Agricultural Research Institute

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Dora Chimonidou - Director

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403232
Email: dchimonidou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Evaluation of new rose varieties
Cultivation of roses, cut flowers and greenery using local substrates
Evaluation of species from Cyprus flora for potential use in commercial floriculture
Effect of water stress on the physiology and vase life duration of roses and other cut flowers
Cultivation of new flower species for fresh and dry production

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)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403114
Email: pdalias@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Decomposition processes of litter and soil organic matter
Dynamics of mineralization of soil carbon and nitrogen
Utilization of organic materials (manure, compost, sewage sludge) for soil fertility improvement

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)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403124
Email: dfasoula@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Plant Breeding and Genetics-Molecular Genetics
Prognostic Breeding– Innovative Methodology of Plant Breeding for cultivar development, exploitation of epigenetic phenomena, mitigation of biotic and abiotic stressors/Climate Change
Plant Breeding for Organic and Low-Input Agriculture – Participatory Approaches- Traditional varieties
Epigenetic phenomena in Plant Breeding-Epigenomics
Systems Biology
Precision Agriculture

Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)

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

Ioannides Ioannis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Agrobiotechnology)

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)

Mina Kyriacos - Agricultural Research Officer (Cultivar Registration Center)

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

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403115
Email: dneocleous@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Plant physiology
Plant Nutrition
Hydroponics

Omirou Michalis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Agrobiotechnology)

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

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

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403118
Email: gpapadavid@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

Agricultural Economics
Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Environment

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)

Soteriou Georgios - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)

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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