Itay Gonda Lab
Genetics and genomics of aromatic and medicinal plants
Agricultural
Research
Organization
Volcani center
Itay Gonda, Ph.D.
Group leader
Itay Gonda, Ph.D.
Group leader
We have a new paper published in Plants, titled:
Fusarium Wilt of Coriander: Root Cause Analysis and Varietal Tolerance Development
A real contribution to Coriander farmers in Israel thanks to the fusarium-tolerance cultivar "Smadi". Special thanks to:
David Chaimovitsh
Tali Kahane
Omer Frenkel
About the lab
People have been used plants for medicine, perfumes and as aromatic herbs for thousands of years. The biological activity attributed to these plants is a result of various chemical compounds known as specialized metabolites. Aromatic and medicinal plants are valued for their ability to accumulate such compounds which are beneficial for humans. They possess a huge chemical diversity that contributes to our kitchen, medicine cabinet and perfume bouquet. This diversity presents both between species and within a species. The genetic mechanisms that drive this chemical diversity are largely unknown. Also, the active compounds in some of the important plants are unknown or their biosynthetic pathway is still a riddle.
Our goal is to bring state-of-the-art methods to the field of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants to promote both science and breeding. That includes (but not limited to) sequencing-based genotyping and QTL mapping, transcriptomic analyses, metabolomics and genome editing.
We have a new paper published in Physiologia Plantarum on
the genetics behind the inflorescence color of sweet basil!
People have been used plants for medicine, perfumes and as aromatic herbs for thousands of years. The biological activity attributed to these plants is a result of various chemical compounds known as specialized metabolites. Aromatic and medicinal plants are valued for their ability to accumulate such compounds which are beneficial for humans. They possess a huge chemical diversity that contributes to our kitchen, medicine cabinet and perfume bouquet. This diversity presents both between species and within a species. The genetic mechanisms that drive this chemical diversity are largely unknown. Also, the active compounds in some of the important plants are unknown or their biosynthetic pathway is still a riddle.
Our goal is to bring state-of-the-art methods to the field of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants to promote both science and breeding. That includes (but not limited to) sequencing-based genotyping and QTL mapping, transcriptomic analyses, metabolomics and genome editing.
