Ehud Katz

I have extensive experience managing projects from initial concept through to full implementation. This includes identifying key resources, gathering critical information, setting goals, problem-solving, and assessing the specific needs of agricultural practices in both greenhouse and field environments. My work spans laboratory techniques, analytical and statistical methodologies, as well as large-scale data processing and analysis. I bring deep expertise in agriculture, plant physiology, molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, biotechnology, and precision agriculture. Over the past decade, I have been actively involved in the Ag-tech sector—initiating one startup and co-founding another. For the past five years, I have also been teaching high school biology, combining scientific rigor with a passion for education.

• Katz E., Ziv O., Venkatachalam R., Shlomo E., Halevy A.H., Weiss D., 2003, Promotion of Globularia sarcophylla flowering by Uniconazol, an inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis., Scientia Hortic., 98, 423-431, Katz E., Lagunes P.M., Riov J., Weiss D., Goldschmidt E. E., 2004, Molecular and physiological evidence suggests the existence of system II-like pathway of ethylene production, in the non-climacteric Citrus fruit., Planta, 219, 243-252, Katz E., Riov J., Weiss D., Goldschmidt E. E., 2005, The climacteric-like behavior of young, mature and wounded Citrus leaves., J. Exp. Bot., 56, 1359-1367, Katz E., Fon M., Phinney B. S, Sadka A. Blumwald E., 2007, The citrus fruit proteome: insights into citrus fruit metabolism., Planta, 226, 989-1005, Nave N.
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• Gazit S., Samach A., 2010, Flower development in the passion fruit Passiflora edulis requires a photoperiod-induced systemic graft-transmissible signal., Plant Cell Environ., 33, 2065-2083
• Equal contribution, Katz E., Fon M., Eigenheer R.A., Phinney B.S., Fass J.N., Lin D., Sadka S., Blumwald E., 2010, A label-free differential quantitative mass spectrometry method for the characterization and identification of protein changes during citrus fruit development., Proteome Science, 8, 68, Degu A., Hatew B., Nunes-Nesi A., Schlizerman L., Zur N., Katz E., Fernie A.R., Blumwald B., Sadka A., 2011, Inhibition of citrus fruit aconitase results in a metabolic shift towards amino acid biosynthesis., Planta, 234, 501-513, Katz E., Boo K.H., Kim H.Y., Eigenheer R.A., Negre-Zakharov F., Phinney B.S., Sadka A., Blumwald E., 2011, Label-free shotgun proteomics and metabolomics reveal significant metabolic shift during Citrus fruit development., J. Exp. Bot., 62, 5367–5384, Katz E., Weiss D., Riov J., Goldschmidt E. E., 2000, Ethylene biosynthesis and ACC synthase gene expression in Citrus fruit., Proceeding of the 1st International Citrus Biotechnology Symposium., Acta Horticulturae, 535, 93-98, Katz E., Weiss D., Riov J., Goldschmidt E. E., 2003, Molecular regulation of ethylene biosynthesis in Citrus fruit., Proc. Intl. Soc. Citriculture, pp.662, Katz E., Galili D., Weiss D., Riov J., Goldschmidt E. E., 2003, Molecular probing of the `pseudoclimacteric` ethylene evolution of young Citrus fruit., In: Vendrell et al., (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III., pp. 31-34, A. SamachPI, E. KatzPD, N. NaveS, G. FrankS, N. ChayutS, B. CohenT, 2013, “DENA”, a new passion fruit cultivar that flowers in summer and ripe fruit remain on the vine., A. SamachPI, E. KatzPD, N. NaveS, G. FrankS, N. ChayutS, B. CohenT, 2013, “ELLA”, a new passion fruit cultivar that ripens faster., A. SamachPI, E. KatzPD, N. NaveS, G. FrankS, N. ChayutS, B. CohenT, 2013, “KEDEM”, a new passion fruit cultivar that flowers earlier in spring.