Yfantopoulos | Laboratory of Vegetable Production

Dionisios Yfantopoulos

Laboratory of Vegetable Crops

Department of Crop Science

Agricultural University of Athens

Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece

Tel: +30 210 529 4536

E-mail: yfantopoulos @ aua.gr

Mr. Dionisios Yfantopoulos, was awarded a Diploma from the Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi – Department of Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture in 2013 and a M.Sc. Diploma from the Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) in 2016. From the beginning of 2017 he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Laboratory of Vegetable Production of Agricultural University of Athens under the supervision of Professor Dimitrios Savvas. His main research interests include issues related to vegetable nutrition and fertilization, vegetable cultivation systems (greenhouse, field), crop rotation schemes, biological nitrogen fixation, greenhouse gas emissions and issues that relate to traditional varieties of vegetables. His bachelor thesis was about the control of warehouse pests with the application of entomopathogenic nematodes and his master thesis was about the comparative assessment of traditional legume varieties (peas and faba beans) in terms of productivity, biological nitrogen fixation efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions. He has published 2 papers in refereed international scientific journals, 1 paper in congress proceedings (Acta Hort.) and 5 abstracts in international and national conferences. He has participated as a member of the Research Group in three European research programs, in particular EUROLEGUME (FP7, 2014-2017), TRUE (H2020, 2017-2020) and TOMRES (H2020, 2017-2020).

Publications in international refereed journals with impact factor
1. Ntatsi, G., Karkanis, A., Yfantopoulos, D., Olle, M., Travlos, I., Thanopoulos, R., Bilalis, D., Savvas, D., 2018. Evaluation of the field performance, nitrogen fixation efficiency and competitive ability of pea landraces grown under organic and conventional farming systems. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2018.1501155
2. Ntatsi, G., Karkanis, A., Yfantopoulos, D., Olle, M., Travlos, I., Thanopoulos, R., Bilalis, D., Bebeli, P., Savvas, D., 2018. Impact of variety and farming practices on growth, yield, weed flora and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in faba bean cultivated for fresh seed production. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science, 68:7, 619-630.

Publications in proceedings of international congresses and symposia
1. Savvas, D., Pappa, V.A., Yfantopoulos, D., Karkanis, A., Travlos, I., Bebeli, P.J., Ntatsi, G., Bilalis, D. 2017. Impact of organic practices on growth, yield, and greenhouse gas emissions by pea landraces. Acta Horticulturae, 1164, pp. 77-84. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1164.10

Presentations in international and national congresses
1. Savvas, D., Pappa, V.A., Yfantopoulos, D., Karkanis, A., Travlos, I., Bebeli, P.J., Ntatsi, G., Bilalis, D., 2016. Impact of organic practices on growth, yield, greenhouse gas emissions and biological nitrogen fixation by three local pea and faba bean landraces Second International Legume Society Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, October 11-14, 2016
2. Ntatsi, G., Yfantopoulos, D., Karkanis, A., Bilalis, D., Savvas, D., 2017. Soil N availability and crop performance in a 3-year rotation of pea, faba bean and cabbage. International Conference LEGATO-EUROLEGUME, Advances in grain legume cultivation and use, September 27th to 28th, 2017 Novi Sad, Serbia
3. Υφαντόπουλος, Δ., Ντάτση, Γ., Καρκάνης, Α., Μπιλάλης, Δ., Σάββας, Δ.. 2017. Επίδραση της αμειψισποράς με ψυχανθή κηπευτικά και της βιολογικής αζωτοδέσμευσης σε συμβατική και βιολογική καλλιέργεια λάχανου, 28ο Συνέδριο της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας της Επιστήμης των Οπωροκηπευτικών (ΕΕΕΟ), Θεσσαλονίκη στις 16-20 Οκτωβρίου 2017
4. Υφαντόπουλος, Δ., Ντάτση, Βουγελέκα, Β. Αράπης, Γ. Καρκάνης, Α. Σάββας, Δ., 2017. Επίδραση του συστήματος παραγωγής (βιολογικό ή συμβατικό) και της αμειψισποράς με ψυχανθή κηπευτικά στις εκπομπές αέριων του θερμοκηπίου (CO2, CH4, N2O) σε καλλιέργεια λάχανου. 28ο Συνέδριο της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας της Επιστήμης των Οπωροκηπευτικών (ΕΕΕΟ), Θεσσαλονίκη στις 16-20 Οκτωβρίου 2017
5. Savvas, D., Yfantopoulos, D., Karavidas, I., Ntatsi, G. 2018. Comparison of soil-N availability and greenhouse gas emissions in a field cultivated with legume or non-legume plants during the winter in a Mediterranean environment . Proceedings of International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). XXX International Horticultural Congress. Water and Nutrient Relations and Management of Horticultural Crops. 12-16 August 2018, Istanbul, Turkey.

1. TRUE: TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (H2020) (EU code: 727973)
2. TOMRES: A novel and integrated approach to increase multiple and combined stress tolerance in plants using tomato as a model (H2020) (EU code: 727929)
3. EUROLEGUME (FP7): «Enhancing of legumes growing in Europe through sustainable cropping for protein supply for food and feed» (EU code: 613781).