Production chain

For the first time in Greece, infrastructure will be developed for an integrated production chain of certified propagating material. Based on the existing mother plantations of the official conservator of plant varieties (ELGO-DIMITRA), the first candidate pre-basic plantations will be established for the most important Greek varieties (olives, citrus fruits and figs). Then basic plantations will be created in the nurseries and finally certified plantations. Varietal authenticity and phytosanitary will be ensured by controls from specialized laboratories (BPI, AUA, ELGO-DIMITRA) based on the current legislation provided for certification.

The maximum activation of the beneficiaries and the dissemination of the results will be carried out by the Plant Union of Greece and the National Interprofessional Organization for Table Olives (DOEPEL), while Greek olive varieties will be evaluated for resistance to the most damaging quarantine pathogen, Xylella at the CNR-IPSP which is an international point reference in the specific field.

The “Certified Νurseries” project is implemented with the participation of the organizations: ELGO “DIMITRA”/Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture (ELGO-DIMITRA), Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI), Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Plant Union of Greece, Salis Nurseries (Corinth), Pagkalos Nurseries (Heraklion, Crete), Agricultural Cooperative of Kavousi (Lassithi Prefecture), National Interprofessional Organization for Table Olives (DOEPEL), Italian research center “Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche- Istituto Per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante” (CNR -IPSP), Agro Development – Platis Michail (Siteia, Crete).