Hebrew U. Scientist's Research on Fungi Draws Worldwide Cooperation
JERUSALEM—Agricultural and

medical sciences are likely to
benefit from a classification of Is-
raeli and overseas species of the
fungus Fusarium, now being com-
piled by a scientist at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
Prof. Abraham Joffe, associate
professor of mycology and my-
cotoxology at the university, be-
lieves that the classification will
give fellow scientists all over the
world a long-needed tool for de-
fining Fusarium species.
The aim of this research is to
analyze critically the present state
of classification of genus Fusari-
um, and to introduce a new meth-
od for classification based on the
morphological, psychiological, eco-
logical and other biological prop-
erties of the fungi.
In his laboratory on the uni-
versity's Givat Ram campus,
Prof. Joffe is presently classify-
ing some 70 species of Fusarium
from- seven countries, including
the United States and the USSR.
They have been sent to him by

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scientific institutions in those
countries, including the Americ-
an Type Culture Collection, Rock-
ville, Md. and the Food and
Drug Administration.
The species he has received
from the Soviet Union were sent by
some of Russian-born Prof. Joffe's
former scientist colleagues.
The main source of Fusarium
for the research, however, has
come from Israel, isolated from
substracts in different types of
soils and plants.
For two years, the species have
been under study in thermostat-
controlled incubators where they
are kept under seven different
above-zero temperatures and at
various ecological conditions —
either in darkness or light, or liv-
ing on different substances.
The species then are grown ex-
perimentally in pots in an adjoin-
ing greenhouse. Hitherto, the
pathogenity has hardly been stud-
ied but is now examined using the
controlled infection method ap-
plied in Prof. Joffe's greenhouse.
The Fusaria are widely distri-
buted in nature. They grow on live
plant material and in the soil. Ac-
cording to Prof. Joffee, who has
been working on Fusarium for
more than 30 years, the existing
literature on Fusarium shows that
classification is inadequate.
Among the Fusaria, many spe-
cies are parasitic and cause
various plant diseases, often
very extensive. These diseases
result in severe losses in yields
of cultivated plants, as well as
in agricultural products during
storage. In addition, some of the
Fusaria are toxic to human be-

of cereals, fruits, vegetables and
flowers the world over.
Prof. Joffe had his early scien-
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Vilna and his PhD at the Botanic-
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al Institute of the USSR Academy
of Sciences at Leningrad. He
headed the mycological laboratory
of the Institute of Epidemicology
and Micro-biology in the Orenburg
District of the USSR.
Prof. Joffe, who settled in Israel
in 1958 joining the Hebrew Univer-
sity faculty, last year completed a
five-year research project of Afla-
toxin isolated from the fungus
Aspergillus flaws, which is re-
sponsible for the deaths of plants
and animals the world over, on a
grant from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. This grant has come
to an end, and he is now doing
classification of Fusarium on a
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of the establishment of the Jewish
National Fund.
Both senators are expected to
present major statements on
American-Israel relations, their
first since their election to of-
fice last month. They will speak
at the plenary session Jan. 17.
On the same evening, Ambassa-
dor Jacob Tsur, world chairman
of the Jewish National Fund in
Jerusalem, will outline the pro-
gram of the JNF, and Weisman,
who will preside at the plenary
session, will deliver a "State of
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perform operatic and folk songs.
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Janney was a Labor member of
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