Plant & Environmental
Biotechnology Laboratory

The laboratory provides specialized services in biotechnology and environmental analysis, combining advanced methodologies with scientific expertise to deliver reliable analyses, expert consultation, and technical support tailored to a wide range of applications.

 
 

Laboratory Services

Microbiome analyses in environmental samples using multi-omics approaches, bioinformatics and ecological biometrics
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Relevant projects: i) University of South Australia: Support in the bioinformatic and statistical analysis of NGS data
Development of starting microbial inocula for wastewater treatment systems
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Molecular Diagnostics of plant pathogens in plant tissues and agricutlural soils
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Relevant Industry-funded projects: i) Investigating the effect of a novel fumigant on the population of soil-borne pathogens via qPCR analysis. ii) Assessment of the levels of the most important soil-borne plant pathogens in soils from greenhouses in Western Peloponnese determined via q-PCR.
Development of microbial biotechnological products to enhance agricultural productivity
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Relevant Industry-funded projects: i) Isolation of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and development of mycorrhizal inocula used for rhizosphere inoculations and the production of soil improvers (in collaboration with the SME FYTOTHREPTIKI S.A.). ii) Evaluation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a biotechnological tool for the optimization of P uptake by plants (in collaboration with the SME NATURA S.A.).
Environmental fate studies of pesticide, veterinary medicines
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Relevant Industry-funded project: A survey of the degradation of the soil insecticide fipronil, fosthiazate, chlorpyrifos and ethroprophos in potato cultivation areas in Greece.

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