Rina Kamenetsky Ph.D Professor of Horticulture and Plant Physiology Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel Tel: +972-3-9683511 Fax: +972-3-9660589 Email: rmgold@agri.huji.ac.il ; vhrkamen@volcani.agri.gov.il Center for Floriculture in Arid Regions (CeFAR)

Fields of Scientific Interest:

• The mechanisms of internal and environmental regulation of flowering and dormancy in geophytes and herbaceous perennial plans
• Plant biodiversity, introduction of new ornamental plants, and their cultivation in warm regions.
• Fertility restoration in garlic
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• Herbaceous Peony: Cut Flowers from Israel
• Herbaceous Perennials from Israel

Recent Publications:

• Kamenetsky, R. and H. D. Rabinowitch (2001). Floral development in bolting garlic. Sex. Pl. Repr., 4: 235-241
• Zemah, H., Rabinowitch, H. D. and Kamenetsky, R. (2001).Florogenesis and flowering physiology of ornamental geophyte Allium aflatunense. J. Hort. Sci.Biotech., 76: 507-513
• Bendel, P, Zemah, H., Kamenetsky, R., Vergeldt, F. and van As, H. (2001). Magnetization transfer and double-quantum filtered imaging as probes for motional restricted water in tulip bulbs. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 19: 857-865
• Kamenetsky, R. and Fritsch, R. (2002) Ornamental Alliums. In: Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances (H. D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah, eds.) Wallington, UK, CAB International, pp 459-492.
• Kamenetsky, R. and Rabinowitch, H. (2002).Florogenesis. In: Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances ( H. D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah, eds.) Wallington, UK, CAB International, pp 31-58.
• Rabinowitch, H. and Kamenetsky, R. (2002). Shallots (A.cepa Aggregatum group). In: Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances (H. D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah, eds.) Wallington, UK, CAB International , pp 409-430.
• Barzilay, A., Zemah, H., Ran, I and Kamenetsky, R (2002). Annual life cycle and floral development of Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt' in Israel. HortScience, 37:300-303
• Kamenetsky, R., Barzilay A., Erez, A. and Halevy A.H. (2003). Temperature requirements for floral development of herbaceous peony cv. 'Sarah Bernhardt'. Sci. Hort., 97: 309-320
• Kamenetsky, R., Zemah, H., Ranwala, A.P., Vergeldt. F., Ranwala N. K., Miller, W.B. Van As, H. and Bendel, B. (2003).Water status and carbohydrate pools in tulip bulbs during dormancy release. New Phytologist, 158: 109-118
• Kamenetsky, R., London Shafir, I., Zemah, H., Barzilay, A. and Rabinowitch H. D. (2004). Environmental Control of Garlic Growth and Florogenesis. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 129: 144-151
• Kamenetsky, R ., London Shafir, I., Khassanov, F., Kik, C., van Heusden, A.W., Vrielink-van Ginkel, M., Burger- Meijer, K., Auger, J., Arnault, I. and Rabinowitch, H.D (2005). Diversity in fertility potential and organo-sulphur compounds among garlics from Central Asia . Biodiversity and Conservation. 14:281-295
• Kamenetsky, R , Peterson, R. L., Melville, L.H. , Machado, C. F., and Bewley J. D. (2005). Seasonal adaptations of the tuberous roots of Ranunculus asiaticus to desiccation and resurrection by changes in cell structure and protein content. New Phytologist, 166:193-204
• Kamenetsky, R. and Rabinowitch, H.D. (2006) The Genus Allium: A Developmental and Horticultural Analysis. Hort. Rev., Vol. 32, 329-378
• Flaishman, M. and Kamenetsky, R. (2006) Florogenesis in Flower Bulbs: Classical and Molecular Approaches In: Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology, Volume I, (J.A. Teixeira da Silva, ed) Global Science Books, Japan, pp 33-43 .
• Kamenetsky, R . (2006) Garlic: Botany and Horticulture. Hort. Rev., Vol. 33. 123-172

Updated 21 December, 2007