Hello,
 
I'm a Ph.D. student in the field of Pollination Ecology at Tel Aviv
University in ISRAEL. My current research is on melon (Cucumis melo)
pollination under greenhouse conditions, under the supervision of Prof.
Dan Eisikowitch. The research fields are located in the Arava valley, at
the south of Israel, in a desert area.
I have been working on various issues concerning pollination problems
inside the greenhouses, studying both hive functioning and plants
reactions to environmental constraints. Some of the issues I was working
on recently deal with the question of irrigation and it's effect on
nectar secretion and thereby on pollinator activity. One other aspect of
greenhouse pollination is the question whether there is enough reward
produced, to support the hive placed next to the greenhouse. Some of the
results and conclusions in my research have already been adopted by the
farmers and are presently practiced by them.
 
My fields of interest are wide and include Pollination Ecology,
Vegetation Dynamics as well as Plant Systematics and Evolution. I could
be available for work as of September 1996.
I would prefer it if I could find a place to do my post-doctoral
research in countries outside of the USA, such as: Australia,
New Zealand, Latin America, South Africa or Europe.
 
Languages: I speak, read and write Hebrew (fluently), English (fluently)
and Spanish (pretty well). I also read and speak a little Italian and French.
 
Referees: Prof. Dan Eisikowitch / Department of Botany /
          Tel Aviv University / Ramat Aviv / 69978 Tel Aviv / ISRAEL
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          Prof. C.C. Heyn / Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
          Hebrew University / Givat Ram / 91904 Jerusalem / ISRAEL
 
          Prof. Amots Dafni / Institute of Evolution / Haifa University
          Haifa / ISRAEL
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Please forward any information or suggestions to:
 
Rivka Nokrian
Department of Botany
George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv
69978 Tel Aviv
ISRAEL
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Thank you all, Rivka