Author
Maor Matzrafi
Agricultural Research OrganizationORCID 0000-0002-4867-0850Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
Biology Disciplines
Click to filter author papersSignature Assays, Organisms & Methods
Click to filter · or open tagActivity by Year
2025-2026 · peak 4/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
10 top collaborators · 10 mutual co-author links5 papers
Recent·Most cited
Invasive plant soil legacies shape microbial function and community organization under short-term carbon and nitrogen amendments
Sawsan Hless, Aseel Sadeq, Maya Ofek‐Lalzar, Yoni Gavish, Maor Matzrafi, Keren Yanuka‐Golub
This study shows invasive plants shape microbial function and community interactions more than taxonomic composition through soil legacy effects.
bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology
Warming and resource enrichment decouple growth from enzymatic investment, shifting the competitive balance between native and invasive plants
Keren Yanuka‐Golub, Roaa Abu-Alhof, Sawsan Hless, Jackline Abu‐Nassar, Maor Matzrafi
This study examines how warming and resource enrichment affect growth and enzymatic investment in invasive and native plants, revealing shifts in competitive dynamics under global change.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology
Rainfall legacy effects on the rhizosphere bacterial diversity of Brachypodium ecotypes across an aridity gradient
Sheetal Sheetal, Peter Reuven, Sofía M. Arellano, Maor Matzrafi, Shilo Rosenwasser, Daniella Gat, Elisa Korenblum
The paper examines rhizosphere bacterial diversity in Brachypodium ecotypes across aridity gradients and finds higher diversity in mid-precipitation sites with weaker plant-driven microbiome selection.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2026 · PreprintEcology
FHY3/FAR1 transposable elements generate adaptive genetic variation in the Bassia scoparia genome
Nathan D. Hall, Jacob S. Montgomery, Jinyi Chen, Christopher A. Saski, Maor Matzrafi, Philip H. Westra, Todd Adam Gaines, Eric L. Patterson
This study identifies FHY3/FAR1 transposable elements as drivers of adaptive genetic variation in Bassia scoparia, contributing to herbicide resistance through genomic rearrangements.
Pest Management Science · Apr 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics