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Institute for Agriculture & Biotechnology of Drylands -FAAB

Institute for Agriculture & Biotechnology of Drylands -FAAB

Academy

infrastructure
energy
agriculture
water

The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, part of the BIRD, engages in cutting-edge basic and applied research to develop sustainable agricultural solutions in drylands to enhance global food production.

Facilities

Laboratories

Environmental biogeochemistry lab

micrometeorology lab

Epigenetics and plant stress response lab

BlueGreen Research Lab- Ecology, physiology and biotechnology of cyanobacteria lab

Remote Sensing Laboratory

Microalgal Biotechnology lab

Soil physics and irrigation lab

Plant ecophysiology lab

Plant Bio-Sstress lab

Mycorrhizal desert truffles and CAM plants physiology lab

Breeding and Cytogenetics of Exotic Crops lab

Molecular mechanism of plant-insect interaction lab

Fish Health Lab

Services

Joint/Sponsored Reaserch

Joint/Sponsored Pilot

Expertise

Biotechnological solutions for sustainable dryland agriculture Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Genetic and epigenetic research to improve plants tolerance to environmental stress Increasing Dryland Agricultural Productivity New crops adaptation to various environmental stresses Rainwater harvesting for drought mitigation Investigation of silvo-pasture technologies for restoration of degraded rangelands Physiology and nutrition of arid zone farm animals Desert aquaculture and treatment of fish diseases Microalgae research
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Sde Boker campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion

Sde Boker campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion

22-33

9-16

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