Soil and Water - Irrigation

Uri Yermiyahu, Ph.D.
Tel.: 972 8 992-8648/49/50
Fax: 972 7 992-6485

Mobile: 056-220136
uri4@volcani.agri.gov.il

Soil and Water
Gilat Research Center
Mobile Post Negev 85280
Israel

Areas of Expertise

• Soil chemistry and plant nutrition
• Rhizospora
• Salinity
• Mineral toxicity in plants

Current Projects	Funding
Toxic solubility of heavy metals	Ministry of Ecology
Boron toxicity in vineyards	Ministry of Agriculture
Interaction between salinity and boron in soil and plants	Ministry of Agriculture

Recent publications

1. Yermiyahu, U., R. Keren and Y. Chen. 1995. Boron sorption by soil in the presence of organic matter. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59:405-409.
2. Yermiyahu, U., S. Nir, G. Ben-Hayyim, U. Kafkafi and T.B. Kinraide. 1997. Root elongation in saline solution related to calcium binding to root cell plasma membranes. Plant and Soil 191:67-76.
3. Yermiyahu, U., G. Rytwo, D.K. Brauer and T.B. Kinraide. 1997. Binding and electrostatic attraction of lanthanum (La3+) and aluminum (Al3+) to wheat root plasma membranes. J. Membr. Biol. 159:239-252.
4. Yermiyahu, U., D.K. Brauer and T.B. Kinraide. 1997. Sorption of aluminum to plasma membrane vesicles isolated from root of Scout 66 and Atlas 66 wheat. Plant Physiol. 115:1119-1125.
5. Yermiyahu, U., S. Nir, G. Ben-Hayyim, U. Kafkafi and Gunther F.E. Scherer. 1998. Surface properties of plasma membrane vesicles isolated from melon (Cucumus melo L.) root cells differing in salinity tolerance. Colloids and Surfaces (Accepted).
6. Kinraide, T.B., U. Yermiyahu and G. Rytwo. 1998. Computation of surface electrical potential of plant cell membranes. Correspondence to published zeta potential from diverse plant sources. Plant Physiol. (118: ).