Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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ISSN: 2167-0412

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Spyridon A. Petropoulos

Spyridon A. Petropoulos

Spyridon A. Petropoulos
Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Vegetable Production, School of Agricultural Science, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment
University of Thessaly, Greece

Biography

Education:
PhD at the Agricultural University of Athens. Title of thesis: “The effect of N-fertilization and stress on the development and the chemical composition of three parsley types”.
MSc at the Agricultural University of Athens. Title of thesis: “The essential oil composition of three parsley types, in relation to sowing date”. Professional experience Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Vegetable Production, School of Agricultural Science, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly.
Lecturer of the Laboratory of Vegetable Production, School of Agricultural Science, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly.

Professional memberships:
Member of the Geotechnical Chamber of Greece.

Languages:
Certificate of Proficiency in English (Proficiency of Cambridge: 12/2002)

Computer skills:
Windows 7, Internet, Office, Statgraphics, JMP.

Research Interest

1. Essential oils of herbs and medicinal and horticultural plants. 2. Quality of vegetable products (aroma profile, nitrate content, vitamins, phenolic compounds, color etc.) 3. Nutrition of horticultural plants. 4. Salinity and plant physiology under high salinity stress. 5. Plant physiology under water stress. 6. Post-harvest physiology of fruit and vegetables. 7. Vegetable grafting. 8. Hydroponics

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