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Nurit Firon
Researcher at Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center
Publications - Â 33
Citations - Â 1619
Nurit Firon is an academic researcher from Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pollen & Gene. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1283 citations.
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Transcriptional profiling of maturing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) microspores reveals the involvement of heat shock proteins, ROS scavengers, hormones, and sugars in the heat stress response
Gil Frank,Etan Pressman,Ron Ophir,Levia Althan,Rachel Shaked,Moshe Freedman,Shmuel Shen,Nurit Firon +7 more
TL;DR: This work provides a comprehensive analysis of the molecular events underlying the HSR of maturing microspores of a crop plant, tomato.
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Pollen grains of heat tolerant tomato cultivars retain higher carbohydrate concentration under heat stress conditions
Nurit Firon,Rachel Shaked,Mary M. Peet,D.M. Pharr,E. Zamski,Katerina Rosenfeld,L. Althan,E. Pressman +7 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the carbohydrate content of developing and mature tomato pollen grains may be an important factor in determining pollen quality, and suggest that heat-tolerant cultivars have a mechanism for maintaining the appropriate carbohydrate content under heat stress.
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Transcriptional profiling of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) roots indicates down-regulation of lignin biosynthesis and up-regulation of starch biosynthesis at an early stage of storage root formation.
Nurit Firon,Don R. LaBonte,Arthur Villordon,Yanir Kfir,Julio Solis,Evgenia Lapis,Temima Schnitzer Perlman,Adi Doron-Faigenboim,Amots Hetzroni,Leviah Althan,Lahan Adani Nadir +10 more
TL;DR: This study identifies genes that are involved in the earliest stage of storage root formation, highlighting the reduction in carbon flow toward phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and its delivery into carbohydrate metabolism and starch biosynthesis, as major events involved in storage root initiation.
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Root architecture and root and tuber crop productivity.
TL;DR: It is believed that unraveling the role of root architecture in root and tuber crop productivity will improve global food security, especially in regions with marginal soil fertility and low-input agricultural systems.
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Heat stress regimes for the investigation of pollen thermotolerance in crop plants.
TL;DR: In this review, experimental approaches that have been used in various crops, with special focus on tomato, rice and wheat, as the best studied crops regarding pollen thermotolerance are summarized and discussed to provide guidelines for similar research in other crops.