62 ECPGR Solanaceae Working Group Members

Chair: Pasquale Tripodi pasquale.tripodi@crea.gov.it   

Category of expertise: Crop specialist

Email Distribution List
Albania Mr Belul Gixhari Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Albanian Gene Bank
Agricultural University of Tirana
Rruga `Siri KODRA`
 Tirana
Albania
Tel: (355) 67 2883637
bgixhari.agb@gmail.com
Crop specialist  
Albania Mr Sokrat Jani Institute of Plant Genetic Resources - Agricultural University of Tirana
Rruga `Siri KODRA`
 Tirana
Albania
Tel: (355) 694053803
sokratjani@yahoo.com
Crop specialist Member from 09-03-2018 to 21-02-2020 
Bulgaria Ms Veselina  Masheva Institute for Plant Genetic Resources
Druzhba str. 2
4122 Sadovo
Bulgaria
Tel: (359) 886326883
vesi_masheva@yahoo.com
Genebank curator, Crop specialist, Information/documentation  
Croatia Mr Tomislav Vinković University J.J. Strossmayer - Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek
Vladimira preloga 1
31000 Osijek
Croatia
Tel: (385) 31554889
tomislav.vinkovic@fazos.hr
Crop specialist  
Estonia Ms Ingrid Bender Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva alevik
48309 Jõgeva
Estonia
Tel: (372) 77 66909
ingrid.bender@metk.agri.ee
Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
France Ms Véronique  Lefebvre Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes
UR 1052 Domaine St Maurice, Allée des Chênes
60094 F-84143  Montfavet cedex
France
Tel: (33) (0) 432722806
veronique.lefebvre@inrae.fr
Crop specialist  
Greece Mr Apostolos Kalyvas Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources

57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: (30) 2310 471110 (int 0 107)
akalivas@elgo.gr
Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Greece Ms Ifigeneia Mellidou
Contact person
Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources
PO Box 238
57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: (30) 2310471110
ifimellidou@gmail.com
Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Greece Ms Georgia Ntatsi Agricultural University of Athens
Iera odos 75
 Athens
Greece
Tel: (30) 2105294532
ntatsi@aua.gr
Crop specialist  
Israel Mr Yonatan Elkind
Observer
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
POB 12
76100 Rehovot
Israel
elkind@agri.huji.ac.il Crop specialist  
Italy  Teodoro Cardi CNR-IBBR, Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse
Via Università,133
80055  Portici
Italy
Tel: 0039 081 2539102
teodoro.cardi@cnr.it
Crop specialist, Plant Breeder, Policy and law  
Italy Mr Paolo  Direnzo CNR - Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse – National Research Council (CNR)
Via Amendola 165/a
70126 Bari
Italy
paolo.direnzo@ibbr.cnr.it Crop specialist; Information/Documentation; Genebank Manager  
Italy Ms Rosella Giunta CNR - Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse – National Research Council (CNR)
Via Amendola 165/a
70126 Bari
Italy
rosella.giunta@ibbr.cnr.it Crop Specialist; Information/Documentation; Genebank Manager   
Italy Mr Gaetano Laghetti
Contact person
CNR-Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources
National Research Council (CNR)
Via Amendola 165/A
70126 Bari
Italy
Tel: (39) 080 5583400 ext 202
gaetano.laghetti@ibbr.cnr.it
Crop specialist, Other: PGR, geneticist, statistics  
Italy Ms Gabriella Sonnante CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council (CNR)
Via Amendola 165/A
70126 Bari
Italy
Tel: (39) 080 5583400 - 240
gabriella.sonnante@ibbr.cnr.it
Crop Specialist; Other: Molecular genetics  
Italy Ms Laura Toppino Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria Centro per la Genomica e la Bioinformatica (CREA-GB) - Sede di Montanaso Lombardo
Via Paullese, 28
26836 Montanaso Lombardo, Lodi
Italy
laura.toppino@crea.gov.it Genebank curator; crop specialist   
Italy Mr Pasquale Tripodi
Chair
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Via Cavalleggeri, 25
84098 Pontecagnano (SA)
Italy
Tel: (39) 089 386217
pasquale.tripodi@crea.gov.it
Genebank Curator - Crop specialist - Breeder - Other: genetics and genomics   
Latvia Ms Liga Lepse Institute of Horticulture
Grandu iela 1, Ceriņi, Krimūnu pagasts
3701 Dobeles novads
Latvia
Tel: (371) 26185596
liga.lepse@llu.lv
Crop specialist  
Romania Mr Costel Vinatoru Research and Development Station for Vegetables Buzau
Mesteacanului Street, No. 23
 Buzau Town, Buzau County
Romania
Tel: (40) 238722560
costel_vinatoru@yahoo.com
Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Spain Mr Jaime Cebolla Cornejo Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana (COMAV)
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ETS de Ingenieros Agrónomos. Dpto. de Biotecnología
Cno. de Vera, s.n., Ciudad Politecnica de la Innovacion, Acceso J, primera Planta
46022 Valencia
Spain
Tel: (34) 963879423
jaicecor@btc.upv.es
Crop specialist  
Sweden Mr Jonatan  Leo Nordic Genetic Resource Center
Växthusvägen 12
234 56  Alnarp
Sweden
Tel: (46) 0735 237 347
jonatan.leo@nordgen.org
Genebank curator, Crop specialist