Subtropical Plants & Tissue Culture Lab is the curator of the National collection of Subtropical species.
Scientific research areas:
- Ex situ conservation and enriching the national collections of avocado, prickle pear, loquat, mango, carob, banana, cherimoya, pecan, date palm, feijoa, guava, carambola, macadamia and litchi.
- Study of the physiology of subtropical species in Greek climatic conditions.
- Production and evaluation of new varieties and rootstocks, aiming at early season production, adaptation to new climate data, fruit quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.
- Conservation and production of healthy genetic material.
- Study and application of innovative propagation techniques.
- Study and evaluation of pioneer compounds, for yield and fruit quality.
Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani, Georgios Psarras, Dario Scuderi, Emmanouil Kokolakis and Ioannis E. Papadakis 2022 Effect of Organic Fertilizers on Avocado Trees (Cvs. Fuerte, Hass, Lamb Hass) in Western Crete, a Cool Subtropical Region Sustainability, 14, Issue 19, 12221.
Huda E. Mahood, Virginia Sarropoulou, Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani 2022 Effect of explant type (leaf, stem) and 2,4-D concentration on callus induction: influence of elicitor type (biotic, abiotic), elicitor concentration and elicitation time on biomass growth rate and costunolide biosynthesis in gazania (Gazania rigens) cell suspension cultures Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 9, 100.
Nastou A., Tzatzani T.T., Chatzistathis T. 2021 The influence of NaCl stress on plant tissue nutrient concentrations and compartmentalization of Na and Cl within leaf surface area of Persea americana Mill Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 30, 11663-11669.
Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani, Evangelia Basdeki, Evangelia-Vasiliki Ladikou, Marios-Ioannis N. Sotiras, Georgios Panagiotakis, Sryridon Lionakis and Ioannis E. Papadakis 2020 Seed germination traits of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) as affected by various pre-sowing treatments (cutting of cotyledons, removal of perisperm, moist chilling and/or exogenous application of gibberellin) Phyton, International Journal of Experimental Botany, 20, 1-12.
Tzatzani T.T., Kavroulakis N., Doupis G., Psarras G., Papadakis E. I. 2019 Nutritional status of ‘Hass’ and ‘Fuerte’ avocado (Persea mericana Mill.) plants subjected to high soil moisture Journal of Plant Nutrition, 43, 327-333.
Tzatzani T.T., Yupsanis T., Dimassi K., Therios I. 2018 Organogenesis of Citrus rootstocks using mature explants Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 7, 10-15.
Tzatzani T.T., Yupsanis Y., Dimassi K., Therios I. 2015 Usage of DNases and NDP kinases as molecular markers of the developmental embryo stage of Poncirus trifoliata L. and Citrus aurantium L. rootstocks Brazilian Journal of Botany, 38, 469-477.
Tzatzani T.T., Dimassi K., Yupsanis T., Bosabalidis A., Therios I., Sarropoulou V. 2013 Globular body production, their anatomy, DNase gel analysis and NDP kinase activity in root tips of Poncirus trifoliata L. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 71, 247-253.
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