Starting a Plant Virus Department and its Development a Personal Experience – From Test Plants to Molecular Biology

Editorial

Austin J Plant Biol. 2016; 2(1): 1015.

Starting a Plant Virus Department and its Development a Personal Experience – From Test Plants to Molecular Biology

Loebenstein G*

Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel

*Corresponding author: Loebenstein G, Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel;

Received: November 01, 2016; Accepted: November 04, 2016; Published: November 08, 2016

Editorial

Israel (Palestine) before 1918 was part of the Ottoman (Turkish) empire. Most the land was neglected, with some primitive dry farming agriculture (Figure 1). Under the British mandate (1920-1948) Jewish settlements – private, cooperative (Moshav) and collective (Kibbutz), were established and modern agricultural technologies were introduced (Figure 2).

Citation: Loebenstein G. Starting a Plant Virus Department and its Development a Personal Experience – From Test Plants to Molecular Biology. Austin J Plant Biol. 2016; 2(1): 1015. ISSN: 2472-3738