The Division for Development and Public Relations     AMNON  SCHWARTZ,  Jack Futterman Professor of Agricultural Botany  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : BE'ER TUVIA Office Phone: 08-948-9832 Fax: 08-948-9899 E-Mail: schwartz@agri.huji.ac.il U.R.L:   Department Faculty   ROBERT H. SMITH INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIEN ROBERT H.SMITH FACULTY OF AGRI Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1980   Academic Position   Year ASSOC. PROFESSOR 2005 SENIOR LECTURER 1988 LECTURER 1982   External Academic Positions Postdoc. Fellow, Stanford Univ., 1981-82   Research Interests Plant-water relations. Ion transport and electrophysiology. Photosynthesis and gas exchange in plants. Stomata physiology. CO2 enrichment in green houses.and drought adaptation in crop plants.   Research Projects Leaf gas exchange and growth of Pinus halepensis grown in an arid The effect of CO2 enrichment on greenhouse grown strawberries and Water consumption of table grapes grown in a semi arid region. Direct effects of environmental stress (salt, air pollution by ozone   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year The gibberellin-induced, cysteine-rich protein GIP2 from Petunia 2006 The involvement of ployphenols and peroxidase activities in 2001 External protons enhance the activity of the 1996 Anion channel blockers inhibit S-type anion channels and 1995 Effect of shade on banana morphology, growth and production. 1995 The role of potassium channels in the temperature control of 1995 Temperature effects on the K channels in guard cell protoplasts 1995 Synergistic effect of light and fusicoccin on stomatal opening: 1992 Malfunctioning stomata in vitreous leaves of carnation (Dianthus 1992 Vanadate inhibition of stomatal opening in epidermal peels of 1991   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem