51 ECPGR Berries Working Group Members

Chair: Monika Höfer monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de   Vice-Chair: Tuuli Haikonen tuuli.haikonen@luke.fi

Category of expertise: Plant breeder

Email Distribution List
Estonia Ms Ave Kikas
Contact person
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Polli Horticultural Research Centre
Uus 2, Polli
69108 Viljandimaa
Estonia
Tel: (372) 7313581
ave.kikas@emu.ee
Genebank Curator, Plant Breeder  
Greece Mr Filippos Aravanopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
P.O. Box University Campus
54124 Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: (30) 2310 992778
aravanop@for.auth.gr
Genebank Curator, Plant breeder  
Greece Mr Georgios Merkouropoulos 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  
Greece Mr Georgios Pantelidis Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources - Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees
38 R.R. Station
59035 Naoussa
Greece
Tel: (30) 23320 41548
gpantelidis@elgo.gr
Crop specialist, Plant breeder, Other (Stone and berry fruit cultivar evaluation, breeding and cultivation techniques)  
Greece Mr Antonios Zambounis Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Forest Research Institute
38 R.R. Station
59035 Naoussa
Greece
Tel: (30) 23320 41548
antbio@yahoo.gr
Other: plant breeding for disease resistance, genomics), Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Italy Mr Gianluca Baruzzi Council for Research in Agriculture and Economics, Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus (CREA-OFA)
Vial La Canapona, 1 bis, Magliano
47121 Forlì
Italy
Tel: (39) 0543 89428
gianluca.baruzzi@crea.gov.it
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Plant breeder, Other: variety certification  
Italy Mr Franco Capocasa Università Politechnica delle Marche. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali
Via Brecce Bianche
60100 Ancona
Italy
Tel: (39) 071 2204640
f.capocasa@univpm.it
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Information/Documentation, Plant breeder  
Italy Mr Bruno Mezzetti Università Politecnica delle Marche. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali
Via Brecce Bianche
60100 Ancona
Italy
Tel: (39) 071 2204933
b.mezzetti@univpm.it
Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Latvia Ms Valda Laugale
Contact person
Institute of Horticulture (LatHort)
Graudu iela 1
3701 Dobele
Latvia
Tel: (371) 26184878
valda.laugale@llu.lv
Crop specialist, Plant breeder (Fragaria, Ribes, Rubus)  
Latvia Ms Sarmīte Strautiņa
Graudu 1
LV 3701 Dobele
Latvia
Tel: (371) 28650011
sarmite.strautina@llu.lv
Crop specialis, Plant breeder (Ribes, Rubus)  
Lithuania Mr Rytis Rugienius Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture
Kauno 30
54333 Babtai, Kaunas distr.
Lithuania
Tel: (370) 37 555253
r.rugienius@lsdi.lt
Plant breeder  
Lithuania Mr Audrius Sasnauskas
Contact person
Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC
Kauno 30
54333 Babtai, Kaunas district
Lithuania
Tel: (370) 37 555220
audrius.sasnauskas@lammc.lt
Plant breeder, variety evaluator  
Norway Mr Dag Røen Njøs Fruit and Berry Centre AS
Njøsavegen 5
6863 Leikanger
Norway
Tel: (47) 975 24065
dag@njos.no
Plant breeder  
Portugal Mr Pedro Nogueira Brás de Oliveira INIAV
Avenida da Republica, Quinta do Marques
2784-505 Oeiras
Portugal
pedro.oliveira@iniav.pt Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Sweden Mr Kimmo Rumpunen Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Fjälkestadsvägen 459
SE-291 94  Kristianstad
Sweden
Tel: (46) 709576868
kimmo.rumpunen@slu.se
Plant breeder  
Türkiye Mr Adnan Dogan Atatürk Horticultural Central Research Institute
PK 15
77102 Yalova
Türkiye
Tel: (90) 226 814 2520-21
adnan.dogan@tarimorman.gov.tr
Plant breeder  
Türkiye Mr Mehmet Tutar Aegean Agricultural Research Institute
Canakkale Road No. 57PO Box 9 Menemen
35672 Izmir
Türkiye
Tel: (90) 232 846 13 31
mehmet.tutar@tarim.gov.tr
Plant breeder