Members:

Persefoni Maletsika, Asst. Professor

Evangelia Panagitakoi, Laboratory Teaching staff – two days weekly

Niki Tomara, Scientific Technical Laboratory Staff – one day weekly

Six Ph.D. candidates

Undergraduate and graduate students

 

Laboratory Mission

The laboratory covers teaching and research on subjects related to basic and applied science for fruit tree cultivation and fruit handling. It includes physiology, ecology, propagation and all practices and their effect on fruit production and quality in the basis of environmentally-responsible sustainable management of fruit tree farming.

Research

Evaluation of local Greek varieties of apple, peach, cherry and kiwifruit for sustainable development

Use of ozone and 1-MCP in fruit storage

Precision Agriculture applications in apple, olive, pear and table grape

Pollutant (cement, soil) or not (kaolin) dusts on plant physiology and fruit quality in peach and olive

Tropospheric ozone and salinity in olive physiology

Innovative fresh-cut product development

Development of innovative food product with high nutritional value

Deficit irrigation on plant physiology and fruit quality

Reflective mulch and fruit quality

Energy balance analysis in olive and apple

Life cycle assessment of apple production

Improved and sustainable inputs of inorganic nutrients and irrigation water to apple, pear, peach, and cherry commercial cultivations

Smart Agriculture applications with sensors and IoT Decision Support Systems for agriculturists and producers of fresh fruits

Publications

Nanos G.D. and I.F. Ilias, 2007. Effects of inert dust on olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf physiological parameters. Environmental Sci. Pollution Res. 14(3):212-214.

Kaltsas A.M., A.P. Mamolos, C.A. Tsatsarelis, G.D. Nanos and K.L. Kalburtji, 2007. Energy budget in organic and conventional olive groves. Agric. Ecosystems & Environment 122:243-251.

Papachristos, D.P., N.T. Papadopoulos and G.D. Nanos, 2008. Survival and development of immature stages of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus fruits. J. Economic Entomology 101:866-872.

Aggelopoulou, K. D., D. Wulfsohn, S. Fountas, T. A. Gemtos, G.D. Nanos and S. Blackmore, 2010. Spatial variation in yield and quality in a small apple orchard. Precision Agriculture 11(5):538-556.

Mavromatis, A.G., I. Arvanitoyannis, G. Nanos, M. Sakellariou, C. Ilanidis and A. Korkovelos, 2010. Molecular fingerprinting of a new kiwifruit cultivar (cv. Tsehelidis) and comparative analysis with cv. Hayward according to physicochemical properties. Sci. Horticulturae 125:277-282.

Aggelopoulou, K. D., D. Pateras, S. Fountas, T. A. Gemtos and G.D. Nanos, 2011. Soil spatial variability and site-specific fertilization maps in an apple orchard. Precision Agriculture 12:118-129.

Fountas, S., K. Aggelopoulou, C. Bouloulis, G.D. Nanos, D. Wulfsohn, T. Gemtos, A. Paraskevopoulos and M. Galanis, 2011. Site-specific management in an olive tree plantation, Precision Agriculture 12:179-185

Aggelopoulou, A.D., D. Bochtis, S. Fountas, K.C. Swain, T.A. Gemtos, and G.D. Nanos, 2011. Yield prediction in apple orchards based on image processing. Precision Agric. 12:448-456

Pliakoni, E.D., G.D. Nanos and M.I. Gil, 2010. Two seasonal study of the influence of regulated deficit irrigation and reflective mulch on individual and total phenolic compounds of nectarines at harvest and during storage. J. Agric. Food Chem. 58(22):11783-11789

Abusafieh D. and G.D. Nanos, 2011. Influence of ambient ozone pollution on olive leaf gas exchange irrigated with saline water. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 13:806-810

Papageorgiou E., A. Aggelopoulou, T. Gemtos and G.D. Nanos, 2013. Yield prediction in apples using Fuzzy Cognitive Map learning approach. Comp Electr. Agric., 91:19-29.

Solomou A.D., A.I. Sfougaris, K.L. Kalburtji & G.D. Nanos, 2013. Effects of organic farming on winter plant composition, cover and diversity in olive grove ecosystems in central Greece. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Analysis 44:312–319.

Nanos G.D., E.D. Pliakoni, E.A. Kalorizou and A. Vatsanidou, 2013. Differences in leaf gas exchange and leaf characteristics between two almond cultivars. Fruit Growing Research Vol. XXIX, pp. 84-89

Maletsika P.A. and G.D. Nanos, 2015. Leaf and fruit responses to kaolin particle film applied onto mature olive trees. J. Biology, Agriculture & Healthcare, 5(7) ISSN 2224-3208

Maletsika P.A., G.D. Nanos and G.G. Stavroulakis, 2015. Peach leaf responses to soil and cement dust pollution. Environ. Science & Pollution Res. 22(20):15952-15960

Lalas S., V. Athanasiadis, I. Karageorgou, G. Batra, G.D. Nanos and D.P. Makris, 2017. Nutritional characterization of leaves and herbal tea of Moringa oleifera cultivated in Greece. J. Herbs, Spices, Medicinal Plants 10:1080

Liakos V., A. Tagarakis, K. Aggelopoulou, S. Fountas, G.D. Nanos and T. Gemtos, 2017. In-season prediction of yield variability in an apple orchard. Eur. J. Hortic. Sci. 82 (5) 251-259

Batra G., O. Gortzi, S. Lalas, A. Galidi, A. Alibade and G.D. Nanos, 2017. Enhanced antioxidant activity of Capsicum annuum L. and Moringa oleifera L. extracts after encapsulation in microemulsions. ChemEngineering 1, 15

Vatsanidou A., G.D. Nanos, S. Fountas, J. Baras, A. Castrignano and T.A. Gemtos, 2017. Nitrogen replenishment using variable rate application technique in a small hand-harvested pear orchard. Spanish J. Agric. Res. 15(4), 30209

Papageorgiou, E.I., Aggelopoulou, K., Gemtos, T.A., Nanos, G.D., 2018. Development and evaluation of a fuzzy inference system and a neuro-fuzzy inference system for grading apple quality. Applied Artificial Ιntelligence 32(3), 253-280

Liakos V., Smith E., Fountas S., Nanos G., Kalfountzos D., and Gemtos T., 2020. On-farm evaluation of variable rate fertilizer applications using yield-based mathematical formulae in a Greek apple orchard. Intern. J. Fruit Science 10:1080

Vatsanidou A., Fountas S., Liakos V., Nanos G., Katsoulas N and Gemtos T., 2020. Life cycle assessment of variable rate fertilizer application in a pear orchard. Sustainability 12, 6893

Konstantina Fotia, Andi Mehmeti, Ioannis Tsirogiannis, George Nanos, Andreas P. Mamolos, Nikolaos Malamos, Pantelis Barouchas, and Mladen Todorovic, 2021. LCA-based environmental performance of olive cultivation: rainfed vs. irrigated using conventional and smart irrigation practices, in the plain of Arta, Greece. Water 13, 01954.

Konstantina Fotia, George Nanos, Pantelis Barouchas, Markos Giannelos, Aikaterini Linardi, Aikaterini Vallianatou, Paraskevi Mpeza and Ioannis Tsirogiannis, 2022. Growth Development, Physiological Status and Water Footprint Assessment of Nursery Young Olive Trees (Olea europaea L. ‘Konservolea’) Irrigated with Urban Treated Wastewater. Resources 11, 40

Persefoni Maletsika, Chris Cavalaris, Vasileios Giouvanis and George D. Nanos, 2022. Effects of Alternative Fertilization and Irrigation Practices on the Energy Use and Carbon Footprint of Canning Peach Orchards. Sustainability, 14, 8583

2023. Maletsika, V. Liava, E. Sarrou, V.S. Titeli, E. Nasiopoulou, S. Martens, E. Karagiannis, K. Grigoriadou, A. Molassiotis and G.D. Nanos, 2023. Foliar Calcium Effects on Quality and Primary and Secondary Metabolites of White-Fleshed ‘Lemonato’ Peaches. Horticulturae 9, 299

Niki Mougiou, Persefoni Maletsika, Aristarhos Konstantinidis, Katerina Grigoriadou and Anagnostis Argiriou, 2023. Morphological and molecular characterization of a new self-compatible almond variety. Agriculture 13:1362

Giovanoudis, I.; Athanasiadis, V.; Chatzimitakos, T.; Kalompatsios, D.; Bozinou, E.; Gortzi, O.; Nanos, G.D.; Lalas, S.I., 2023. Implementation of Cloud Point Extraction Using Surfactants in the Recovery of Polyphenols from Apricot Cannery Waste. Eng 4, 1225–1235.

Giovanoudis, I., Athanasiadis, V., Chatzimitakos, T., Kalompatsios, D., Bozinou, E., Gortzi, O., Nanos, G.D., and Lalas, S.I., 2023. Isolation of Polyphenols from Two Waste Streams of Clingstone Peach Canneries Utilizing the Cloud Point Extraction Method. Biomass 3, 291–305.

Giovanoudis I., Athanasiadis V., Chatzimitakos T., Kalompatsios D., Mantiniotou M., Bozinou E., Gortzi O., Nanos G.D. and Lalas S.I., 2023. Antioxidant Capacity in Two Different Cultivars of Ripe and Unripe Peaches Utilizing the Cloud-Point Extraction Method. AgriEngineering 5, 2139–2154.

Crisosto C.H., L. Ferguson and G. Nanos, 2011. Olive (Olea europaea L.). In: E.M. Yahia (Ed.), Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Woodhead Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp.63-85.

Nanos G.D. and G. Dianellos, 2011. Energy analysis for apple growing in Pelion, Central Greece. Annals of Valahia University of Targoviste, Fac. Environmental Engineering, pp. 4-8

Maletsika P.A. and G.D. Nanos, 2011. Effects of particulate matter contamination on apple, peach and olive tree leaf characteristics and olive leaf inorganic element composition. Valahia University of Targoviste, Fac. Environmental Engineering, pp. 9-14

E.D. Pliakoni and G.D. Nanos, 2012. Effects of reflective mulch on leaf physiology and fruit quality and storability in olives cv. Konservolea. Acta Hort. 949:385-390

Pastopoulos, E.D. Pliakoni and G.D. Nanos, 2012.Kaolin sprays and individual fruit bagging effects on quince fruit quality.Acta Hort. 940:381-386

Papageorgiou E, K. Aggelopoulou, N. Liolios, T. Gemtos, G. Nanos, 2012. Machine learning and fuzzy cognitive map learning approaches for yield prediction in apples. CIGR-AgEng2012, July 2012, Valencia, Spain

Maletsika P., A. Papafilippaki, G.D. Nanos, G.G. Stavroulakis, 2012. Particulate matter pollution effects on the inorganic constituents of fresh and processed table olives. Proc. 4^th Int. Conf. OliveBioTecq 2011 (Ed. K.S. Chartzoulakis), Vol. II, p. 481-486

Maletsika P.A., G.D. Nanos, 2013. Effects of particulate matter contamination on peach leaf physiological functions. Acta Hort. 981:643-650

Liakos V., A. Tagarakis, A. Vatsanidou, S. Fountas, G. Nanos, T. Gemtos, 2013. Application of variable rate fertilizer in a commercial apple orchard. Precision Agriculture 2013; 9th Eur. Conf. on Precision Agriculture, p. 675-681

Maletsika P., G.D. Nanos, I. Papoulia, M. Vasilakakis, 2015. The effect of postharvest application of O3 and 1-MCP on ‘Red Chief’ apple during prolonged air cold storage. Acta Hort. 1079:429-434 Georgoudaki T., G.D. Nanos, 2015. Quality of fresh-cut apples treated at harvest with 1-MCP. Acta Hort. 1079:441-446

Nanos G.D., A. Mpezou, T. Georgoudaki, 2015. Effects of 1-MCP and storage temperature on quince fruit quality. Acta Hort. 1079:453-458

Nanos G.D., P. Maletsika, T. Georgoudaki and G. Tsiatsios, 2022. Nutrient inputs and outputs in commercial clingstone peach orchards in Greece based on conventional or sustainable fertilization practices. Acta Hortic. 1352:525-531.

Maletsika P., N. Tserlikakis, T. Georgoudaki, V. Giouvanis and G.D. Nanos, 2022. Alternative fertilization effects on peach and nectarine plant and fruit characteristics. Acta Hortic. 1352:547-553.

Moutsinas I., P. Maletsika, A. Apostolaras, J. Mavridis, A. Kalkanof, T. Korakis and G.D. Nanos, 2022. Development of an innovative smart-farming and decision-support service to improve clingstone peach cultivation. Acta Hortic. 1352:583-591.

Moutsinas I., P. Maletsika, V. Zafeiris, F. Oikonomou, G. Tziokas, A. Serafeim, A. Apostolaras, G. D. Nanos, and T. Korakis, 2022. Application of the AgroNIT smart-farming and decision-support platform to support the cultivation of major tree crops in Thessaly, Greece. Proc. 10th International Conference on ICT in Agriculture, Food & Environment, Athens, September 2022, https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3293/paper114.pdf

Moutsinas, I., Kalkanof, A., Mavridis, J., Zafeiris, V., Oikonomou, F., Tziokas, G., Themelis K., Kyriakou K., Theologou C., Serafeim A., Apostolaras A., Maletsika P., Nanos G.D., & Korakis, T., 2022. AgroNIT: Innovating Precision Agriculture. Proc. Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) – IEEE, Kefalonia, September 2022, pp. 6-12.

Moutsinas Ι., P. Maletsika, V. Zafeiris, G. Tziokas, A. Serafeim, A. Apostolaras, V. Giouvanis, T. Korakis & G.D. Nanos, 2023. Use of the AgroNIT smart-farming & decision-support platform for the real-time irrigation management and assessment of its impact on pear and cherry tree crops’ economy and nutrition in Thessaly, Greece. To be published from Xth ISHS Irrigation Symposium, Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 2023. Acta Hortic. In press

2023. Fotia, G. Nanos, N. Malamos, M. Giannelos, P. Mpeza, and I. Tsirogiannis, 2023. Water footprint and performance assessment of a table olive cultivar (Olea europaea L. ‘Konservolea’) under various irrigation strategies. Acta Hortic. 1373, 57-64

Courses

Undergraduate level

Pomology I (5^th semester)

Specific Pomology (8^th semester)

Stored Products Protection (9^th semester, co-teaching)

Organic Agriculture and Innovative Plant Production Methods (9^th semester, co-teaching)

Asexual Plant Propagation (10^th semester, co-teaching)

Oliviculture (10^th semester)

Graduate level

Pomology and Environment (1^st semester)

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (1^st semester, co-teaching)

Research methodology and research article understanding and writing (1^st semester, co-teaching)

Innovations in Pomology (2^nd semester)

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Courses

Undergraduate level

Pomology I (5^th semester)

Specific Pomology (8^th semester)

Stored Products Protection (9^th semester, co-teaching)

Organic Agriculture and Innovative Plant Production Methods (9^th semester, co-teaching)

Asexual Plant Propagation (10^th semester, co-teaching)

Graduate level

Innovations in Pomology and Viticulture (1^st semester, co-teaching)

Research methodology and research article understanding and writing (1^st semester, co-teaching)

Abiotic and biotic stress on plant production (1^stsemester, co-teaching)

Protocols and programs in modern Plant Protection (1^stsemester, co-teaching)

Organic production and environmentally-friendly plant production methods (2^nd semester, co-teaching)