A German-Israeli research project lasting five years is to be carried out in Israel. The German group is led by the Giessen phytopathologist Prof. Juergen Kranz of the Tropical Institute of the Justus Liebig University. The Volkswagenwerk Foundation has provided 620,000 DM towards the project.
In Israel, as in other Asian and African countries, plant life is seriously threatened with disease. As a result, agricultural cultivation can only be intensified with the extensive use of plant-protection agents. Cultivation in desert areas presents one of the greatest dangers to the environment for this reason.
In order to avoid making mistakes which, if they were made, could perhaps never again be corrected, plant protection agents and cultivation methods are to be tested in numerous laboratory and field experiments with the aid of the Giessen scientists. The data will be analyzed at the computer center of Giessen University. Prof. Kranz says the results of this research work will be important for all dry and semi-dry countries.
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