Staff

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Adamides George - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Christou Anastasis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Natural Resources and Environment)
Dalias Panagiotis - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Natural Resources and Environment)
Emmanouelidou Maria - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403214
Email: memmanouilidou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

• Olive culture, Citrus culture
• Evaluation and conservation of olive genetic resources
• Elaiographic description, cultivar characterization and identification of olive genetic material
• Evaluation of olive and citrus varieties in the agri-environmental conditions of Cyprus
• Quality characteristics and characterization of olive oil
• Organoleptic assessment of extra virgin olive oil

• Research work aiming on the improvement of yield and quality of deciduous fruit trees in local environmental conditions and optimizing production cost.
• Modern cropping systems and agricultural practices in deciduous fruit-trees.
• Evaluation of Cherry Varieties (Prunus avium L.)
• Ex situ evaluation of local pomegranate clones (Punica granatum L.)
• Integrated Fruit Production- Sustainable Horticulture

• Plant Pathology, particularly plant viruses of citrus, stonefruits, potatoes and other agricultural products,
• Programmes for the production of healthy planting material in citrus, stonefruits and grapevines,
• Diagnosis and Epidemiology of plant viruses and other diseases.
• Tissue culture, particularly micrografting and meristem culture in vitro for sanitation of citrus, stonefruits and grapevines.

• Physiological, physicochemical and phytochemical characterization of fresh produce quality ripening and senescence
• Farm-to-fork etiology of produce quality: linking preharvest factors to postharvest performance of fresh produce
• Rootstock-mediated effects on vegetable quality and postharvest behavior
• Control of postharvest physiological disorders by non-chemical treatments
• Carbohydrate metabolism and tuber dormancy

• Evaluation of tablegrape varieties under different environmental conditions.
• Evaluation of the tablegrape and wine grape varieties grafted on rootstocks under different environmental conditions.
• Use of cultural practices for the improvement of quality and production of grapes.
• Management, collection and conservation of vine genetic material of autochthonous and international wine and tablegrape varieties and wild vines.
• Ampelographic description of autochthonous wine and tablegrape varieties.