1. Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Midreshet Ben-Gurion Israel
2. Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Beer Sheva Israel
3. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences; Oregon State University; Corvallis Oregon USA