ד"ר אופיר דגני

Dr. Ofir Degani

מוסד עיקרי

המכללה האקדמית תל חי

Tel Hai College

טלפון

054-6780114

דוא״ל

ofird at telhai.ac.il

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Yi8kc5QAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID URL

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6204-9406

קורות חייםCV

דיסציפלינות ראשיותMain Disciplines

Agriculture, Microbiology, Plant Science

דיסציפלינות משניותSecondary Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Science

תחומי מחקר / מילות מפתחKeywords

Crop protection, Phytopathology, Plant Disease, Plant host-fungal interactions

פרסומים ויצירות עיקריים / עדכנייםMain / Recent Publications

Shofman G., Degani O. Mixed fungal strains challenge host resistance: insights into Magnaporthiopsis maydis pathogenicity in maize. Frontiers in Microbiology (2025), 16, 1520237.
Shofman G., Degani O. Interspecies crosstalk between Magnaporthiopsis maydis and Fusarium verticillioides in mutually infected maize plants. Scientific Reports (2025), 15, 10089.
Ofir Degani (Ed.). Plant Fungal Diseases and Crop Protection. Reprint of the Special Issue Plant Fungal Diseases and Crop Protection that was published in the Journal of Fungi. June 2025. 238 pages.
Degani O., Gordani A., Dimant E., Rabinovitz O. Integrated biological-chemical interface for eco-friendly control of maize late wilt and cotton charcoal rot diseases. Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin Vol. 177, 14/06/2025, pp. 249-254.
Degani O. Plant Fungal Diseases and Crop Protection. Journal of Fungi. (2025); 11(4):274.
Degani O. Levy M., Horwitz A. B. Plant-Friendly Microorganisms as a Bio-Barrier Against Pathogens. Frontiers in Fungal Biology (2025); 6 1659453.
Degani O., Dimant E., and Margalit E. Impact of Fusarium Species Composition and Incidence on Onion Basal Rot in Northeastern Israel. Horticulturae (2024), 10, 373.
Degani O., Chen A., Dimant E., Gordani A., Malul T., Rabinovitz O. Integrated Management of the Cotton Charcoal Rot Disease Using Biological Agents and Chemical Pesticides. Journal of Fungi (2024), 10, 250.
Degani O. a, Ayoub A., Dimant E., and Gordani A. Antagonistic Interactions between Maize Seeds Microbiome Species and the Late Wilt Disease Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Frontiers in Fungal Biology (2024), 5: 1436759.
Degani O. Late Wilt of Maize: The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective. In: Verma, P.K., Mishra, S., Srivastava, V., Mehrotra, S. (eds) Plant Pathogen Interaction. (2024) Springer, Singapore.
Degani O. Bio-Hydrolysis of Cotton Fibers’ Cuticle Enhanced by Synergism between Cutinase and Pectinase. In Advances in Biology. (2024) Volume 7, Charles D. Grant (Editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. NY, USA, Chapter 4, pp 131-162.
Dimant, E., and Degani, O. a, Molecular Real-Time PCR Monitoring of Onion Fusarium Basal Rot chemical control. Journal of Fungi (2023), 9, 809
Degani O. A Green Solution to Maize Late Wilt Disease. In Trichoderma: Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Applications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2023), chapter 3. 65-82.
Degani, O., Gordani, A., Dimant, E., Chen, A., and Rabinovitz, O. The Cotton Charcoal Rot Causal Agent, Macrophomina phaseolina, Biological and Chemical Control. Frontiers in Plant Science (2023) 14, 1272335.
Gordani, A.; Hijazi, B.; Dimant, E.; Degani, O. Integrated Biological and Chemical Control against the Maize Late Wilt Agent Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Soil Syst. (2023), 7, 1.
Ofir Degani, Paz Becher, Asaf Gordani, Real-time PCR early detection of Trichoderma treatments efficiency against cotton charcoal rot disease, Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, Volume 4, (2023), 100027
Degani, O.; Becher, P.; Gordani, A. Pathogenic Interactions between Macrophomina phaseolina and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in Mutually Infected Cotton Sprouts. Agriculture (2022), 12, 255
Degani, O.; Yifa, R.; Gordani, A.; Becher, P.; Chen, A. Cultivars Resistance Assay for Maize Late Wilt Disease. Biology (2022), 11, 1854
Degani, O. Control Strategies to Cope with Late Wilt of Maize. Pathogens (2022), 11, 13
Degani, O. a, Chen, A., Dor, S. Orlov-Levin, V., Jacob M., Shoshani G. and Rabinovitz O. Remote evaluation of maize cultivars susceptibility to late wilt disease caused by Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Journal of Plant Pathology (2022), 104, 509–525.
Degani, O.; Dimant, E.; Gordani, A.; Graph, S.; Margalit, E. Prevention and Control of Fusarium spp., the Causal Agents of Onion (Allium cepa) Basal Rot. Horticulturae (2022), 8, 1071.
Degani, O.; Gordani, A. New Antifungal Compound, 6-Pentyl-α-Pyrone, against the Maize Late Wilt Pathogen, Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Agronomy (2022), 12, 2339.
Degani, O.; Gordani, A.; Becher, P.; Chen, A.; Rabinovitz, O. Crop Rotation and Minimal Tillage Selectively Affect Maize Growth Promotion under Late Wilt Disease Stress. J. Fungi (2022), 8, 586
Galia Shofman, Marlen Bahouth, Ofir Degani, Aggressive strains of the late wilt fungus of corn exist in Israel in mixed populations and can specialize in disrupting growth or plant health, Fungal Biology (2022), 126, 11–12, 793-808.
Degani, O., Gordani A., Becher P. and Dor, S. Crop Cycle and Soil Cultivation Role in the Outbreak of Late Wilt Disease of Maize, caused by Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Journal of Fungi (2021), 7 (9), 706.
Degani, O.; Regev, D.; Dor, S. The Microflora of Maize Grains as a Biological Barrier against the Late Wilt Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Agronomy (2021), 11, 965
Degani, O.; Rabinovitz, O.; Becher, P.; Gordani, A.; Chen, A. Trichoderma longibrachiatum and Trichoderma asperellum Confer Growth Promotion and Protection against Late Wilt Disease in the Field. J. Fungi (2021), 7, 444
Degani, O.; Khatib, S.; Becher, P.; Gordani, A.; Harris, R. Trichoderma asperellum Secreted 6-Pentyl-α-Pyrone to Control Magnaporthiopsis maydis, the Maize Late Wilt Disease Agent. Biology (2021), 10, 897
Degani, O.; Kalman, B. Assessment of Commercial Fungicides against Onion (Allium cepa) Basal Rot Disease Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae and Fusarium acutatum. J. Fungi (2021), 7, 235
Degani, O.; Gordani, A.; Becher, P.; Dor, S. Crop Cycle and Tillage Role in the Outbreak of Late Wilt Disease of Maize Caused by Magnaporthiopsis maydis. J. Fungi (2021), 7, 706.
Degani, O.; Dor, S. Trichoderma Biological Control to Protect Sensitive Maize Hybrids against Late Wilt Disease in the Field. J. Fungi (2021), 7, 315
Degani, O. Synergism between Cutinase and Pectinase in the Hydrolysis of Cotton Fibers’ Cuticle. Catalysts (2021), 11, 84
Degani, O. A Review: Late Wilt of Maize—The Pathogen, the Disease, Current Status, and Future Perspective. J. Fungi (2021), 7, 989
Chen A., Jacob M., Shoshani G., Dafny-Yelin M., Degani O., Rabinovitz O. Early detection of soil-borne diseases in field crops via remote sensing. Precision agriculture '21 (2021), Editor John V. Stafford. 217 – 224
Kalman, B., Abraham, D., Graph, S., Perl-Treves, R., Meller Harel, Y., Degani, O., Isolation and Identification of Fusarium spp., the causal agents of onion (Allium cepa) basal rot in northeastern Israel. Biology (2020), 9, 69
Degani, O., Goldblat, Y. Potential role of laccases in the relationship of the maize late wilt causal agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis, and its host. Journal of Fungi (2020), 6, 63
Degani, O., Dor, S., Chen, A., Orlov-Levin, V., Stolov-Yosef, A., Regev, D., Rabinovitz, O. Molecular tracking and remote sensing to evaluate new chemical treatments against the maize late wilt disease causal agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Journal of Fungi (2020), 6, 54
Degani, O., Dor, S., Abraham, D., Cohen, R. Interactions between Magnaporthiopsis maydis and Macrophomina phaseolina, the causes of wilt diseases in maize and cotton. Microorganisms (2020), 8, 249
Degani O., Regev D., Dor S., and, Rabinowitz O., Soil bioassay for detecting Magnaporthiopsis maydis infestation using a hyper susceptible maize hybrid. Journal of Fungi (2020), 6, 107
Dor S. and Degani O., Uncovering the host range for maize pathogen Magnaporthiopsis maydis. Plants (2019), 8 (8), 259
Degani O., Movshowitz D., Dor S., Meerson A., Goldblat Y., and Rabinovitz O. Evaluating Azoxystrobin seed coating against maize late wilt disease using a sensitive qPCR-based method. Plant Disease (2019), 103 (2) 238-248
Degani O., Dor S., Movshovitz D. and Rabinovitz O., Methods for Studying Magnaporthiopsis maydis, the Maize Late Wilt Causal Agent. Agronomy (2019), 9 (4), 181
Degani O., Dor S., Movshowitz D., Fraidman E., Rabinowitz O. and Graph S., Effective chemical protection against the maize late wilt causal agent, Harpophora maydis, in the field. PloS ONE (2018), 13 (12), e0208353
Degani, O., Accurate virulence test method for Cochliobolus heterostrophus wild-type and mutant strains in the post-genomic era. In Pathogenicity of Cochliobolus Species in Post Genomic Era. 1st Edition. Bengyella L. and Devi Waikhom S. (Eds.). Stadium Press LLC, Texas, USA, (2017) Chapter 4, 92-111
Degani, O., Cochliobolus heterostrophus T-toxin gene expression modulation via G protein and MAPK pathways. Plant Protection Science (2015), 51 (2), 53–60
Degani, O., Drori R. and Goldblat Y., Plant growth hormones suppress the development of Harpophora maydis, the cause of late wilt in maize. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants (2015), 21 (1), 137-149
Degani, O., Mediation of Fungicide Fludioxonil Activity and Resistance through Cochliobolus heterostrophus G-protein and MAPK Signaling Pathways. Phytoparasitica (2015), 43 (2), 215-228
Degani, O., Production and purification of cutinase from Fusarium oxysporum using modified growth media and specificity cutinase substrate. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology (2015), 6 (4), 245-258
Degani, O., Weinberg, T. and Graph, S., Chemical control of maize late wilt in the field. Phytoparasitica (2014), 42 (4), 559-570
Degani, O., Pathogenicity Assay for Cochliobolus heterostrophus G-Protein and MAPK Signaling Deficiency Strains. American Journal of Plant Sciences (2014), 5 (9), 1318-1328
Degani, O., Gene expression modulation of two biosynthesis pathways via signal transduction in Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology (2014), 5 (4), 340-352
Degani, O., G protein and MAPK signaling pathways control the ability of Cochliobolus heterostrophus to exploit different carbon sources. Advances in Biological Chemistry (2014), 4 (1), 40-50
Degani, O. and Goldblat Y., Ambient Stresses Regulate the Development of the Maize Late Wilt Causing Agent, Harpophora maydis. Agricultural Sciences (2014), 5 (7), 571-582
Degani, O. and Cernica, G., Diagnosis and Control of Harpophora maydis, the Cause of Late Wilt in Maize. Advances in Microbiology (2014), 4 (2), 94-105
Drori R., Goldberg D., Rabinovitz O., Sharon A., Levy M. and Degani O., Molecular diagnostic for Harpophora maydis, the cause of late wilt disease in northern Israel. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. (2013), 52 (1), 16−29
Degani, O., Lev, S. and Ronen M., Hydrophobin gene expression in the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. (2013), 83, 25-34
Degani, O., Construction of a constitutively activated Gα mutant in the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus. American Journal of Plant Sciences. (2013), 4 (12), 2394-2399
Cochliobolus heterostrophus G-protein alpha and beta subunit double mutant reveals shared and distinct roles in development and virulence, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. (2013), 82, 35-45
Igbaria A., Lev S., Rose M. S, Lee B. N., Hadar R., Degani O. and Horwitz B. A., Distinct and combined roles of the MAP kinases of Cochliobolus heterostrophus in virulence and stress responses, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (2008), 21 (6), 769-80
Degani, O., Salman, H, Gepstein, S & Dosoretz, C. G., Synthesis and characterization of a new cutinase substrate, 4-nitrophenyl (16-methyl sulfone ester) hexadecanoate. Journal of Biotechnology. (2006), 10,121(3), 346-50
Degani, O., Gepstein, S. & Dosoretz, C. G., A new method for measuring scouring efficiency of natural fibers based on the cellulose-binding domain-beta-glucuronidase fused protein. Journal of Biotechnology. (2004), 107, 265-73
Degani, O., Maor, R., Hadar, R., Sharon, A. & Horwitz, B. A., Host physiology and pathogenic variation of Cochliobolus heterostrophus strains with mutations in the G protein alpha subunit, CGA1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. (2004), 70, 5005-5009
Degani, O., Gepstein, S. & Dosoretz, C. G., Potential use of cutinase in enzymatic scouring of cotton fiber cuticle. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. (2002), 102-103, 277-89