Species of interest: tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper, carrot, pea, leafy vegetables, Cucurbitaceae spp.
Key areas of interest:
- Evaluation, conservation, and breeding of Greek varieties registered at the National Plant Variety Catalogue of vegetables
- Production of healthier (antioxidants, vitamins) and tastier vegetables
- Understanding the basis of development and ripening
- Post-harvest physiology of vegetables
- Growing field vegetables in a changing environment: plant stress physiology towards abiotic factors (high temperature, water-deficit, salinity, heavy metals)
- Grafted vegetables: the effect of grafting on quality and tolerance
- Bio-fortification of Solanaceae: strategies to enhance vitamin A and C content
- Biodiversity and genetic variation: how to enrich the genetic pool of modern varieties using landraces and/or wild-relatives
- Phenotyping: large number of vegetables are evaluated to select the most promising specimens for breeding new varieties
- Genetic improvement of vegetable quality
- ‘Breeding the holobiome’ approach: beneficial microorganisms that promote vegetable growth and abiotic resistance
For more info on this research area, contact:
Dr Ifigeneia Mellidou, email: ifimellidou@gmail.com
Dr Apostolos Kalivas, email: kalyvas@ipgrb.gr
