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)
Kyratzis Angelos - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)
Kyriacou Marios - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Vegetables)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403221
Email: mkyriacou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests
Postharvest physiology and technology of horticultural crops

• 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

• Cultivation of fodder plants
• Variety Examination Center

• The global release of industrial and agricultural chemicals has resulted in widespread environmental pollution. I am very interested to study the effects of these pollutants on the ecology and function of soil microbial communities using biochemical (PLFA) and molecular biology techniques. Additionally the implementation of analytical chemistry regarding the fate of these pollutants in the environment will also help us to understand their relation with microbial community.
• The isolation of microorganisms from the Cyprus environment and their implementation in favor of agriculture, industry and the environment. Mycorrhizal fungi, nitrogen free living bacteria, and phosphate solubilizing bacteria are important microbial groups that have been recognized as plant growth promoting microorganisms.
• Microbial formulation and bioreactors (biofilters).

• Vegetable crop production systems and practices
• Rootstock-scion relations of grafted vegetable crops

• Nutrition of ruminants (Bovine, sheep and goats)

• Evaluation of Crop production systems and practices of ornamentals
• Cultivation of ornamental species under the climatic conditions in Cyprus
• Evaluation of endemic species of Cyprus flora for potential use in commercial floriculture