Stathis Roumeliotis is a graduate of the Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Plant Production, specializing in Plant Protection and Environment (2006). He continued his studies with scholarships (Bakalas Foundation, Stichting Veenhuizen-Tulp fonds) in the Plant Breeding department at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, under professors Prof. Dr. Richard Visser and Dr. Christian Bachem, where he obtained his doctorate (2012). His doctoral research focused on the developmental physiology of tubers and the architecture of the potato stolons. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and subsequently at the Department of Biology, Plant Physiology Laboratory of the University of Liège in Belgium with Professor Dr. Claire Périlleux. From the fall of 2019 until May 2023, he served as a non tenure contracted lecturer at the University of Patras in the Departments of Agriculture (Amaliada until 2022) and Plant Production (Messolonghi, academic year 2022-2023). Since 2023, he has been serving as a researcher Grade C at the Institute of Genetic Improvement and Plant Genetic Resources of ELGO DIMITRA in Thermi, Thessaloniki, in the field of “Genetic Improvement of Vegetables.”

Genetic Improvement of Vegetables

Induction and development of storage organs in vegetables

Physiology of reproductive organs in vegetables

Molecular Biology and developmental physiology of plants

• The effects of auxin and strigolactones on tuber initiation and stolon architecture in potato.E Roumeliotis, B Kloosterman, M Oortwijn, W Kohlen, HJ Bouwmeester, RGF Visser, CWB Bachem.

  Journal of experimental botany 63 (12), 4539-4547, 2012

   

  Melatonin combined with ascorbic acid provides salt adaptation in Citrus aurantium L. seedlings. Z Kostopoulou, I Therios, E Roumeliotis, AK Kanellis, A Molassiotis

  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 86, 155-165, 2015

   

  The role of the potato (Solanum tuberosum) CCD8 gene in stolon and tuber development

  SA Pasare, LJM Ducreux, WL Morris, R Campbell, SK Sharma, E Roumeliotis.  W Kohlen, Svd Kril, PM Bramley, AG Roberts, PD Frazer, MA Taylor. New Phytologist 198 (4), 1108-1120, 2013

   

  A crosstalk of auxin and GA during tuber development. E Roumeliotis, RGF Visser, CWB Bachem. Plant signaling & behavior 7 (10), 1360-1363, 2012

  Bacillus subtilis MBI600 Promotes Growth of Tomato Plants and Induces Systemic Resistance Contributing to the Control of Soilborne Pathogens. A Samaras, E Roumeliotis, P Ntasiou, G Karaoglanidis. Plants 10 (6), 1113, 2021

   

  The PIN family of proteins in potato and their putative role in tuberization. E Roumeliotis, B Kloosterman, M Oortwijn, RGF Visser, CWB Bachem. Frontiers in plant science 4, 524, 2013

   

  Down regulation of StGA3ox genes in potato results in altered GA content and affect plant and tuber growth characteristics. E Roumeliotis, B Kloosterman, M Oortwijn, T Lange, RGF Visser, CWB Bachem. Journal of plant physiology 170 (14), 1228-1234,  2013.

   

  Over-expression of a YUCCA-Like gene results in altered shoot and stolon branching and reduced potato tuber size. E Roumeliotis, B Kloosterman, M Oortwijn, W Kohlen, HJ Bouwmeester, CWB Bachem, RGF Visser. Potato Research 66 (1), 67-84, 2023.