Irrigation and Water Resources
 Objectives
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Laboratory equipment |
The main goals in Irrigation and Water Resources involve:
 Studies on water requirements for the main crops, olive trees, citrus, avocados, kiwi and greenhouse vegetables.
Evaluation and improvement of the new irrigation methods (drip, microsprinklers, etc.).
Study of the soil - plant - water relationships and the plant defense mechanisms to drought.
Development of the methodology for the application of consultative irrigation in practice.
Study
on the use of low quality waters (saline water, reclaimed wastewaters)
for irrigation and plant tolerarance to salinity.
Sustainable
w ater resources management in agriculture.
Surveys
on monitoring and combating desertification.
Climate
change and its effects on cultivated plants.
Results
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Gas exchange measurements |
Determination of the water requirements of olives, citrus, avocado and greenhouse vegetables.
Definition of the critical growth stages to satisfy the water requirements of the above mentioned crops.
Evaluation of the new irrigation systems suitability and efficiency on water saving.
Evaluation
for salinity tolerance of the main Greek olive cultivars, and main
hybrids of vegetables grown into greenhouses.
Promoted the
introduction, improvement and expansion of the modern drip irrigation
systems.
Analysis
of samples of irrigation water and recommendations for its use.
Development
and operation of consultative irrigation programmes for farmers
based on real-time weather and soil data.
Research Projects
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Drip irrigation of olive trees |
"Wastewater
Recycling of Olive Oil Mills in Mediterranean Countries - Demostration
and Sustainable Reuse of Residuals (WAWAROMED) " in the INCO-MED of E.U.
"Study
of Defence Mechanisms to Salinity of Grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.)".
GSRT - Greek-Chinese Cooperation for Research and Technology.
"Technology
for Treatment and Recycling of the Water Used to Wash Olives" (UDOR)
in CRAFT Programme of EU. (www.udor-project.com).
"Towards
Sustainable Water Use on Mediterranean Islands: Addressing Conflicting
Demands and Varying Hydralogical, Social and Economic Conditions"
(MEDIS) in the EESD - ESD Programme of EU.
(www.uni-muenster.de/Umweltforschung/
medis/summary/summary.html).
"The Future
of Olive Plantation System on Sloping and Mountainous Land; Scenarios
for Production and Natural Resources Conservation’ (OLIVERO) in
the Quality of Life and Living Resources of EU. (www.olivero.info)
"Best
Innovative Practices of Water Use for Sustainable Management of
Water Resources" (BEWARE) in programme CRINNO of Crete Region-E.U
(http://zeus.telecom.tuc.gr/beware/index.html).
"A new approach of irrigation technology regarding the
optimization of production system procedure" (FP-21) in the EPAN 4.5 project of GSRT - EU.
“Safe
and high quality food production using low quality waters and improved
irrigation systems and management” (SAFIR) in the FP6-2004-FOOD-3-B
of EU (contract FOOD-CT-2005-023168). (www.safir4eu.org)
“Innovative
irrigation techniques for improved water use efficiency and fruit
quality” in Be-lateral Cooperation for R&T between Greece-Tunisia
(contract GSRT-135e).
“Mise
en oeuvre d’une Plate –forme de Services pour la lutte contre la
secheresse et la desertification dans les regions du bassin de la
Mediterranee Europeenne a travers un systeme d’actions pilote locales”
(DESERTNET 2) in the frame of INTERREG IIIB-MEDOCC (2005-05-4.4-I-156).
(www.desertnet.org)
"Development and validation of an irrigation scheduling tool for olives to improve water use efficiency at farm level" in Be-lateral Cooperation for R&T between Greece-Egypt (contract GSRT-269e
“Physiological
adaptation mechanisms of grapevine cultivars under combined drought
stress and elevated UV radiation” in the frame of ‘PENED-2003’ of
GSRT.
“Biotechnological
recycle of olive mills washing water by microalgae” (ALGATEC) in
the FP7-SME-2008-1 της Ε.Ε. (Grant agreement: 232331). (www.algatec.net)
Publications
1. CHARTZOULAKIS K., NOITSAKIS B. AND I. THERIOS,
1993. Photosynthesis, plant growth and dry matter distribution in
kiwifruit, as influenced by water deficits. Irrig. Sci.14: 1-5.
2. CHARTZOULAKIS K. 1994. Photosynthesis, water
relations and leaf growth of cucumber exposed to salt stress. Scientia
Hort. 59: 27-35.
3. CHARTZOULAKIS K. AND DROSOS N. 1995. Water
use and yield of greenhouse grown eggplant under drip irrigation.
Agric. Water Manag. 28: 113-120.
4. CHARTZOULAKIS K., THERIOS I., MISOPOLINOS
N. AND NOITSAKIS B., 1995. Growth, ion content and photosynthetic
performance of salt-stressed kiwifruit. Irrig. Sci. 16: 23-28.
5. CHARTZOULAKIS K. AND LOUPASSAKI M., 1997.
Effects of NaCl salinity on germination, growth, gas exchange and
yield of greenhouse eggplant. Agric. Water Manag. 32(3): 215-225.
6. CHARTZOULAKIS K., MICHELAKIS N. AND STEFANOUDAKI
E., 1999. Water use, growth, yield and fruit quality of ‘Bonanza’ oranges under
different soil water regimes. Adv. Hort. Sci. 13: 6-11.
7. NASTOU A., CHARTZOULAKIS K., THERIOS I. AND
BOSABALIDIS A., 1999. Leaf anatomical responses, ion content, CO2
assimilation and leaf anatomy in three lemon cultivars under NaCl
salinity. Adv. Hort. Sci. 13 (2): 61-67.
8. CHARTZOULAKIS K.,. PATAKAS A AND BOSABALIDIS
A., 1999. Changes in water relations, photosynthesis and leaf anatomy
induced by intermittent drought in two olive cultivars. Envir. Exp.
Bot. 42 (2): 113-120.
9. CHARTZOULAKIS K. AND CLAPAKI G., 2000. Response of two
pepper hybrids to NaCl salinity at various growth stages. Scientia
Hort. 86: 247-260.
10. STEFANOUDAKI E., CHARTZOULAKIS K., KOUTSAFTAKIS
A. AND KOTSIFAKI F., 2001. Effects of drought on qualitative characteristics
of olive oil, cv Koroneiki. Grasas y Aceitas 52(3-4): 202-206.
11. FYSARAKIS I., CHARTZOULAKIS K. AND STAVRAKAS
D. 2001. Response of Sultana vines (V. vinifera L) on six rootstocks
to NaCl salinity exposure and recovery. Agric. Wat. Manag. 51(1):
13-27.
12. CHARTZOULAKIS K., PARANYCHIANAKIS N. AND
ANGELAKIS A., 2001. Water resources management in the island of
Crete, Greece with emphasis to agricultural use. Water Policy 3(3):
193-205.
13. CHARTZOULAKIS K., PATAKAS A., KOFIDIS G.,
BOSABALIDIS A. AND NASTOU A., 2002. Moderate water stress affects
leaf anatomy, gas exchange, water relations and growth in two avocado
cultivars. Scientia Hort., 95: 39-50.
14. CHARTZOULAKIS K., LOUPASSAKI M., BERTAKI
M. AND ANDROULAKIS I., 2002. Effects of NaCl salinity on growth,
ion content and CO2 assimilation of six olive cultivars. Scientia
Hort., 96: 235-247.
15. CENTRITTO M., LORETO F. , CHARTZOULAKIS
K., 2003. The use of low [CO2] to estimate diffusional and non-diffusional
limitations of photosynthetic capacity of salt-stressed olive sapling.
Plant, Cell & Environment 26: 585-594.
16. LORETO F., CENTRITTO M., CHARTZOULAKIS K., 2003. Photosynthetic limitations in olive cultivars with different sensitivity to salt stress. Plant, Cell & Environment 26: 595-601.
17. PARANYCHIANAKIS N.V, CHARTZOULAKIS K.S.,
ANGELAKIS A.N., 2004. Influence of rootstock, irrigation level and
recycled water on water relations and leaf gas exchange of Soultanina
grapevines. J. Exp. Envir. Bot. 52(2): 185-198.
18. CHARTZOULAKIS K., PSARRAS G., 2005. Global
change effect on crop photosynthesis and production in Mediterranean:
the case of Crete, Greece. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 106(2-3): 147-157.
19. PARANYCHIANAKIS N.V, CHARTZOULAKIS K.S.,
2005. Irrigation of Mediterranean crops with saline water: from
physiology to management practices. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 106(2-3):
171-187.
20. CHARTZOULAKIS, K., 2005 Salinity and olive:
Growth, salt tolerance mechanisms, photosynthesis and management
practices. Agric. Wat. Manag., 78(1-2): 108-121.
21. CHARTZOULAKIS K., PSARRAS G., VEMMOS S., LOUPASSAKI
M., BERTAKI M., 2006. Response of two olive cultivars to salt stress
and potassium supplement. J. Plant Nutr. 29(11): 2063-2078.
22. PSARRAS G., BERTAKI M, CHARTZOULAKIS K., 2008.
Response of greenhouse tomato to salt stress and K+ supplement.
Plant Biosystems 142 (1): 149-153.
23. STEFANOUDAKI E, WILLIAMS M, CHARTZOULAKIS
K, HARWOOD J., 2009. Olive oil qualitative parameters after orchard
irrigation with saline water. J. Agric. & Chemistry 57 (4):
1421-1425.
Personnel
Head of the Laboratory: |
Dr.
Kostas Chartzoulakis |
Email: kchartz@nagref-cha.gr
Tel: +30 28210 83442
Fax: +30 28210 93963 |
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Georgia Klapaki |
Agronomist |
Ioannis Kasapakis |
Agronomist
MSc. (contract staff) |
Eleftherios Kokolakis |
Laboratory Technician |
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Measurement of soil moistute |
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Drip irrigation on greehouse tomato |
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