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Dora Chimonidou - Director
Marinos Markou - Chief Agricultural Research Officer (Support Division)
Adamides George - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
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)
Fasoula Dionysia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)
Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Hadjipavlou Georgia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Animal Production)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403122
Email: ghadjipavlou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Dissecting genetic components, quantitative trait loci and polymorphisms affecting production and reproduction traits in local livestock populations
- Genetic study of disease resistance in small ruminants
- Genetic evaluation and selection of sheep and goat breeds
- Use of novel approaches for genomic evaluation of sheep and goats
- Conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources
Ioannides Ioannis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Agrobiotechnology)
Ioannidou Sotiroula - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403219
Email: sioannidou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- 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
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
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)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403146
Email: momirou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- 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).
Pallides Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)
Papadavid George - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Rural Development)
Papayiannis Lambros - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403203
Email: lpapayiannis@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Development of nucleic acid based methods for the detection of Plant Pathogens
- Biological and Molecular Characterization of Plant Viruses, Viroids, Bacteria and Phytoplasmata
- Management of Plant diseases
- Production and maintenance of healthy plant propagating material (Grapevines, Citrus, Stonefruits, Olives)
Pitta Christina - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)
Savvides Savvas - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403220
Email: ssavvides@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- 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.
Seraphides Nicos - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)
Soteriou Georgios - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)
Sparaggis Dionysis - Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)
Stavridou Constantina - Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403131
Email: cstavridou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
- Essential Oils
Stylianou Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Vassiliou Loukia - Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403211
Email: lvassiliou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- 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
Vassiliou Vassilis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403120
Email: vvassiliou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- 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