81 ECPGR Vitis Working Group Members

Chair: Georgios Merkouropoulos merkouropoulos@elgo.gr   Vice-Chair: Dragoslav Ivanišević idragoslav@polj.uns.ac.rs

Category of expertise: Genebank Curator

Email Distribution List
Austria Mr Ferdinand Regner Abteilung Rebenzüchtung
HBLA und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau
Rehgraben 2
2103 Langenzersdorf
Austria
Tel: (43) 2243 37910371
Ferdinand.Regner@weinobst.at
Genebank curator, Crop specialist, Plant breeder, Policy and law, Information/Documentation   
Belgium Mr Alain Rondia
Contact person
Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Department of Life Sciences, Biodiversity and Plant & Forest Breeding Unit
Bâtiment Emile Marchal, Rue de Liroux 4
5030 Gembloux
Belgium
Tel: (32) (0) 81 874607
a.rondia@cra.wallonie.be
Genebank Curator  
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Tatjana Jovanović Cvetković
Observer
University of Banja Luka
Faculty of Agriculture
Univerzitetski grad, Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovića 1A
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: (387) 51 330 937
tatjana.jovanovic-cvetkovic@agro.unibl.org
Genebank Curator, , Crop specialist observer 
Croatia Ms Marjan Bubola Institute of Agriculture and Tourism
K. Huguesa 8
52440 Poreč
Croatia
Tel: (385) 52408300
marijan@iptpo.hr
Genebank curator  
Croatia Mr Edi Maletić Department of Viticulture and Enology
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Svetosimunska 25
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: (385) 1 2393918
emaletic@agr.hr
Genebank curator Vice-Chair from 09/03/2012 until 12/05/2014 
Croatia Mr Goran Zdunic Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation
Put Duilova 11
21000 Split
Croatia
Tel: (385) 21434453
goran.zdunic@krs.hr
Genebank curator  
Cyprus Mr Savvas Savvides Agricultural Research Institute, Fruit trees/Viticulture Section
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
P.O. Box 22016
1516 Lefkosia
Cyprus
Tel: (357) 22403220
ssavvides@ari.moa.gov.cy
Genebank curator, Crop specialist  
Greece Mr Georgios Merkouropoulos
Chair
Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
S. Venizelou 1
14123 Lykovrisi Attikis
Greece
Tel: (30) 210 2816978
merkouropoulos@elgo.gr
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Plant Breeder, Information/Documentation  
Greece Mr Ioannis Mylonas Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources
Hellenic Agricultural Organization "Demeter'"
P.O. Box 238
57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: (30) 2310 471544 (internal 301)
ioanmylonas@yahoo.com
Genebank Curator,  
Greece Ms Theodora Pitsoli Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DEMETER
Sofokli Venizelou 1
14123 Lykovrissi, Athens
Greece
Tel: (30) 2108 45940; 2310471110
dorapitsoli@yahoo.com
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Information/Documentation, Policy and law, other expertise: ampelography  
Greece Ms Parthenopi Ralli Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DEMETER, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources
Thessaloniki-Polygyrou National RoadPO Box 60458
57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: (30) 2310471110
pralli@elgo.gr
Genebank Curator, , Crop specialist, Information/Documentation,  
Greece Mr Demetris Taskos Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DEMETER
Institute of Olive trees, Subtropical crops and Viticulture.
1 S. Venizelou Str
14123 Lycovrissi (Athens)
Greece
Tel: (30) 2102847499
taskos@elgo.gr
Genebank Curator, , Crop specialist, , Information/Documentation,  
Hungary Mr Pál  Kozma University of Pécs, Institute for Viticulture and Enology
Szöleszeti és Borászati Kutatointézete Pécs
Pázmány Péter u.4
7634 Pécs
Hungary
Tel: (36) 30 4957774
kozmapa51@gmail.com
Genebank Curator  
Italy Ms Gabriella  De Lorenzis Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali - Produzione, Territorio, Agroenergia Università degli studi di Milano
Via Celoria 2
20133  Milan
Italy
gabriella.delorenzis@unimi.it Genebank curator, Crop expert, Breeder  
Italy  Osvaldo Failla Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali - Produzione, Territorio, Agroenergia Università degli studi di Milano
Via Celoria 2 I
20133 Milano
Italy
Tel: +39 02 5031 6565
osvaldo.failla@unimi.it
Genebank curator, Crop expert, Breeder  
Italy Mr Massimo Gardiman
Contact person
Council for Research in Agriculture and Economics, Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology (CREA-VE)
Centro di Ricerca per la Viticoltura - CRA-VIT
Viale 28 Aprile, 26
31015 Conegliano (TV)
Italy
Tel: (39) 0438 456711
massimo.gardiman@crea.gov.it
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist  
Italy Ms Maria Antonietta Palombi Council for Research in Agriculture and Economics, Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology (CREA-VE)
Via Cantina Sperimentale, 1
00049 Velletri
Italy
Tel: (39) 069639027 - 069630222
mariaantonietta.palombi@crea.gov.it
Genebank Curator, Information/Documentation, Plant Breeder  
Italy Ms Anna Schneider Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante - National Research Council of Italy Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
Largo P. Braccini 2
10095 Grugliasco
Italy
Tel: (+39) 0116708745
anna.schneider@ipsp.cnr.it
Crop specialist, Genebank Curator  
Latvia Mr Gunārs Lācis Latvia State Institute of Horticulture
Graudu street 1
3701 Dobele
Latvia
Tel: (371) 63722294
gunars.lacis@lbtu.lv
Genebank curator, Information/documentation, other: molecular markers  
Lithuania Mr Darius Ryliškis Vilnius University Botanical Garden
Kairėnų g. 43
10239 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: (370)
darius.ryliskis@gf.vu.lt
Genebank curator  
Poland Mr Jerzy Lisek Institute of Horticulture
Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3
96-100 Skierniewice
Poland
Tel: (48) 46 8345234
jerzy.lisek@inhort.pl
Genebank curator, Crop specialist  
Poland Mr Grzegorz Łysiak Poznan University of Life Sciences
Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
ul. Dabrowskiego 159
60-594 Poznań
Poland
Tel: (48) 61 8487954
glysiak@up.poznan.pl
Genebank curator, Crop specialist, Information/documentation  
Romania Ms Anamaria  Dumitru National Research and Development Institute for Biotechnology in Horticulture
Street Bucuresti-Pitesti, No. 37
117715 Ștefanesti – Arges
Romania
Tel: (40) 762690723
anamaria.ilina@yahoo.com
Genebank Curator; other expertise: ampelography   
Romania Ms Andreea  Manolescu National Research and Development Institute for Biotechnology in Horticulture, Ștefanesti
Street Bucuresti-Pitesti, No. 37
117715 Ștefanesti – Arges
Romania
Tel: (40) 742544914
andreeamanolescu16@gmail.com
Genebank Curator; other expertise: ampelography molecular markers   
Slovakia Ms Jaroslava Kanuchova-Patkova National Agricultural and Food Centre
Research Institute of Viticulturae and Enology Bratislava
Matuskova 25
83311 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel: (421) 2 59208034
kanuchova.patkova@gmail.com
Genebank curator  
Slovenia Ms Anastazija Jež Krebelj Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
Hacquetova ulica 17
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: (386) 1 2805221
anastazija.jezkrebelj@kis.si
Genebank Curator  
Spain Mr Gregorio Muňoz Organero IMIDRA, Finca El Encín
Ctra. A-2 Km. 38,200
28800 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Spain
Tel: (34) 918879483
gregorio.munoz@madrid.org
Genebank curator  
Spain Mr Javier Tello Moro Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV).
Finca La Grajera, Ctra. De Burgos Km. 6
26007 Logroño, La Rioja
Spain
Tel: (34) 941053098
javier.tello@icvv.es
Crop specialist; Genebank curator  
Switzerland Mr Jean-Laurent Spring Agroscope
Centre de Recherche Pully (VD)

1009 Pully
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 217211563
jean-laurent.spring@agroscope.admin.ch
Genebank curator, Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
United Kingdom Mr Matthew Ordidge School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
University of Reading
Whiteknights
RG6 6EU Reading
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) 7789731785
m.ordidge@reading.ac.uk
Genebank Curator, Information/Documentation