Presentations

Oral and poster presentations at international scientific conferences and research meetings.

Selected Oral Presentations

  1. The rebirth of heroic viticulture in Israel. Oral presentation, 52nd Annual Ben-Gurion University Board of Governors Meeting, 18 May 2022, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
  2. Rootstock-Driven Metabolic, Physiological and Agronomical Responses Determine Scion Tolerance under Combined Salinity and Water-Deficit Stress: A Long-Term Field Experiment. Oral presentation, DDD: Drylands, Deserts and Desertification 2025, 30 Nov-04 Dec 2025, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
  3. Rootstock-mediated responses of grapevine Vitis vinifera (L.) metabolism and physiology to combined water deficit and salinity stress in Syrah grafts. Oral presentation, OENO Macrowine 2023, 10-13 July 2023, Bordeaux, France.
  4. Combined abiotic stress in cv. Syrah grafted onto different rootstocks: a metabolic and physiological response. Oral presentation, 44th World Congress of Vine and Wine and 21st General Assembly of the OIV, 5-9 June 2023, Cadiz, Spain.
  5. Physiological responses of red grapevine varieties to heatwave: insights from monitoring physiological activities and drone-based thermal imagery analysis. Oral presentation, 44th World Congress of Vine and Wine and 21st General Assembly of the OIV, 5-9 June 2023, Cadiz, Spain.
  6. Rootstock mediation on grapevine’s combined salinity and water deficit stress response: a physiological and metabolic perspective. Oral presentation, 4th Wine Grapevine Symposium, 15 May 2023, Ariel University, Israel.
  7. Upshot of salinity and water regime, mediated by rootstock, on cv. Syrah must and wine metabolite profile. Oral presentation, Gilat and FAAB Arid Agriculture and Biotech Student Symposium, 22 June 2022, Ramat Negev, Israel.

Poster Presentations

  1. Integrative phenotyping combining metabolomics, molecular biology, and remote sensing, revealed a varietal signature in response to a heatwave event in arid viticulture. Poster presentation, Enoforum: GreenWINE 2025, 19-20 May 2025, Verona, Italy.
  2. Effect of salinity and water regime, mediated by rootstock, on cv. Syrah must metabolite profile and vine physiology. Poster presentation, XIII International Symposium on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics, 10-17 July 2022, Pfalz, Germany.
  3. Phenolic dynamics of berries from Vitis vinifera cv. Syrah grafted on two contrasting rootstocks under combined salinity and water stressors, and its effect on wine quality. Poster presentation, OENO Macrowine 2023, 10-13 July 2023, Bordeaux, France.
  4. Regulation of central metabolism in the leaves of a grapevine varietal collection on a temperature cline. Poster presentation, OENO Macrowine 2023, 10-13 July 2023, Bordeaux, France.
  5. Phenolics and sugars dynamics in berries of Vitis vinifera (L.) cv. Syrah grafted on contrasting rootstocks as affected by combined stressors. Poster presentation, 44th World Congress of Vine and Wine and 21st General Assembly of the OIV, 5-9 June 2023, Cadiz, Spain.
  6. Rootstocks mediate water deficit and salinity stress response in cv. Syrah physiology and metabolism. Poster presentation, 8th International Conference of Drylands, Deserts, and Desertification, 27 Nov-01 Dec 2022, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
  7. Metabolic profiling in cv. Syrah must and wine grafted on two rootstocks under combined salt and water regimes. Poster presentation, First Israel Metabolomics Meeting, 12 May 2022, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Presentation Themes

These presentations cover rootstock-mediated stress tolerance, grapevine physiology and metabolism, heatwave phenotyping, UAV thermal imagery, must and wine metabolite profiling, phenolics and sugar dynamics, and climate-resilient viticulture.