Selected research objectives:1. Improving frost tolerance in avocado orchards using frost mitigation techniques.2. Identifying the genetic and physiological factors involved in frost tolerance and sensitivity in avocado.3. Development of frost-tolerant avocado cultivars.4. Development of avocado tissue culture.5. Development of new high-quality avocado varieties.6. Improving yield and lowering alternate bearing in avocado.7. Development of quinoa as a new multi-purpose field crop in Israel.

Pomegranate fruit health-beneficial bioactive compounds, tissue cultures.

Current academic courses:-Botany-Crop science and physiology-Sub-tropical fruit trees

Teaching assistant -plant phyisiology for under-graduate students at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Introduction of new ornamentals- cut and pot flowers.