Browsing by Subject "CULTIVARS"

Antifungal Activity of Plant Essential Oils Against Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium italicum and Penicillium digitatum

Vitoratos, A.; Bilalis, D.; Karkanis, A.; Efthimiadou, A. (2013)

Plant essential oils have the potential to replace the synthetic fungicides in the management of postharvest diseases of fruit and vegetables. The aim of this study was to access the in vitro and in vivo activity of essential ...

A comparative study among landraces of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and P. coccineus L. based on molecular, physicochemical and sensory analysis for authenticity purposes

Mavromatis, A. G.; Arvanitoyannis, I. S.; Chatzitheodorou, V.; Kaltsa, A.; Patsiaoura, I.; Nakas, C. T. (2012)

The common and runner beans are the two most widely cultivated species because of their highly nutritive value for humans and animals. This study was undertaken to interpret data from physicochemical, sensory and molecular ...

Effectiveness of SSR molecular markers in evaluating the phylogenetic relationships among eight Actinidia species

Korkovelos, A. E.; Mavromatis, A. G.; Huang, W. G.; Hagidimitriou, M.; Giakoundis, A.; Goulas, C. K. (2008)

The aim of the present study is to evaluate a set of microsatellites and their effectiveness in determining the phylogenetic relationships among Actinidia species. A set of 14 genotypes belonging to eight Actinidia species ...

Growth, grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of Mediterranean wheat in soils amended with municipal sewage sludge

Koutroubas, S. D.; Antoniadis, V.; Fotiadis, S.; Damalas, C. A. (2014)

The application of sewage sludge (SS) to agricultural land can improve soil fertility and physical properties, and enhance crop production. This field study was conducted for two consecutive growing seasons to investigate ...

Morphological, nutritional and chemical description of "Vatikiotiko", an onion local landrace from Greece

Petropoulos, S. A.; Fernandes, A.; Barros, L.; Ferreira, Icfr; Ntatsi, G. (2015)

"Vatikiotiko" is an onion local landrace from Greece with special quality features, such as strong and pungent taste and storability. In this study, we tried for the first time to describe this landrace and record its ...

Performance of cotton aphid Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera : Aphididae) lineages on cotton varieties

Zarpas, K. D.; Margaritopoulos, J. T.; Stathi, L.; Tsitsipis, J. A. (2006)

The performance of three clonal lineages of Aphis gossypii Glover originating from central Greece was studied on six commercial cotton cultivars that differ with respect to leaf pubescence traits (Zeta-2, Zeta-5, Eva, ...

Prediction of pedigree relationships in durum wheat varieties based on agronomic, morphological and molecular traits

Kotzamanidis, S.; Ipsilandis, C.; Mavromatis, A.; Korkovelos, A.; Lithourgidis, A.; Irakli, M.; Papageorgiou, M.; Roupakias, D. (2011)

For successful crop improvement, genetic diversity among crossed varieties is fundamental. Generally, varieties exhibiting great genetic distances are less related to each other and their original genetic materials may not ...

Two-Season Study of the Influence of Regulated Deficit Irrigation and Reflective Mulch on Individual and Total Phenolic Compounds of Nectarines at Harvest and during Storage

Pliakoni, E. D.; Nanos, G. D.; Gil, M. I. (2010)

The influence of deficit irrigation (Deficit) and reflective mulch (Reflective) of Caldesi 2000 nectarines on the content of individual phenolic compounds was studied at harvest and during storage for 2, 4, and 6 weeks at ...