Agricultural Research Institute

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Dora Chimonidou - Director

Marinos Markou - Chief Agricultural Research Officer (Support Division)

Polycarpou Polycarpos - Chief Agricultural Research Officer (Production Division)

Adamides George - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403133
Email: gadamides@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

ICT in agriculture
Robotics in agriculture
Information transfer and knowledge sharing
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-Robot Interaction

Christou Anastasis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Natural Resources and Environment)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403113
Email: achristou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Cellular and molecular responses of strawberry to salt, osmotic and heat stress
Priming approaches for enhancing plant abiotic stress resistance
Impacts and risk assessment of wastewater reuse for irrigation in the environment and public health
Fate and plant uptake of micro-pollutants and compounds of emerging concern (CECs)
Phytoremetiation as a tool for retrieving marginal and polluted soils

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

Fasoula Dionysia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)

Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)

Hadjipavlou Georgia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Animal Production)

Ioannides Ioannis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Agrobiotechnology)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403152
Email: iioannides@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests
Development and exploitation of advanced molecular and biochemical methods for gene identification and characterization of genetic traits and their mode of action.

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.

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

Mina Kyriacos - Agricultural Research Officer (Cultivar Registration Center)

Neocleous Damianos - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)

Omirou Michalis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Agrobiotechnology)

Pallides Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)

Papadavid George - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Rural Development)

Papayiannis Lambros - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)

Pitta Christina - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)

Savvides Savvas - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)

Seraphides Nicos - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403206
Email: nseraphides@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

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

Soteriou Georgios - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403208
Email: gsoteriou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

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

Sparaggis Dionysis - Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)

Stavridou Constantina - Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)

Stylianou Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)

Vassiliou Loukia - Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)

Vassiliou Vassilis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)

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