Ilan Chet - Selected publications#

1. Chet, I. and R. Mitchell. 1976. Petroleum hydrocarbons inhibit decomposition of organic matter in seawater. Nature 261:308-309.

2.Barak, R., Y. Elad, D. Mirelman and I. Chet. 1985. Lectins: a possible basis for specific recognition in Trichoderma-Sclerotium rolfsii interaction. Phytopathology 75:458-462

3. Roby, D., K. Broglie, R. Cressman, P. Biddle, I. Chet and R. Broglie. 1990. Activation of a bean chitinase promoter in transgenic tobacco plants by phytopathogenic fungi. Plant Cell 2:999-1007

4. Broglie, K., I. Chet, M. Holliday, R. Cressman, P. Biddle, S. Knowlton, C.J. Mauvals, and R. Broglie. 1991. Transgenic plants with enhanced resistance to the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Science 254:1194-1197

5. Inbar, J. and I. Chet. 1992. Biomimics of fungal cell-cell recognition by the use of lectin-coated nylon fibers. J. Bacteriol. 174:1055-1059
6. Ramot, O., A. Viterbo, D. Friesem, A. Oppenheim and I. Chet. 2004 Regulation of two homodimer hexosaminidases in the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma asperellum by glucosamine. Current Genetics 45:205-213

7. Viterbo A. and I. Chet. 2006. TasHyd1, a new hydrophobin gene from the biocontrol agent Trichoderma apenellum, is involved in plant root colonization. Molecular Plant Pathology 7:249-258

8. Brotman Y., E. Briff, A.Viterbo and I. Chet. 2008. Role of swollenin, an expansin-like protein from Trichoderma, in plant root colonization. Plant Physiol. 147:779-789

9. Brotman, Y, Landau U, Cuadros-Inostroza A, Tohge T, Fernie AR, Chet I, Viterbo A, Willmitzer L. (2013). Trichoderma-plant root colonization: escaping early plant defense responses and activation of the antioxidant machinery for saline stress tolerance.
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10. Harman, G.E., C.R. Howell, A. Viterbo, I. Chet and M. Lorito. 2004. Trichoderma species --- opportunistic, avirulent plant symbionts. Nature Microbiol. Rev. 2:43-56.

11. Chet, I. (ed.) 2009. Wolf Prize in Agriculture, World Scientific Publications, 1143 p.

2004 - Noted by ISI among the most cited scientsts in the world.