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Ilan Chet

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Ilan Chet is an Israeli microbiologist, born in 1939 in Haifa, who is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot. He is a pioneer of biological control of plant disease, using environmentally friendly microorganisms rather than chemical pesticides to suppress the pathogens that cause major crop losses, spanning basic, applied and biotechnological aspects of the field across more than 300 published articles and 30 patents.

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Birth Year
1939 1
Nationality
Israeli 1
Defining Contribution
Pioneered biological control of plant pathogens using environment-friendly microorganisms, developing biotechnological methods to protect crops from fungal and other pathogens that cause major losses. 1
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    Ilan Chet (Hebrew: אילן חת; born April 12, 1939) is an Israeli microbiologist and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot.
  • opening paragraph, pioneer statement
    Chet is recognized as a pioneer in the field of biological control of plant pathogens which cause major crop losses.
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