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)
Fasoula Dionysia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)
Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Hadjipavlou Georgia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Animal Production)
Ioannidou Sotiroula - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Ioannou Stavroula - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Kapari-Isaia Theodora - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Protection)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403207
Email: tkapari@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

• 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.

• Survey, inventory, collection, ex situ conservation, characterization and evaluation of local plant genetic resources
• Characterization and evaluation of local cereal, legume and vegetable landraces
• Survey, inventory and conservation of crop wild relatives
• Development of germination protocols for native rare plant species
• Curation of the national Genebank and Herbarium

• 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.

• Biology, ecology, behavior and integrated pest management of insect pests
• Rearing of beneficial insects (Macrolophus pygmaeus, Nesidiocoris tenuis, Chrysoperla carnea, Diglyphus isaea, Aphytis melinus, Comperiella bifasciata)
• Insecticide toxicity and Resistance

• Sustainability of farming systems
• Agricultural and Production Economics.
• Use of new technologies in agriculture.
• Marketing of agricultural products.

• Plant protection/Entomology/Acarology
• Insecticide Toxicology and Resistance
• Integrated Pest Management
• Biological methods, techniques, products, and beneficial predatory mites of the Phytoseiidae family for the control of insect and mite pests