278:. In addition to Medicago, some of the genera she studied in depth were Trigonella, Lotus, Onobrychys, Lupinus, Prangos, Heptaptera and Calendula. In 1962, she became part of the department of botany in the Hebrew University In Jerusalem and in 1978 finally received the rank of a full professor. Between 1969 and 1997 she managed the university's
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Medicago L. in the sections Spirocarpos Ser. and Orbiculares Urb.” under the supervision of Naomi Feinburn and
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