Bejerano & V. Kagan-Zur. 2004. Two ITS forms co-inhabiting a single genet of an isolate of Terfezia boudieri (Ascomycotina), a desert truffle. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 85: 169–174.

  30. Roth-Bejerano N, Mendlinger S, & Kagan-Zur V. (2004) Effect of calcium on growth of submerged Terfezia boudieri mycelium. DOI 10.1007/s10267-003-0156-6. Mycoscience 45:30–34.

  31. Yvonne Ventura, David Mills, Varda Kagan-Zur, Nurit Roth-Bejerano, Amnon Bustan (2004). Mycorrhized Ri-transformed roots facilitate in vitro inoculation of Cistus incanus with Tuber melanosporum. Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture (In press).

  32. Ferdman Y, Aviram S, Roth-Bejerano N, Trappe JM, & Kagan-Zur V. 2005 Phylogenetic Studies of Terfezia pfeilii and Choiromyces echinulatus (Pezizales) support new genera for southern African truffles: Kalaharituber and Eremiomyces. Mycological Research, 109 (2): 236-244

  33. Bustan A, Ventura Y, Kagan-Zur V & Roth-Bejerano N. Optimized Conditions For Mycorrhiza Formation Between The Pink Rockrose (Cistus Incanus) And The Black Perigord Truffle (Tuber Melanosporum). Israel J Plant Science (accepted for publication).

Last Updated: 20/12/2005