Autor/-in: Simcha Lev-Yadun

Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun Department of Biology and Environment,Faculty of Natural Sciences,University of Haifa- Oranim, Tivon 36006 Israel Major Research Interests: The beginning of agriculture: The biology and genetics of plant domestication. The ecology and evolution of defensive vegetative coloration in plants. Developmental processes in plants: meristematic activity and its ecology and regulation, fate of apical meristems, homeosis, pattern formation. Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for the biology of trees. Biology and ecology of trees and other woody plants. Palaeoecology: Dendrochronology, identification of botanical material from archaeological excavations, reconstruction of palaeoenvironments.