1 January, 2013 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (Chronologically) J. KATAN I. BOOKS, EDITING AND MANUALS (Chronologically) 1. Kenneth, N. and J. Katan (eds.). 1972. Production of Healthy Plants by Therapeutic and Other Methods and their Maintenance and Use. Symposium. Int. Soc. Hort. Sci. Tel-Aviv. 115 pp. 2. Grinstein, A. and J. Katan. 1979. Diseases of Vegetable Crops. Academon, Rehovot, 61 pp (Hebrew). 3. Sztejnberg, A. and J. Katan. 1979. Introductory Plant Pathlogy: Laboratory Manual. Academon, Rehovot, 78 pp (Hebrew). 4. Katan, J. and J.E. DeVay (eds.). 1991. Soil Solarization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 267 pp. 5. Sztejnberg, A., N. Eshed, A. Dinoor, J. Katan and R. Kenneth. 1992. Introductory Plant Pathology: Laboratory Manual (revised edition). Dept. Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rehovot. 119 pp. (Hebrew). 6. Katan, J., N. Aharonson, E. Cohen and B. Rubin (eds.). 2000. Selected Topics in Plant Protection. Special issue of Plant Protection 19:531-915. 7. Gullino, M.L., J. Katan and A. Matta (eds.). 2000. Chemical and Nonchemical Soil Disinfestation. Acta Hort. 532, pp 1-260. 8. Gamliel, A., A. Vanachter, J. Katan (eds.). 2010. Chemical and Nonchemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation. Acta. Hort: 883, pp. 1-429. 9. Gamliel, A. and Katan, J. (eds.). 2012. Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press. St Paul, pp. 1-266. 10. Garibaldi, A., J. Katan and M.L. Gullino. 2012. Fusarium Wilt of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. APS Press. St. Paul, pp. 1-243. II. INVITED REVIEWS AND CHAPTERS (Chronologically) 11. Kenneth, R., R. Barkai-Golan, M. Chorin, J. Katan, D. Netzer, J. Palti and Z. Volcani. 1970. A Revised Checklist of Fungal and Bacterial Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Israel. XI. Intern. Hort. Congr. Tel Aviv, 35 pp. 12. Katan, J. and Y. Eshel. 1973. Interactions between herbicides and plant pathogens. Residue Reviews 45:145-177. 13. Katan, J. 1974. Crop protection education in Israel. Symposium on Higher Education in Crop Protection in Europe. Br. Crop Prot. Monogr. 13:20-24. 2 14. Katan, J. 1975. Production of fruits and vegetables with minimal chemisation. Proc. XIX Inter. Hort. Cong. 3:383-394. Warsaw. 15. Henis, Y. and J. Katan. 1975. Effect of inorganic amendments and soil reaction on soil-borne plant diseases. In: G.W. Bruehl (ed.) Biology and Control of SoilBorne Plant Pathogens. The American Phytopathological Society, pp. 100-106. 16. Eshel, Y., J. Katan and A. Grinstein. 1977. Interactions between soil-applied herbicides and soil-borne diseases. In: M. Horowitz (ed.). Behavior of Pesticides in Soil. Proc. Israel-France Symp. Publ. pp. 83-84. 17. Fuhremann, T.W., E.P. Lichtenstein and J. Katan. 1978. Binding and release of insecticide residues in soils. In: M.V. Kennedy (ed.). Disposal and Decontamination of Pesticides. American Chemical Society pp. 131-141. 18. Katan, J. 1979. Solar heating of soil and other economically safe methods of controlling soilborne pests for increasing food production. In:T. Kommedahl (ed.), Proc. IX Int. Congr. Pl. Prot. Vol. 1:26-30. Washington D.C. 19. Katan, J. 1980. Solar pasteurization of soils for disease control: status and prospects. Plant. Dis. 64:450-454. 20. Katan, J. 1980. Polyethylene mulching for the control of soilborne pests. Plasticulture 46:2-5. 21. Katan, J. 1980. Survival of soilborne plant pathogens with special reference to their control: short and long-term effects. Proc. 5th Cong. Medit. Phytopath. Union. The Helenic Phytopath. Soc. pp. 77-80. 22. Katan, J. 1981. Solar heating (solarization) of soil for control of soilborne pests. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 19:211-236. 23. Katan, J. 1982. Pototoes in hot climate: fungal diseases. Potato Res. 24:453-454. 24. Katan, J. 1983. Soil disinfestation: solarization. Acta Horticulturae 152:227-236. 25. Katan, J. 1984. The role of soil disinfestation in achieving high production in horticultural crops. Br. Crop. Prot. Conf. 1189-1196. 26. Kaufman, D.D., J. Katan, D.F. Edwards and E.G. Jordan. 1984. Microbial adaptation and metabolism of pesticides. In: J.L. Hilton (ed.). Agricultural Chemicals of the Future, BARC Symposium No. 8. Rowman and Allanheld, Totowa, NJ pp. 437-451. 27. Katan, J. 1985. Solar disinfestation of soils. In: C.A. Parker, A.D. Rovira, K.J. Moore, P.T.W. Wong and J.F. Kollmorgen (eds.). Biology and Management of Soilborne Plant Pathogens. APS, St. Paul, pp. 274-278. 28. Katan, J. 1986. Soil solarization. In: I. Chet (ed.). Non-conventional Approaches to Plant Disease Control. J. Wiley and Sons, NY. pp. 77-105. 3 29. Katan, J., A. Grinstein, A. Greenberger, O. Yarden and J.E. DeVay. 1987. The first decade (1976-1986) of soil solarization (solar heating): a chronological bibliography. Phytoparasitica 15:229-255. 30. Katan, J. and N. Aharonson. 1989. Accelerated degradation of pesticides. In: B. Yaron and Z. Gerstel (eds.). Behavior of Pollutants in Porous Media. SpringerVerlag pp. 193-207. 31. Katan, J. 1989. Root - soilborne pathogens interactions. In: Y. Waizel, U. Kafkafi and A. Eshel (eds.). Roots - The Hidden Phase. Marcel and Dekker Inc. NY. pp. 823-836. [A second and revised edition, 1996, pp. 811-822]. 32. Katan, J. 1989. Soil temperature interactions with the biotic components of vascular wilt diseases. In: C. Beckman and E. Tjamos (eds.). The Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Development of Vascular Wilt Diseases of Plants. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 353-336. 33. Katan, J., J.E. DeVay and A. Greenberger. 1989. The biological control by soil solarization. In: C. Beckman and J. Tjamos (eds.). The Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Development of Vascular Diseases of Plants. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 493-499. 34. Aharonson, N., J. Katan, E. Avidov and D. Yarden. 1990. The role of fungi and bacteria in the enhanced degradation of the fungicide carbendazim and the herbicide diphenamid. In: Enhanced Biogradation of Pesticides in the Environment, K.D. Racke and J.R. Coats (eds.). American Chemical Society, Washington DC. pp. 113-127. 35. Katan, J. 1990. Soil solarization: a non-chemical method for the control of soilborne pathogens, weeds and pests. In: Pesticides and Alternatives, J.E. Casida (ed.), Elsevier Science Publ. Amsterdam, pp. 457-465. 36. Katan, J. and J.E. DeVay. 1991. Soil solarization: historical aspects, principles and uses. In: J. Katan and J.E. DeVay (eds.). Soil Solarization, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 23-37. 37. DeVay, J.E. and J. Katan. 1991. Mechanisms of pathogen control in solarized soils. In: J. Katan and J.E. DeVay (eds.). Soil Solarization, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 131-138. 38. Aharonson, N., and J. Katan. 1991. Pesticide behavior in solarized and disinfested soils. In: J. Katan and J.E. DeVay (eds.). Soil Solarization, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 131-138. 39. Katan, J., C. Ginzburg and S. Freeman. 1992. The weakening effect as a trigger for biological control and criteria for its evaluation. In: E.C. Tjamos, G. Papavizas, and J.R. Cook, and (eds.). Biological Control of Plant Pathogens, Plenom Press, N.Y. pp 55-61. 40. Katan, J. 1992. Soil Solarization research as a model for the development of new methods of disease control. Phytoparasitica 20:133-1335S. 4 41. Katan, J. 1992. Nonchemical methods for the control of soilborne pathogens. La Difesa delle Planta. 15:41-48. 42. Aharonson, N. and J. Katan. 1993. Delayed and enhanced biodegradation of soilapplied diphenamid, carbendazin and aldicarb. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 22: 451-466. 43. Katan, J. 1993. Replacing pesticides with nonchemical tools for the control of soilborne pathogens - a realistic goal? Phytoparasitica 21:95-99. 44. Katan, J. 1996. Cultural practices and soil-borne disease manegement. In: R. S. Utkhede and V.K. Gupta,(eds.), in "Management of Soil-Borne Diseases", Kalyani Pubglishers, New Delhi, pp. 100-122. 45. Katan, J. 1996. Soil solarization: Integrated control aspects. In: R. Hall (ed.), Strategies for Managing Soilborne Plant Pathogens, APS Press, St Paul, pp. 250278. 46. Katan, J. 1996. Soil disinfestation: environmental problems and solutions. In: D. Rosen, E. Tel-Or, Y. Hadar and Y. Chen (eds.), Modern Agriculture and the Environment, Kluwer, London. pp 41-55. 47. Katan, J., C. Ginzburg and M. Assaraf 1996. Pathogen weakening as a component of integrated control. In: T. Wenhua, R.J. Cook and A. Rovira (eds.). Advances in Biological Control of Plant Diseases. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 320-326. 48. Palti, J. and J. Katan. 1997. Effect of cultivation practices and cropping systems on soilborne diseases. In: R.J. Hillocks and J.M. Waller (eds.), Soilborne Disease of Tropical Crops. CAB International, Wallingford. pp 377-396. 49. Katan, J. 1997. Soil solarization for the control of diseases caused by Rhizoctonia spp. In: B. Sneh, S. Jabaji-Hare, S. Neate and G. Dijst (eds.). Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Control. Kluwer, London, pp. 423-432. 50. Gamliel, A., A. Grinstein and J. Katan. 1997. Improved technologies to reduce emission of methyll bromide from fumigated soil. Phytoparasitica 25 S: 21-30. 51. Grinstein, A., K.R.S. Ascher, G.A. Mattheus, J. Katan and A. Gamliel 1997 (eds.). Improved application technology for reducing pesticide dosages and environmental pollution. Phytoparasitica 25S: 1-101. 52. Cook, R.J., J. Katan and I. Chet. 1998. Management of Soilborne Pathogens: Summary and Recommendations. Phytoparasitica 26:241-243. 53. Katan, J. 1999. The methyl bromide issue: problems and potential solutions. J. Pl. Pathology 81:153-159. 54. Cohen, R., S. Pivonia, Y. Burger, M. Edelstein, A. Gamliel and J. Katan. 2000. Toward integrated management of Monosporascus wilt of melons in Israel. Plant Dis. 84:496-505. 5 55. Katan, J. 2000. Physical and cultural methods for the management of soil-borne pathogens. Crop Prot. 19:725-731. 56. Katan, J. 2000. Soil and substrate disinfestation as influenced by new technologies and constraints. Acta Hort. 532:29-35. 57. Cohen, R., S. Pivonia, Y. Berger, M. Edelstein, A. Gamliel and J. Katan. 2000. Various approaches towards controlling sudden wilt of melons in Israel. Acta Hort. 510: 350-358. 58. Katan, J. 2002. Traditional and non-conventional cultural practices for the management of soilborne diseases. Proc. Indian Phytopathological Society. Golden Jubilee (2000). pp. 783-788. IARI. New Delhi. 59. Katan, J. 2002. Interactions of soil-borne pathogens with roots and above ground organs. In: Y. Waizel, V. Kafkafi and A. Eshel (eds.). p.p. 949-959. Roots The Hidden Phase Marcel and Dekker, NY (A third, revised edition). 60. Katan, J. 2003. Role of cultural practices for the management of soilborne pathogens in intensive horticultural systems. Acta Hort. 635: 11-18. 61. Katan, J. 2004. Soil solarization: The integrated approach. Summa Phytopathol. 30: 137-139. 62. Gamliel, A. and J. Katan 2004. Soil disinfestation. In: D. Hillel (ed), pages 394-400. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. pp. 394-400. Elsevier. 63. Katan, J. 2005. Soil disinfestation: one minute before methyl bromide phase out. Acta Hort. 698: 19-26. 64. Katan, J. 2006. Strategies for the management of soil-borne pathogens: Phytopathological and environmental aspects. Proc. Mediterranean. Phytopath Union Congress. pp. 232-235. 65. Gamliel, A. and J. Katan. 2009. Control of Plant disease through solarization. In: D. Walter (ed). Disease Control in Crops: Biological and Environmentally Friendly Approaches. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford pp. 196-220. 66. Katan, J. 2009. Phytopathology in Israel: nine decades of research. Phytoparasitica 37: 333-336. 67. Katan, J. and A. Gamliel. 2009. Soil solarization- 30 years on – What lessons have been learned? In: U. Gisi, I. Chet & L. Gullino (eds.). Recent Development in Disease Management. Springer pp. 265-283. 68. Gamliel, A. and J. Katan. 2010. Soilborne diseases control by physical methods. In: Encyclopedia of Agrophysics, J. Lepiec (ed.). Springer, Heidelberg pp. 813-816. 69. Katan, J. and A. Vanachter. 2010. Soil and crop health following soil disinfestation. Acta. Hort. 883: 25-36. 6 70. Katan, J. 2010. Cultural approaches for disease management: Present status and future prospects. J. Pl. Pathol. 92: S4.5-S4.7. 71. Katan, J. and A. Gamliel. 2012. Development and assessment of new approaches to physical and chemical soil disinfestation. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 31-45. 72. Katan, J. and A. Gamliel. 2012. Soil Solarization for the management of soilborne pests: The challenge, historical perspectives and principles. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 45-52. 73. Katan, J., D. Shteinberg and A. Gamliel. 2012. The integrated management concept in the context of soilborne pathogens and soil disinfestation. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 91-97. 74. Katan, J. and A. Gamliel. 2012. Mechanisms of pathogen and disease control and plant-growth improvement involved in soil solarization. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 135-145. 75. Shlevin, E., J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2012. Pathogen response to elevated temperatures and modeling pathogen and disease control by solarization. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 153-161. 76. Gamliel, A., E. Shlevin and J. Katan. 2012. Special uses and improvements in soil solarization. In: A. Gamliel and J. Katan, (eds.). Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, pp. 241-249. 77. Gullino, M.L., J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2012. The genus Fusarium and the species that affect greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals. In: M.L. Gullino, J. Katan and A. Garibaldi (eds.). Fusairum Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. APS Press, St. Paul, M.N, pp. 5-9. 78. Katan, J., M.L. Gullino and A. Garibaldi. 2012. Strategies and tactics, in Fusarium wilt management. In: M.L. Gullino, J. Katan and A. Garibaldi (eds.). Fusairum Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. APS Press, St. Paul, M.N, pp. 61-66. 79. Gamliel A. and J. Katan. 2012. Soil and substrate disinfestation in protected structures. In: M.L. Gullino, J. Katan and A. Garibaldi (eds.). Fusairum Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. APS Press, St. Paul, M.N, pp. 121-131. 80. Gullino, M.L., J. Katan and A. Garibaldi. 2012. Fusarium wilt of sweet basil. In: M.L. Gullino, J. Katan and A. Garibaldi (eds.). Fusairum Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. APS Press, St. Paul, M.N, pp. 185-190. 7 81. Katan, J. 2013. Three decades of soil solarization: achievements and difficulties. Acta. Hort. (in press). III. INVITED REVIEWS AND CHAPTERS IN HEBREW (Chronologically) 82. Katan, J., E. Shabi and R. Ausher. 1973. Chemical Control of Plant Diseases. The Phytopathological Society of Israel, 33 pp. 83. Katan, J. 1976. Diseases of Vegetable Crops. 1976. In: Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. 3:741-745. 84. Katan, J. 1989. Soil suppressiveness. Israel Agrisearch 3:153-162. 85. Katan, J., A. Gamliel and A. Grinstein. 1996. Control of soilborne pathogens by soil solarization without chemicals. Israel Agrisearch 8:83-100. 86. Katan, J. 1997. Introduction to Plant Pathology. In: J. Rotem and J. Palti (eds.). Plant Diseases in Israel. The ARO Publications Bet Dagan, pp. 17-29. 87. Katan, J., R. Kenneth and I. Chet. 1997. Fungal pathogens. In: J. Rotem and J. Palti (eds.). Plant Diseases in Israel. The ARO Publications Bet Dagan, pp. 3139. 88. Katan, J. 1997. Soil disinfestation. In: J. Rotem and J. Palti (eds.). Plant Diseases in Israel. The ARO Publications Bet Dagan, pp. 177-183. IV. ARTICLES (CHRONOLOGICALLY) 89. Sneh, B., J. Katan, Y. Henis and I. Wahl. 1966. Methods for evaluating inoculum density of Rhizoctonia in naturally infested soils. Phytopathology 56:74-76. 90. Katan, J. and I Wahl. 1966. Occurrence in Israel of new dangerous isolates of the Fusarium tomato wilt pathogen. Proceedings of the First International Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union. Bari. pp. 425-430. 91. Kedar, N., N. Reting and J. Katan. 1967. Non-random segregation of Gene I for Fusarium resistance to the tomato. Euphytica 16:258-266. 92. Reting, N., N. Kedar and J. Katan. 1967. Penetrance of Gene I for Fusarium resistance in the tomato. Euphytica 16:252-257. 93. Henis, Y., B. Sneh and J. Katan. 1967. Effect of organic amendments on Rhizoctonia and accompanying microflora in soil. Can. J. Microbioogy 13:643650. 94. Katan, J. and J.L. Lockwood. 1970. Effect of pentachloronithrobenezene on saprophytic colonization of alfalfa residues by fungi and actinomycetes in soil. Phytopathology 60:1578-1582. 95. Katan, J. 1971. Symptomless carriers of the tomato Fusarium wilt pathogen. Phytopathology. 61:1213-1217. 8 96. Sneh, B., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1971. Mode of inhibition of Rhizoctonia solani in chitin-amended soil. Phytopathology 61:1113-1117. 97. Eshel, Y. and J. Katan. 1972. Effect of dinitroanilines on solaneceous vegetables and soil fungi. Weed Sci. 20:243-245. 98. Sneh, B., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1972. Colonization of stem segments and chitin particles by Rhizoctonia solani in soil. Phytopathology 62:858-857. 99. Eshel, Y. and J. Katan. 1972. Effect of time of application of diphenamid on pepper, weeds and disease. Weed Sci. 20:468-472. 100. Eshel, Y. and J. Katan. 1972. Effect of day and night temperature on tolerance of solanaceous vegetables of diphenamid. Hortscience 7:67-68. 101. Bristow, R.R., J. Katan and J.L. Lockwood. 1973. Control of Rhizoctonia solani by PCNB accumulated from soil by bean plants. Phytopathology 63:808-813. 102. Eshel, Y., J. Katan and D. Palevich. 1973. Selective action of diphenamid and napropamide in pepper and weeds. Weed Res. 13:379-384. 103. Alon, H., J. Katan and N. Kedar. 1974. Factors affecting penetrance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in tomatoes. Phytopathology 64:455-461. 104. Katan, J. and Y. Eshel. 1974. Effect of the herbicide diphenamid on damping-off in pepper and tomato. Phytopathology 64:1186-1192. 105. Lisker, N., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1974. Effect of propagule size on the in vitro production of polygalacturonase and cellulase by Rhizoctonia solani. Can. J. Microbiol. 20:1713-1721. 106. Katan, J. and R. Ausher. 1974. Distribution of race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in tomato fields in Israel. Phytoparasitica 2:83-90. 107. Lisker, N., J. Katan, I. Chet and Y. Henis. 1975. Release of cell-bound polygalacturonase and cellulase from mycelium of Rhizoctonia solani. Can. J. Microbiol. 21:521-526. 108. Shlevin, E., and J. Katan. 1975. Rhizoctonia disease of carrot seedling and its control. Plant Dis. Reptr. 59:29-32. 109. Lisker, N., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1975. Sequential production of polygalacturonase, cellulase and pectin lyase by Rhizoctonia solani. Can. J. Microbiol. 21:1298-1304. 110. Lisker, N., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1975. Scanning electron of Rhizoctonia solani. Can. J. Bot. 53:1801-1804. 111. Ausher, R., J. Katan and S. Ovadia. 1975. An improved selective medium for the isolation of Verticillium dahliae. Phytoparasitica 3:133-137. 9 112. Grinstein, A., J. Katan and Y. Eshel. 1976. Effect of dinitroaniline herbicides on plant resistance to soilborne pathogens. Phytopathology 66:517-522. 113. Katan, J., A. Greenberger, H. Alon and A. Grinstein. 1976. Solar heating by polyethylene mulching for the control of diseases caused by soilborne pathogens. Phytopathology 66:683-688. 114. Lisker, N., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1976. Scanning electron microscopy of the infection of beans by Rhizoctonia solani propagules. Ann. Bot. 40:625-629. 115. Katan, J., T.W. Fuhremann and E.P. Lichtenstein. 1976. Binding of (14C) parathion in soil: a reassessment of pesticide persistence. Science 193:981-894. 116. Lichtenstein, E.P., J. Katan and B.N. Anderegg. 1977. Binding of persistent and non-persistent (14C) labeled insecticides in an agricultural soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:43-47. 117. Katan, J. and E.P. Lichtenstein. 1977. Mechanisms of production of soil bound residues of (14C) parathion by microorganisms. J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:14041408. 118. Chet, I., D. Havkin and J. Katan. 1978. The role of cathechol in inhibition of Fusarium wilt. Phytopathol. Z., 91:60-66. 119. Grinstein, A., D. Orion, and J. Katan. 1979. Solar heating of the soil for the control of Verticillium dahliae and Pratylenchus thornei. In: B. Schippers and W. Gams (eds.). Soilborne Plant Pathogens. Academic Press, pp. 585-591. 120. Chet, I., I. Hadar, Y. Elad, J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1979. Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens by Trichoderma harzianum. In: B. Schippers and W. Gams (eds.). Soilborne Plant Pathogens. Academic Press, pp. 585-591. 121. Grinstein, A., Y. Elad, J. Katan and I. Chet. 1979. Control of Sclerotium rolfsii by means of a herbicide and Trichoderma harzianum. Pl. Dis. Reptr. 63:823-826. 122. Grinstein, A., J. Katan, A. Abdul-Razik, O. Zeydan and Y. Elad. 1979. Control of Sclerotium rolfsii and weeds in peanuts by solar heating of the soil. Pl. Dis. Reptr. 63:823-826. 123. Katan, J. 1980. Survival of soilborne plant pathogens with special reference to their control: short and long term effects. Proc. 5th Cong. Medit. Phytopath. Union. The Hellenic Phytopath. Soc. pp. 77-80. 124. Elad, Y., I. Chet and J. Katan. 1980. Trichoderma harzianum: a bio-control agent of Sclerotium rolfsii and Rhizoctonia solani. Phytopathology 70:418-422. 125. Elad, Y., J. Katan and I. Chet. 1980. Physical, biological and chemical control integrated for soilborne diseases in potatoes. Phytopathology 70:418-422. 10 126. Jakobsohn, R., J. Katan, A. Greenberger and M. Levi. 1980. Control of Egyptian broomrape (Orobanche aegyptiaca) and weeds by means of solar heating of the soil by polyethylene mulching. Weed Science 28:312-316. 127. Lisker, N., J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1980. Lesion formation on bean seedling hypocotyls by Rhizoctonia solani as affected by size and nutrition of propagules. Ann. Bot. 45:365-368. 128. Katan, J., I. Rotem, Y. Finkel and J. Daniel. 1980. Solar heating of the soil for the control of pink root and other soilborne disease in onions. Phytoparasitica 8:39-50. 129. Chen, Y. and J. Katan. 1980. Effect of solar heating of soils by transparent polyethylene mulching on their chemical properties. Soil. Sci. 130:271-27. 130. Mahrer, Y. and J. Katan. 1981. Spatial soil temperature regime under transparent polyethylene mulch: numerical and experimental studies. Soil Sci. 131:82-86. 131. Rabinowitch, H.D., I. Rotem and J. Katan. 1981. The response of onions to solar heating, agricultural practices and pink root disease. Sci. Hort. 15:331-340. 132. Gerson, U., S. Yathom and J. Katan. 1981. A demonstration of bulb mite control by solar heating of the soil. Phytoparasitica 9:153-155. 133. Siti, E., Cohn, E. and J. Katan. 1981. Control of Ditylenchus dipsaci in garlic by bulb and soil treatments. Phytoparasitica 10:93-100. 134. Aharonson, N., B. Rubin, J. Katan and A. Benjamin. 1982. Effects of methyl bromide or solar heating treatment on the persistence of pesticides in the soil. In: Pesticide Chemistry. Vol. 3. J. Miyamoto and P.C. Kearny (eds.). pp. 189-194. 135. Chet, I., Y. Elad, A. Khalfon, Y. Hadar and J. Katan. 1982. Integrated control of soilborne and bulb-borne pathogens in iris. Phytoparasitica 10:299-236. 136. Sneh, B., J. Katan and A. Abdul Razik. 1983. Chemical control of soilborne pathogens in Tuff medium for strawberry cultivation. Pest Sc. 14:119-122. 137. Katan, J., G. Fishler and A. Grinstein. 1983. Short-and long-term effects of soil solarization and crop sequence on Fusarium wilt and yield of cotton in Israel. Phytopathology 73:1215-1219. 138. Lifshitz, R., M. Tabachnik, J. Katan and I. Chet. 1983. The effect of sublethal heating on sclerotia of Sclerotium rolfsii. Can J. Microbiol. 29:1607-1610. 139. Grinstein, A., G. Fishler, J. Katan and D. Hakohen. 1983. Dispersal of Fusarium wilt pathogen in the furrow-irrigated cotton in Israel. Plant. Dis. 67:742-743. 140. Mahrer, H., O. Naot, E. Rawitz and J. Katan. 1984. Temperature and moisture regimes in soils mlched with transparent polyethylene. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 48:362-267. 11 141. Grinstein, A., N. Lisker, J. Katan and Y. Eshel. 1984. Herbicide-induced resistance to plant wilt diseases. Physiol. Pl. Pathol. 24:347-356. 142. Avidov, E., N. Aharonson, J. Katan, B. Rubin and O. Yarden. 1985. Persistence of terbutryn and atrazine in soil as affected by soil disinfestation and fungicides. Weed Sci. 33:457-461. 143. Yarden, O., J. Katan, N. Aharonson and Y. Ben-Yephet. 1985. Delayed and enhanced degradation of benomyl and carbendazim in disinfested and fungicidetreated soils. Phytopathology 75:763-767. 144. Yarden, O., J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1985. A rapid bioassay for the determination of carbendazim residues in soil. Plant Pathol. 34:69-74. 145. Cohen, E., A. Gamliel and J. Katan. 1986. Glutathione and glutathion-Stransferase in fungi: effect of pentachloronitrobenzene and 1-chloro-2,4dinitribenezene, purification and characterization of the transferase from Fusarium. Pest Biochem. Physiol. 26:1-9. 146. Frank, Z.R., Y. Ben Yephet and J. Katan. 1986. Synergistic effect of metham and solarization in controlling delimited shell spots of peanut pods. Crop Protection 5:199-202. 147. Avissar, R., Y. Mahrer, L. Margulies and J. Katan. 1986. Field aging of transparent polyethylene mulches. I. Photometric properties. Soil. Soc. Amer. J. 50:2020-205. 148. Avissar, R., O. Naot, Y. Mahrer and J. Katan. 1986. Field aging of transparent polyethylene mulches. II. Influence of the effectiveness of soil heating. Soil. Sci. Amer. J. 50:205-209. 149. Yarden, O., Y. Ben-Yephet, J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1986. Fungicidal control of Sclerotinia sclerotorium in soil using a combination of benomyl and tectramethylthiuram disulfide. Plant Disease 70:738-742. 150. Cohen, R., J. Riov, N. Lisker and J. Katan. 1986. Involvement of ethylene in herbicide-induced resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis. Phytopathology 76:1281-1285. 151. Sztejnberg, A., S. Freeman, I. Chet and J. Katan. 1986. The control of Rossellinia necatrix in soil and in apple orchard by solarization and Trichoderma harzianum. Plant Disease 71:363-369. 152. Naot, O., Y. Mahrer, E. Rawitz, R. Avissar and J. Katan. 1987. The effect of reirrigation on the thermal regime of polyethylene-mulched soils. Soil Sci. 144:101-106. 153. Yarden, O., J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1987. Accelerated microbial degradation of MBC in soil and its control. Soil Biol. Biochem. 19:735-739. 12 154. Cohen, R., O. Yarden, J. Riov and J. Katan. 1987. Paclobutrozol, a plant growth retardant, and other agrochemicals induce resistance to Fusarium wilt of melon. Plant Pathol. 36:558-564. 155. Mahrer, Y., R. Avissar, O. Naot and J. Katan. 1987. Intensified soil solarzation with closed greenhouse: numerical and experimental studies. Agric. For. Meteor. 41:325-334. 156. Greenberger, A., A. Yogev and J. Katan. 1987. Induced suppressiveness in solarized soils. Phytopathology 77:1663-1667. 157. Abdel-Rahim, M.F., M.M. Satour, K.Y. Mickail, S.A. El Eraki, A. Grinstein, Y. Chen and J. Katan. 1988. Effectiveness of soil solarization in furrow-irrigated Egyptian soils. Plant Disease 72:143-146. 158. Katan, T. and J. Katan. 1988. Vegetative compatibility grouping of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasifectum from tissue and the rhizosphere of cotton plants. Phytopathology 78:852-855. 159. Avidov, E., N. Aharonson and J. Katan. 1988. Accelerated degradation of diphenamid in soils and means for its control. Weed Sci. 36:516-523. 160. Cohen, E., A. Gamliel and J. Katan 1988. The fungitoxicity of chlorophenols to the pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani: a structure activity relationship study. Pest. Sci. 24:139-146. 161. Freeman, S. and J. Katan. 1988. Weakening effect of sublethal heating. Phytopathology 78:1656-1661. 162. Gamliel, A., J. Katan and E. Cohen. 1989. Toxicity of chloronitrobenzenes to Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani as related to their structure. Phytoparasitica 17:101-106. 163. Abdul-Razik, A., A. Grinstein, O. Zeydan, B. Rubin, A. Tal and J. Katan. 1989. Soil solarization and fumigation of strawberry plots. Acta Horticulturae 265-579585. 164. Abdul-Razik, A., A. Grinstein and J. Katan. 1989. Rhizoctonia disease of propagation material and field grown strawberry. Acta Horticulturae 265:586590. 165. Tal, A., B. Rubin, J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1989. Accelerated degradation of thiocarbamate herbicides in Israeli soils following repeated use of vernolate. Pest Sci. 25:343-353. 166. Meron, M., A. Grinstein, A. Gamliel, I. Chen and J. Katan. 1989. Solarization and fumigation for reclamation of organic soils. Acta Horticulturae 255:117-124. 167. Satour, M. M., M.F. Abdel-Rahim, T. El-Yamani, A. Radwan, A. Grinstein, H.D. Rabinowitch, and J. Katan. 1989. Soil solarization in onion fields in Egypt and Israel: short and long term effects. Acta Horticulturae 255:155-160. 13 168. Gamliel, A., J. Katan, I. Chen and A. Grinstein. 1989. Solarization for the recycling of container media. Acta Horticulturae 255:181-188. 169. Yarden, O., M. Freund, J. Katan, N. Aharonson and B. Rubin. 1989. Crosssuppression of accelerated degradation of carbendazion (MBC) by soil exhibiting reduced fluridone efficacy. Soil Biol. Biochem. 21:863-864. 170. Gamliel, A., E. Hadar and J. Katan. 1989. Soil solarization to improve yields of Gypsophilia in monoculture systems. Acta Horticulturae 255:131-138. 171. Yarden, O., A. Gamliel, N. Aharonson and J. Katan 1989. Solarization enhances dissipation of carbendazin (MBC) in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 21:857-861. 172. Tal, A., B. Rubin, J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1989. Fate of 14C-EPTC in soil exhibiting accelerated degradation of carbamothiolate herbicides and its control. Weed Sci. 37:434-439. 173. Hadar, E., J. Katan and T. Katan. 1989. The use of nitate-nonutilizing mutants and a selective medium for studies of pathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Disease 73:800-803. 174. Katan, T., E. Hadar and J. Katan. 1989. Vegetative compatibility of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi from carnation in Israel. Plant Pathology 38:376-381. 175. Freeman, S., C. Ginzburg, and J. Katan. 1989. Heat shock protein synthesis in propagules of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum. Phytopathology 79:1054-1058. 176. Cohen, R., T. Katan, J. Katan, and R. Cohn. 1989. Occurrence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis race 1,2 on muskmelon in Israel. Phytoparasitica 17:319-322. 177. Elad, Y., O. Ziv, N. Ayish, and J. Katan. 1989. The effect of film forming polymers on powdery mildew of cucumber. Phytoparasitica 17:279-288. 178. Sarfatti, M., J. Katan, R. Fluhr and D. Zamir. 1990. An RFLP marker in tomato linked the Fusarium resistant gene I2. Theor. Appl. Genet. 78:755-759. 179. Yarden, O., R. Salomon, J. Katan, and N. Aharonson. 1990. Involvement of fungi and bacteria in enhanced and non-enhanced biodegradation of carbendazin (MBC) and other denzimadazole compounds in soil. Can. J. Microbiol. 36:15-23. 180. Avidov, E., N. Aharonson, and J. Katan. 1990. Involvement of soil microorganisms in the accelerated degradation of diphinamid. Weed Sc. 38:186193. 181. Elad, Y., N. Ayish, O. Ziv, and J. Katan. 1990. Control of grey mould with filmforming polymers. Plant Pathology 39:249-254. 182. Tal, A., B. Rubin, J. Katan and N. Aharonson. 1990. Involvement of microorganisms in accelerated degradation of EPTC in soil. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 38:1100-1105. 14 183. Freeman, S., A. Sztejnberg, E. Shabi and J. Katan. 1990. Long-term effect of soil solarization for the control fo Rosellinia necatrix in apple. Crop Protection 9:312-319. 184. Katan, T., D. Zamir, M. Sarfatti and J. Katan. 1991. Vegetative compatibility groups and sub-groups in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis- lycopersici. Phytopathology 81:255-262. 185. Gamliel, A., and J. Katan. 1991. Involvement of fluorescent pseudomonads and other microorganisms in increased growth aresponse of plants in solarzied soils. Phytopathology 81:494-502. 186. Gur, A., Y. Cohen, J. Katan and Z. Barkai. 1991. Preplant application of soil fumigation and solarization for treating replant diseases of peaches and apples. Sci. Hort. 45:215-224. 187. Sarfatti, M., M. Abu-Abied, J. Katan and S. Zamir. 1991. RFLP mapping of I1, a new locus in tomato conferring resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 1. Theor. Appl. Genet. 82:22-26. 188. Ben-Yephet, Y., S. Mhameed, Z.R. Frank and J. Katan. 1992. Increased incidence of net-blotch disease of peanut pods caused the herbicide ethafluzatlin. Plant Disease 75:1123-1126. 189. Cohen, R., B. Blaier and J. Katan. 1992. Chloroacetamide herbicides reduce incidence of Fusarium wilt in melons. Crop Prot. 11:181-185. 190. Gamliel, A., and J. Katan. 1992. Influence of seed and root exudates on fluorescent pseudomonads and fungi in solarzied soil. Phytopathology 82:320327. 191. Gamliel, A. and J. Katan. 1992. Chemotaxis of fluorescent psuedomonads towards seed exudates and germinatiog seeds in solarized soil. Phytopathology 82:328-332. 192. Gamliel, A. and J. Katan, 1993. Suppression of major and minor pathogens by fluoresecent pseudomonds in solarized and nonsolarized soils. Phytopathology 83:68-75. 193. Gamliel, A., E. Hadar and J. Katan. 1993. Improvement of growth and yield of Gypsophila paniculata by solarization and fumigation of soil and container media in continuous cropping systems. Plant Disease 77:933-938. 194. Gruenzweig, J.M., H.D. Rabinowitch and J. Katan 1993. Physiological and developmental aspects of increased plant growth in solarized soils. Ann. Appl. Biol. 122:579-591. 195. Katan, T., J. Katan, T.R. Gordon, and D. Pozniak. 1994. Physiologic races and vegetative compatibility group of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis in Israel. Phytopathology 84:153-157. 15 196. Katan, T., R. Berliner and J. Katan. 1994. Vegetative compatibility in populations of Fusarium oxysporum from wild carnation. Mycol. Res. 98:14151418. 197. Grinstein, A., G. Kritzman, A. Hetzroni, A. Gamliel, M. Mor and J. Katan. 1995. The border effect of soil solarization. Crop Prot. 14:315-320. 198. Cohen, R., B. Blaier, A.A. Schaffer and J. Katan. 1996. Effect of acetochlor treatment on fusarium wilt and sugar content in melon seedlings. Eu. J. Pl. Pathol. 102:45-50. 199. Gamliel A., T. Katan, H. Yunis and J. Katan 1996. Fusarium wilt and crown rot of basil: involvement of soilborne and airborne inoculum. Phytopathology 86:56-67. 200. Katan, T., G. Gamliel and J. Katan. 1996. Vegetative compatibility of Fusarium oxysporum from sweet basil. Plant Pathology 45:656-661. 201. Kritzman, G., A. Shani-Cahani, B. Kirshner, Y. Riben, Z. Bar, J. Katan and A. Grinstein. 1996. Pod wart disease of peanuts. Phytoparasitica 24:293-304. 202. Katan, T., E. Shlevin and J. Katan. 1997. Sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici on stem surfaces of tomato plants, and aerial dissemination of inoculum. Phytopathology 87:712-719. 203. Gamliel, A., A. Grinstein, Y. Peretz, L. Klein, A. Tsror, L. Livescu and J. Katan. 1997. Reduced dosage of methyl bromide for controlling Verticillium wilt of potato in experimental and commercial plots. Plant Dis. 81:469-474. 204. Madi, L., T. Katan, J. Katan and Y. Henis. 1997. Biocontrol of Sclerotium rolfsii and Verticillium dahliae by Talarumyces is mediated by different mechanisms. Phytopathology 87:1054-1060. 205. Gruenzweig, J.M., H.D. Rabinowitch, J. Katan, M. Wonder and Y. Ben-Tal. 1997. Endogenous gibberellins in tomato foliage. Phytochemistry 46:811-815. 206. Pivonia, S., R. Cohen, U. Kafkafi, I.S. Ben-Zeev and J. Katan 1997. Sudden wilt of melons in southern Israel: fungal agents and relationship with plant development. Plant Dis. 81:1264-1268. 207. Bendavid-Val, R., H.D. Rabinowitch, J. Katan and Y. Kapulnik. 1997. Viability of VA-mycorrhizal fungi following soil solarization and fumigation. Plant and Soil 195:185-193. 208. Gamliel, A., A. Grinstein, M. Beniches, J. Katan, J. Fritsch and P. Ducom. 1998. Pemeability of plastic films to methyl bromide: a comparative laboratory study. Pestic. Sci. 53:141-148. 209. Gamliel, A., A. Grinstein, L. Klein, L. Cohen and J. Katan. 1998. Permeability of plastic films to methyl bromide: field study. Crop Prot. 17:241-248. 16 210. Bao, J. R., J. Katan, E. Shabi and T. Katan. 1998. Vegetative compatibility groups in Verticillium dahliae from Israel. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 104:263-269. 211. Madi, L. and J. Katan. 1998. Penicillium panczewski and its metabolites, aplied to leaves, elicit systemic acquired resistance to stem rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Physiol. Mol. Pl. Pathol. 53:163-175. 212. Gur, A., J. Luzzati and J. Katan. 1998 Alternatives for soil fumigation in combatting apple replant disease. Acta Hort. 477:107-111. 213. Gruenzweig, J.M., J. Katan, Y. Ben-Tal and H.D. Rabinowitch 1999. The role of mineral nutrients in the increased growth response of tomato plants in solarized soils. Plant and Soil. 206: 21-27. 214. Katan, T. and J. Katan. 1999. Vegetative compatibility grouping in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicisis-lycopersici from the UK, The Netherlands Belgium and France. Plant Pathology. 48:541-549. 215. Cohen, R., S. Pivonia, D. Shtienberg, Z. Gerstel and J. Katan. 1999. The potential of fluazinan in suppression of Monosporascus cannobalus, the causal agent of sudden wilt of melons. Plant Disease. 83:1137-1141. 216. Rekah, Yael, D. Shtienberg and J. Katan. 1999. Spatial distribution and temporal development of Fusarium crown and root rot of tomato and pathogen dissemination in field soil. Phytopathology. 89:831-839. 217. Eshel, D., A. Gamliel, J. Katan and A. Grinstein. 1999. Evaluation of soil fumigants on soilborne fungal pathogens in controlled environmental sytem and in soil. Plant Protection. 18:437-443 218. Gruenzweig, J.M., H.D. Rabinowitch, J. Katan, M. Wonder, and Y. Ben-Tal. 2000. Involvement of endogenous gibberellins in the regulation of increased tomato shoot growth in solarized soil. J. Pl. Growth Regulations. 30:233-239. 219. Eshel, D., A. Gamliel, A. Grinstein, P. DiPrimo and J. Katan. 2000. Combined soil treatments and sequence of application in improving the control of soilborne pathogens. Phytopathology 90:751-757. 220. Korolev, N. J. Katan and T. Katan. 2000. Vegetative compatibility groups of Verticillium dahliae in Israel: their distribution and association with pathogenicity. Phytopathology 90:529-536. 221. Chen, Y. J. Katan, A. Gamliel, T. Aviad and M. Schnitzer. 2000. Involvement of soluble organic matter in increased plant growth in solarized soils. Biol. Fert. Soil 31. 32:28-34. 222. Gamliel, A., A. Grinstein, V. Zilberg, M. Beniches and J. Katan. 2000. Control of soilborne diseases by combining soil solarization and fumigants. Acta Hort. 532:157-164. 223. Rekah, Y., D. Shtienberg and J. Katan. 2000. Disease development following infection of tomato and basil foliage by airborne conidia of the soilborne 17 pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici and F. oxysporum f.sp. basilici. Phytopathology. 90:1322-1329. 224. Rekah, Y., D. Shtienberg and J. Katan. 2001. Population dynamics of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici in relation to the onset of Fusarium crown and root rot of tomato. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 107:367-375. 225. Rekah, Y., D. Shtienberg and J. Katan. 2001. The role of the shrub Tamarisk nilotica in dissemination of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici. Pl. Dis. 85:735-739. 226. Korolev, N., E. Perez-Artes, J. Bejarano-Elcazar, D. Rodriguez-Jurado, J. Katan, T. Katan and R. Jimenez-Diaz. 2001. Comparative study of genetic diversity and pathogenicity among populations of Verticillium dahliae from cotton in Spain and Israel. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 107:443-456. 227. Pivonia, S., R. Cohen, J. Katan and J. Kigel 2002. Effect of fruit load on the water balance of melon plants infected with Monosporascus cannonbalus. Physol. Mol. Pl. Pathol. 60:39-49. 228. Assaraf, M., C. Ginsburg and J. Katan. 2002. Weakening and delayed mortality of Fusarium oxysporum by heat-treatment: flow cytometry and growth studies. Phytopathology 92:956-963. 229. Pivonia, S., R. Cohen, R. Levita and J. Katan. 2002. Improved solarization of containerized medium for the control of Monosporascus collapse in melon. Crop Prot. 21: 907-912. 230. Freeman, S., Z. Shalev and J. Katan. 2002. Survival in soil of Colletotrichum acutatum and C. gleosporiodes. Plat Dis. 86:965-970. 231. Pivonia, S., R. Cohen, J. Kigel and J. Katan. 2002. Effect of soil temperature on disease development in melon plants infected by Monosporascus cannoballus. Plant Pathol. 51:472-479. 232. Cohen, R., C. Horev, Y. Burger, S. Shriber, J. Hershenhorn, J. Katan and M. Edelstein. 2003. Horticultural and pathological aspects of Fusarium wilt management using grafted melons. HortScience. 37: 1069-1073. 233. Di Primo, P., A. Gamliel, M. Austerweil, B. Steiner, M. Beniches, I. Peretz-Alon and J. Katan. 2003. Accelerated degradation of metam-sodium and dazomet in soil: characterization and consequences for pathogen control. Crop Prot. 22: 635646. 234. Shlevin, E., S. Saguy, Y. Mahrer and J. Katan. 2003. Modeling the survival of soilborne pathogens under dry structural solarization. Phytopathology. 93: 12471257. 235. Pivonia, S., R. Cohen, S. Cohen, J. Kigel, R. Levita and J. Katan. 2003. Effect of irrigation regimes in disease expression in melon plants infected with Morosporascus cannoballus. Eur. J. Plant. Pathol. 110: 155-161. 18 236. Okon-Levy, N., Y. Elad, N. Korolev and J. Katan. 2004. Resistance induced by biocontrol application and soil solarization for the control of foliar pathogens. IOBC WPRS Bulletin 27:171-176. 237. Shlevin, E., Y. Mahrer and J. Katan. 2004. Effect of moisture on thermal inactivation of soilborne pathogens under structural solarization. Phytopathology. 94: 132-137. 238. Shlevin, E., Y. Mahrer, G. Kritzman and J. Katan. 2004. Survival of plant pathogens under structural solarization. Phytoparasitica 32:470-478. 239. Raviv, M., Y. Oka, J. Katan, J. Hadar, A. Yogev, S. Medina, A. Krasnovsky and H. Zaydan. 2005. High-nitrogen compost as a medium for organic containergrown crops. Biosource Technology. 96:419-427 . 240. Shlevin, E., M. Siti, A. Arbel, A, Gamliel, I. Mahrer, S. Saguy and J. Katan. 2005. Modeling thermal inactivation of soilborne pathogens under structural (dry) and soil (wet) solarization. Acta Hort. 698:167-173. 241. Triky, S., U. Yermiyahu, J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2005. Development of crown and root rot disease of tomato under irrigation with saline water. Phytopathology. 95:1438-1444 242. Cafri, D., J. Katan and T. Katan. 2006. Cross pathogenicity between formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum, the pathogens of cucumber and melon. J. Phytopathol. 153:615-622. 243. Cohen, O., P. Bar (Kutiel), J. Katan, J. Riov and A. Gamliel. 2006. Soil solarization as a method for reducing viability of invasive woody seed bank – the case of Acacia saligna. In: Ecology, Conservation and Management of Mediterranean Climate Ecosystem. Proc. 10th Intn. Cong. Mediter. Ecosystem. Rhodes. Greece. pp. 1-6. 244. Landa, B.B., J.A. Nava-Cortes, M.M. Jimenez-Gasco, J. Katan, B. Retig and R. M. Jimenez-Diaz. 2006. Temperature response of chickpea cultivars to races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris, the causal agent of Fusarium wilt. Plant Disease. 90:365-374. 245. Okon-Levy, N., Y. Elad, J. Katan, S.C. Baker and J.L. Fault 2006. Trichoderma and soil solarization induced microbial changes on plant surfaces. IDBC Bull 29:21-26. 246. Yogev, A.. M. Raviv, Y. Hadar, R. Cohen and J. Katan. 2006. Plant waste-based composts suppressive to diseases caused by pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum. European J. Pl. Pathology 116: 267-278. 247. Tricky-Dotan, S., M. Austerweil, B. Steiner, Y. Peretz-Alon, J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2007. Generation and dissipation of methyl isothiocyunate in soils following metam sodium fumigation: Impact on Verticillium control and potato yield. Pl. Dis. 91: 497-503. 19 248. Klein, E., J. Katan, M. Austerweil and A. Gamliel. 2007. Controlled laboratory system to study soil solarization and organic amendments effects on plant pathogens. Phytopathology 97: 1476-1483. 249. Korolev, N., R. M. Jimenez-Diaz, E. Perez-Artes, J. Bejerano-Alcazar, J. Mercado-Blanco, D. Rodriguez-Jurado, T. Katan and J. Katan. 2008. Vegetative compatibility of cotton-defoliating Verticillium dahliae in Israel and its pothogenicity to various crop plants. Eur. J. Pl. Pathology. 122: 603-617. 250. Cohen, O., J. Riov, J. Katan, A. Gamliel and P. Bar (Kutiel) 2008. Reducing persistent seedbank of invasive plants by soil solarization - the case of – Acacia Saligna. Weed Science. 56: 860-865. 251. Yogev, A., M. Raviv, G. Kritzman, Y. Hadar, R. Cohen, Kirshner, B. and J. Katan. 2008. Suppression of bacterial canker of tomato by composts. Crop Prot. 28: 97-103. 252. Gamliel, A., M. Siti, A. Arbel and J. Katan 2009. Soil solarization as a component of the integrated management of Fusarium crown and root rot in tomato. Acta. Hort. 808: 321-326. 253. Korolev, N., T. Katan and J. Katan. 2009. Physiological races and vegetative compatibility groups among Verticillium dahliae isolates from tomato in Israel. Acta. Hort. 808: 47-64. 254. Rekah, Y., H.D. Rabinowitch and J. Katan. 2009. Evaluation of resistance of tomato plants to Fusairum wilt (race 2): three approaches. Acta. Hort. 808: 4144. 255. Gamliel, A., M. Siti, A. Arbel and J. Katan 2009. Soil solarization as a component of the integrated management of Fusarium crown and root rot in tomato. Acta. Hort. 808: 321-326. 256. Triky-Dotan, S., M. Austerweil, B. Steiner, Y. Peretz-Alon and J. Katan. 2009. Accelerated degradation of metam-sodium in soil and consequences for root diseases management. Phytopathology 99: 362-368. 257. Fishler, G., J. Katan, R. Fishler and B. Noy. 2010. Simultaneous breeding for extra-long staple Pima collon for Fusarium and Alternaria resistance, yield and fiber quality. J. Cotton Sci. (on line). 258. Shlevin, E., E.P. Di Primo and J. Katan. 2010. The effect of pre-wetting on thermal inactivation of soilborne pathogens in connection with structural solarization of greenhouses. Acta. Hort. 883: 261-275. 259. Yogev, A., M. Raviv, Y. Hadar, R. Cohen, S. Wolf, L. Gil and J. Katan. 2010. Induced resistance as a putative component of compost suppressiveness. Biol. Control 54: 46-51. 260. Triky-Dotan, S., Ofek, S., M. Austerweil, M. Steiner, D. Minz, J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2010. Microbial aspects of accelerated degradation of metam sodium in soil. Phytopathology 100: 367-375. 20 261. Klein, E., J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2011. Combining residues of herb crops with soil heating for control of soilborne pathogens in a controlled laboratory system. Crop Prot. 30: 368-374. 262. Klein, E., J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2011. Soil suppressiveness to Fusarium disease following organic amendments and solarization. Pl. Dis. 95: 1116-1123. 263. Yogev, A., Y. Laor, J. Katan, Y. Hadar, R. Cohen, S. Medina and M. Raviv. 2012. Does organic farming increase soil suppression against Fusairum wilt of melon? Organic Agr. 1: 203-216. 264. Klein, E., J. Katan and A. Gamliel. 2012. Soil Suppressiveness to Meloidogyne javanica as induced by organic amendments and solarization in greenhouse crops. Crop Prot. 39: 26-32. 265. Klein, E., M. Ofek, K. Katan, D. Minz and A. Gamliel. 2013. Soil suppressiveness to Fusarium disease: shifts in root microbiome associated with reduction of pathogen root colonization. Phytopathology (in press). V. ABSTRACTS Since 1966, J. Katan published (or co-authored) over 250 abstracts submitted in national and international meetings. They were published in the Abstract section of scientific journals (Phytoparasitica, Phytopathology, etc.) or in Proceedings of International meetings. VI. NON-REVIEWED LOCAL PUBLICATIONS (in Hebrew) Since 1965, J. Katan has published (or co-authored) over 60 local publications in Hebrew. These include special bulletins in Hebrew, articles in Hassadeh (local agricultural journal), bulletions of farmers’ associations and others. publications