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Historical Roots of Heritage Horticulture in the Southern Coastal Plain of IsraelMotti Zohar, Yuval Ben-Bassat, Guy Bar-Oz
Land , 2025, 14, 285. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020285 The article reconstructs the agricultural landscape of the southern coastal...
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Jul 161 min read


Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?
Guy Bar-Oz and Joshua Schmidt
Shiri Barnhart
Feb 201 min read


University of Haifa Study Reveals Insights for Winemakers Grappling with Climate Change
From Wine Industry Advisor (January 2025) The groundbreaking, decade-long study offers evidence on how the modern wine industry can...

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Feb 121 min read


Research leads Israel’s wine industry to climate change solutions
The potential of ancient grape cultivars and traditional farming techniques that winemakers can use to adapt to an environment impacted by c

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Feb 121 min read


היחידה לאיתור עצים
המחקר שמתחקה אחר סודותיהם של עצי פרי נכחדים

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Feb 101 min read


Why are heritage trees so important? (videocast)
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Shiri Barnhart
Feb 61 min read


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Re-examining the archaeo-cultural histories of landrace fruit trees
Guy Bar Oz and Joshua Schmidt In preparation for Trends in Plant Sciences Historical farmers used selection and diffusion to ensure that...

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Sep 15, 20241 min read


Propagating terroir revival in the Negev: How the wine industry can amplify its resilience to climate adversity through a deeper understanding of historic dryland viticulture
Joshua Schmidt, Guy Bar-Oz From Horticulturae 10 (9), 917 (August 2024) Based on an examination of the outlooks and practices held by...

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Aug 20, 20241 min read


Prof. Guy Bar-Oz is awarded his third ERC
From Press Release: The Division of the Presidency and External Relations (January 2024) Prof. Guy Bar-Oz (School of Archaeology and...

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Aug 10, 20241 min read


Genetic analysis of bioarchaeological relic materials mixed with archival research and contemporary ethnography prove a resourceful perspective for researchers involved with the ERC ADVANCED GRANT:
Please stay tuned for upcoming images and reports detailing our emerging findings.

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Aug 2, 20241 min read


Scientists from the ‘ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE” are studying the traits of feral heritage fruit trees in arid climes and were surprised to learn that…
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Jul 25, 20241 min read


Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics
Meirav Meiri and Guy Bar-Oz From Trends in Genetics , TIGS 2137 (February 2024) Paleogenomics provides new ways to study the cultural...

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Jul 10, 20241 min read


Novel multidisciplinary bioarchaeological fieldwork yields new discoveries for researchers undertaking the ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE…
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Jul 6, 20241 min read


In the news: Groundbreaking findings arise from the ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE suggesting that …
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Jun 13, 20241 min read


In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel
Joshua Schmidt, Yuval Ben-Bassat, Guy Bar-Oz From Journal of Arid Environments , 224 (June, 2024) Cultivated for millennia, the...

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Jun 7, 20242 min read
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