Laboratory of Viticulture

Laboratory of Viticulture

Director:

Despoina G. Petoumenou, Assistant Professor in Viticulture

Members

PhD students

Postgraduate and undergraduate students

Brief Description

The main interests of Laboratory of Viticulture include research, consultancy and teaching in Viticulture at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  The research of the Laboratory is focused on Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, Ecophysiology and Biology of the grapevine, Ampelography, Viticultural Techniques, as well as Cultivation and Production Techniques for grapevine products and propagation material.

Courses

Despoina G. Petoumenou

Undergraduate courses:

General Viticulture (8^th Semester)

eclass: https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/AGR_U_192/

Special Viticulture (9^th Semester)

eclass: https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/AGR_U_146/

Oenology Oenology (9^th Semester)

https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/AGR_U_166/

Postgraduate courses:

Developmental Viticulture in the Context of Climate Change (MSc program “Mediterranean Systems of Agricultural Production”)

eclass: https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/AGR_U_227/

Research interests

Her main research interests include the effects of viticultural practices and environmental factors on grape quality characteristics, grapevine ecophysiology, the revival and utilization of indigenous grapevine varieties, as well as the development of innovative cultivation techniques for the more effective management of abiotic stresses in the grapevine.

Selected Publications

• Petoumenou, D.G.; Liava, V. Sustainable Foliar Applications to Improve Grapevine Responses to Drought, High Temperatures, and Salinity: Impacts on Physiology, Yields, and Berry Quality. Plants, 2025, 14, 2157.
• Petoumenou, D.G. Enhancing Yield and Physiological Performance by Foliar Applications of Chemically Inert Mineral Particles in a Rainfed Vineyard under Mediterranean Conditions. Plants 2023, 12, 1444.
• Petoumenou D.G. and Patris V.-E. Effects of several preharvest canopy applications on yield and quality of table grapes (Vitis vinifera) cv. crimson seedless. Plants 2021, 10, 906.
• Tomasi, D; Gaiotti, F.; Petoumenou, D.; Lovat, L.; Belfiore, N.; Boscaro, D.; Mian, G. Winter pruning: Effect on Root Density, Root Distribution and Root/Canopy Ratio in Vitis vinifera Pinot Gris. Agronomy 2020, 10, 1509.
• Petoumenou, D.G.; Biniari, K.; Xyrafis, E.; Mavronasios, D.; Daskalakis, I.; Palliotti, A. Effects of Natural Hail on the Growth, Physiological Characteristics, Yield, and Quality of Vitis vinifera cv. Thompson Seedless under Mediterranean Growing Conditions. Agronomy 2019, 9, 197.
• Gaiotti F., Marcuzzo P., Petoumenou D., Battista F., Belfiore N., Tomasi D., 2016. Compost amendment effects on grapevine root density and distribution. Acta Horticulturae 1136, 115-120.
• Petoumenou D., Tomasi D., Marcuzzo P., Lovat L., Belfiore N., Gaiotti F., 2013. “Root distribution, root/canopy ratio on Vitis vinifera cv. Pinot gris grafted onto rootstock SO4 as affected by winter pruning or no winter pruning”. International Symposium Ampelos 2013, Santorini, Greece.
• Panara F., Petoumenou D., Calderoni O., Dini F., D’Onofrio C., Bedini C., Palliotti A., 2013. Ampelographic and genetic characterisation of ancestral grapevine (Vitis vinifera ) accessions present in the Umbria Region (Central Italy). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 88 (5), 525–530.

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