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, Faculty of Agriculture ( BSc (1962), MSc (1964), and

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in Agriculture *the

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in Agriculture *the

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*the Solomon Bublick Award of the

, website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Ilan Chet (; born April 12, 1939) is an Israeli microbiologist and a professor at the

, Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot. He was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Union of the Mediterranean in 2010 with responsibility for its Higher Education and Research Division In 2000 he was nominated for the position of President of the

Early life

Chet was born in

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, Israel. He completed his BSc (1962), MSc (1964) and

from the

, Faculty of Agriculture. He completed his PhD in

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Research

Chet is recognized as a pioneer in the field of biological control of plant

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s which cause major crop losses. His research concerns with the biological control of plant disease using environment-friendly

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s, focusing on the basic, applied, and biotechnological aspects of this field. Chet has published over 300 articles in international scientific journals, edited three books in his field, and holds 30 patents.

Awards and honors

Chet has received several awards and honors for his work. * In 1990, he was awarded the

in Agriculture. * In 1991, he was awarded an

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from Sweden's

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* In 1994, he received the Max-Planck Award for Distinguished Research. * In 1996, he received the Japanese Arima Prize for Applied Microbiology. * In 1996, he was awarded the

in agriculture. * In 1998, he received the

. * In 2011, received the Solomon Bublick Award of the

. He has been a member of the

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since 1998, and in 2000 was nominated for the position of President of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chet, Ilan 1939 births Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Living people 21st-century Israeli Jews Israel Prize in agriculture recipients Presidents of Weizmann Institute of Science Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Israeli microbiologists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni EMET Prize recipients in the Life Sciences Wolf Prize in Agriculture laureates Solomon Bublick Award recipients Presidents of universities in Israel

Early life

Research

Awards and honors

See also

References