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Penelope Bebeli

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She is Professor of Plant Breeding at the Agricultural University of Athens. She has taught courses in Plant Breeding, Plant Genetic Resources and Experimental Design.  She has utilized molecular tools in the assessment of diversity of crops and in the development of molecular diagnostics for cultivar identification, and worked on characterization and evaluation of Vicia faba, tomato, durum wheat and other crop collections. Her research experience includes the assessment of genetic inter- and intra-accession diversity using morphological/agronomical traits and molecular markers and the evaluation and exploitation of the performance of crop landraces under low input agriculture and on farm conservation. Currently she is working on collection, characterization, evaluation, conservation of plant genetic resources, mainly crop landraces and crop wild relatives. She has been participating in research projects funded by EU and national funds. She has coordinated and/or participated in national projects on plant genetic resources. She has many publications that have received many citations. She has participated in many national and international committees and working groups on issues of plant genetic resources. She has served as President of the Greek Scientific Society of Plant Breeding during 2008-2010. 

Prof. Bebeli and her team are very active in collecting and studying plant genetic resources including landraces and crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants. She is promoting landraces on farm conservation. She has organized many scientific meetings about crop landraces in Greece. She has given talks about the importance of landraces in many parts of Greece (Lemnos, Lesvos, Kythera, Andros, Athens, etc).

She has received the award of Academy of Athens (2003) for scientific work on faba bean landraces populations and many scholarships including Fulbright award.

Title Credits Undergrad/Postgrad Compulsory/Elective
Breeding for abiotic and biotic stress - Breeding for quality traits 3 Postgraduate Elective
Biotechnology and Plant Breeding 5 Undergraduate
Breeding, seed production and variety certification for organic systems 3 Postgraduate Elective
Agricultural Experimentations 5 Undergraduate Compulsory
Plant Breeding II (Field crops) 5 Undergraduate Compulsory
Agricultural Experimentation II 5 Undergraduate Compulsory
Vegetable breeding for resistance 5 Undergraduate Elective
Plant genetic resources 5 Postgraduate Elective
Plant Breeding I 5 Undergraduate Compulsory
Breeding for quantitive traits 3 Postgraduate Elective

1. Participation in TERRA LEMNIA Project  “Loss of biodiversity by abandonment of cultural practices” funded by MAVA foundation  2016-2022

2. PLANT UP «Agricultural Exploitation of Greek Nature Agrobiodiversity” (January 2018 till December 2020) funded by General Secretariat of Research and Technology

Υποέργου (4) «Γεωργική αξιοποίηση της ελληνικής φυτικής αγροβιοποικιλότητας» της Πράξης «Αναβάθμιση του φυτικού κεφαλαίου - PlantUp» με Κωδικό ΟΠΣ/ΕΛΚΕ 5002803/100.0001 και Επιστ. Υπεύθυνο τον κ. Κ. Αλιφέρη, Λέκτορα, στο Επιχειρησιακό Πρόγραμμα «Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Επιχειρηματικότητα και Καινοτομία», που συγχρηματοδοτείται από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και εθνικούς πόρους.

3. LIBBIO Lupinus mutabilis for Increased Biomass from marginal lands and value for BIOrefineries Type of action: BBI-RIA Proposal number: 720726 (October 2016 till September 2020)

4. Recording and collecting crop landraces in villages and settlements in Avia region of Messinia prefecture. Captain Vassilis Foundation (July 2016 till February 2017)

5. EUROLEGUME: Project full title: Enhancing of legumes growing in Europe through sustainable cropping for protein supply for food and feed, FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage, Project Number: 613781, Duration: 4 years 2014-2017

6. ‘LIFE - Services investigating best agricultural crops and practices of the program. In particular, inventory and collection of landraces of the island of Skyros' (September 2015 to August 2016) funded by the Municipality of Skyros (July 2016 till August 2016)

7. BREEDSEED: Participation in “Research to enhance the efficiency of plant breeding projects and production and management of seed production.” Coordinator: Spirou SA. (Cooperation 2009) funded by EU and General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece (March 2012 to March 2015).

8. 14SMEs2010 "Evaluating and characterizing lucerne (Medicago sativa) genetic material, seeking local optimums for cultivation practices and conservation methodologies for high quality products" Act "SME Groups Support for Research & Technological Development Activities" Coordinator: Spirou Company SA. funded by EU and Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece (2013-2015)

9. ‘LIFE - Services investigating best agricultural crops and practices of the program. In particular, inventory and collection of landraces of the island of Skyros' (September 2015 to August 2016) funded by the Municipality of Skyros (October 2015 till August 2016)

10. ‘LIFE - Services investigating best agricultural crops and practices of the program. In particular, inventory and collection of landraces of the island of Andros'  funded by the Municipality of Andros (September 2013 to June 2014)

11. Recording and collecting crop landraces in villages and settlements in Avia region of Messinia prefecture. Captain Vassilis Foundation (September 2016 till February 2017)

12. Recording and collecting crop landraces in villages and settlements in Andania region of Messinia prefecture. Captain Vassilis Foundation (September 2015 till February 2016)

13. Recording and collecting crop landraces in villages and settlements in Lefktro , Eira, Oihalia, Papaplessa  and Ithomi regions of Messinia prefecture. Captain Vassilis Foundation (April 2013 till June 2014)

Papageorgiou, D., Bebeli, P.J., Panitsa, M. & Schunko, C. 2020. Local knowledge about sustainable harvesting and availability of wild medicinal plant species in Lemnos island, Greece Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (accepted). Cole, J.L., Kleijn, D., Dicks, L.V., Stout, J.C., Potts, S.G., Albrecht, M., Balzan, M.V., Bartomeus, I., Bebeli, P.J., Bevk, D., Biesmeijer, J.C., Chlebo, R., Dautartė, A., Emmanouil, N., Hartfield, C., Holland, J.M., Holzschuh, A., Knoben, N.T.G., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Mandelik, Y., Panou, H., Paxton, R.J., Petanidou, T., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Rundlöf, M., Sarthou, J.-P., Stavrinides, M.C., Suso, M.J., Szentgyörgyi, H., Vaissière, B.E., Varnava, A., Vilà, M., Zemeckis, R. & Scheper, J. 2020. A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 57(4), pp. 681-694. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13572 Polyzos, N., Papasotiropoulos, V., Lamari, F.N., Petropoulos, S.A. & Bebeli, P.J. 2019. Phenotypic characterization and quality traits of Greek garlic (Allium sativum L.) germplasm cultivated at two different locations. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 66(8), pp. 1671-1689. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10722-019-00831-4 Ntatsi, G., Karkanis, A., Yfantopoulos, D., Bebeli, P. & Savvas, D. 2019. Evaluation of the field performance, nitrogen fixation efficiency and competitive ability of pea landraces grown under organic and conventional farming systems Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 65(3), pp. 294-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2018.1501155 Tani, E., Chronopoulou, E., Labrou, N., Sarri, E., Goufa, Μ., Vaharidi, X., Tornesaki, A., Psychogiou, M., Bebeli, P.J. & Abraham, Ε. 2019. Growth, Physiological, Biochemical, and Transcriptional Responses to Drought Stress in Seedlings of Medicago sativa L., Medicago arborea L. and Their Hybrid (Alborea). Agronomy 9(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9010038. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/1/38. De Ron, A.M., Bebeli, P.J., Negri, V., Vaz Patto, M.C. & Revilla, P. 2018. Warm season grain legume landraces from the south of Europe for germplasm conservation and genetic improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science 871,1524. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01524 Ntatsi, G., Karkanis, A., Yfantopoulos, D., (...), Bebeli, P., Savvas, D. 2018. Impact of variety and farming practices on growth, yield, weed flora and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in faba bean cultivated for fresh seed production Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2018.1452286 Karanikolas, P., Bebeli, P.J. & Thanopoulos, R. 2017. Farm economic sustainability and agrobiodiversity: identifying viable farming alternatives during the economic crisis in Greece. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy doi=10.1080/21606544.2017.1360212 Martos-Fuentes, M., Fernández, J.A., Ochoa, J., Carvalho, M. Valdemar Carnide, Rosa, E., Pereira, G., Barcelos, C., Bebeli, P.J. & Egea-Gilabert, K. 2017. Genotype by environment interactions in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) grown in the Iberian Peninsula. Crop & Pasture Science 68(10-11), pp. 924-931. https://doi.org/10.1071/CP17071 Livanios, I., Lazaridi, E. & Bebeli, P.J. 2018. Assessment of phenotypic diversity in bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.) populations Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 65(1), pp. 355-371. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-017-0539-8 Carvalho, M., Bebeli, P.J., Pereira, G., Castro, I., Egea-Gilabert, C., Matos, M., Lazaridi, E, Duarte, I., Lino-Neto, T, Ntatsi, G, Rodrigues, M., Savvas, D., Rosa, E. & Carnide, V. 2017. European cowpea landraces for a more sustainable agriculture system and novel foods. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 97(13), pp. 4399-4407. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8378 Karapanos, I., Papandreou, A., Skouloudi, M., Makrogianni, D., Fernández, J.A., Rosa, E., Ntatsi, G., Bebeli, P.J., Savvas, D. 2017 Cowpea fresh pods - a new legume for the market: Assessment of their quality and dietary characteristics of 37 cowpea accessions grown in southern Europe 97(13), pp. 4343-4352. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.8418 Lazaridi, E., Ntatsi, G., Fernández J.A., Karapanos, I., Carnide, V.P., Savvas, D. & Bebeli, P.J. 2017. Phenotypic diversity and evaluation of fresh pods of Southern European cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) landraces. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 97(13), pp. 4326-4333. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8249 Savvas, D., Pappa, V.A., Yfantopoulos, D., Karkanis, A., Travlos, I., Bebeli, P.J., Ntatsi, G. & Bilalis, D. 2017. Impact of organic practices on growth, yield, and greenhouse gas emissions by pea landraces Acta Horticulturae 1164, pp. 77-84. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1164.10 Pico, M.B., Thompson, A.J., Gisbert, C., Yetisir, H. & Bebeli, P.J. 2017. Genetic Resources for Rootstock Breeding. In Vegetable Grafting: Principles and Practices. CABI pp. 22-70. DOI/ 10.1079/9781780648972.0022 Thompson, A.J., Pico, M.B., Yetisir, H., Cohen, R. & Bebeli, P.J. 2017. Rootstock breeding: current practices and future technologies. In Vegetable Grafting: Principles and Practices. CABI pp 70-94. Lazaridi, E., Ntatsi, G., Savvas, D. & Bebeli, P.J. 2016. Diversity in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) local populations from Greece. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 1-23. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-016-0452-6 Douma, C., Koutis, K., Thanopoulos, R., Tsigou, R., Galanidis, A. & Bebeli, P.J. 2016. Diversity of agricultural plants on Lesvos Island (Northeast Aegean, Greece) with emphasis on fruit trees Scientia Horticulturae, 65-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2016.07.009 Suso, M.J., Bebeli, P.J., Christmann, S., Mateus, C., Negri, V., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Torricelli, R. & Veloso, M.M. 2016. Enhancing Legume Ecosystem Services through an Understanding of Plant-Pollinator Interplay. Front Plant Sci. 2016; 7: 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00333. Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Bebeli, P.J., Barata da Silva, A.M., Bettencourt, E., Slaski, J.J., Dias, S., Ahuja, M.R & Jain, J.M. (Eds). 2015. Agro-biodiversity. The importance of inventories in the assessment of crop diversity and its time and spatial changes. pp: 130-147. In: Sust. Devel. Biodivers., Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants, Vol. 8, Spinger. 978-3-319-25953-6 Suso, MJ., Bebeli, P.J., Palmer, R. & M. De Ron, A. (ed.) 2015. Reproductive Biology of Grain Legumes. In Grain Legumes, Series Handbook of Plant Breeding. Springer Science+Business Media, New York 365-399. Kyriakopoulou, O., Arens, P., Pelgrom, K.T.B., Karapanos, I., Bebeli, P.J. & Passam, H. 2014. Genetic and morphological diversity of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus [L.] Moench.) genotypes and their possible relationships, with particular reference to Greek landraces. Scientia Horticulturae 171:58–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2014.03.029 Thomas, K., Thanopoulos, R., Knüpffer, H. & Bebeli, P.J. 2013. Landraces diversity in a touristic island: The case of Lefkada (Ionian Islands, Greece). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 60: 2431-2455. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-013-0011-3 Parsons, E.P., Popopvsky, S., Lohrey, G.T., Lü, S., Alkalai-Tuvia, S., Perzelan, Y., Bosland, P., Bebeli, P.J., Paran, I., Fallik, E & Jenks M.A. 2013. Fruit cuticle lipid composition and water loss in a diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum). Physiologia Plantarum doi: 10.1111/ppl.12035. Volume 149, Issue 2, pages 160–174, October 2013. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12035 Pinheiro De Carvalho, M.A.A., Bebeli, P.J., Bettencourt, E., Costa, G., Dias, S., Dos Santos, T.M.M. & Slaski, J.J. 2013. Cereal landraces genetic resources in worldwide genebanks. A review", Agronomy for Sustainable Development. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 33: 177-203. DOI 10.1007/s13593-012-0090-0 Emon, R. M., Gustafson, K., Bebeli, P.J., Jahiruddin, M., Haque, M. S., Ross, K. & Gustafson, J.P. 2012. Screening Aegilops-Triticum species for Boron tolerance African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(12), pp. 1931-1936. DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2084 Thomas, K., Thanopoulos, R., Knüpffer, H., Bebeli, P.J. 2011. Plant genetic resources of Lemnos (Greece), an isolated island in the Northern Aegean Sea, with emphasis on landraces Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, pp. 1-24. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9770-x Jenks, M.A. & Bebeli, P.J. (eds) 2011. Breeding for Fruit Quality, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. Terzopoulos, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2010. Phenotypic diversity in Greek tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) landraces. Scientia Horticulturae 126: 138–144. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2010.06.022 Christopoulos, M.V., Rouskas D., Tsantili E. & Bebeli P.J. 2010. Germplasm diversity and genetic relationships among walnut (Juglans regia L.) cultivars and Greek local selections revealed by Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. Scientia Horticulturae 125: 584-592 doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2010.05.006 Thomas, K.G. & Bebeli, P.J. 2010. Genetic diversity of Greek Aegilops species using different types of nuclear genome markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 951-961. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.041 Newton, A.C., Akar, T., Baresel, J.P., Bebeli, P.J., Bettencourt, E., Bladenopoulos, K.V., Czembor, J.H., Fasoula, D.A., Katsiotis, A., Koutis, K., Koutsika-Sotiriou, M., Kovacs, G., Larsson, H., Pinheiro De Carvalho, M.A.A., Rubiales, D., Russel, J., Dos Santos, T.M.M. & Vaz Patto, M.C. 2010. Cereal landraces: An essential resource for the future of contemporary agriculture. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 30: 237-269. doi:10.1051/agro/2009032 Katsiotis, A., Mavromatis, A. Bebeli, P.J., Tzivelikas, A., Veteläinen, M., Negri, V. & Maxted, N. (Eds) 2009. Inventory of Greek Landraces In: European landraces: on-farm conservation, management and use. Bioversity International publications pp 97-104. Terzopoulos, P.J., Walters, S.A. & Bebeli, P.J. 2009. Evaluation of Greek Tomato Landrace Populations for Heterogeneity of Horticultural Traits. European Journal of Horticultural Science 74: 24-29. Bebeli, P.J., Mazzucato, A. & Passam, H. (Ed) 2008. The Solanaceae – A Review of Recent Research on Genetic Resources and Advances in the Breeding of Tomato, Pepper and Eggplant. In: The Fruiting Species of the Solanaceae. The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 2 (Special Issue 1), 3-30 Terzopoulos, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2008. DNA and morphological diversity of selected Greek tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) landraces. Scientia Horticulturae 116: 354-361. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2008.02.010 Terzopoulos, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2008. Genetic diversity analysis of Mediterranean faba bean (Vicia faba L.) with ISSR markers Field Crops Research 108: 39-44. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2008.02.015 Terzopoulos, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2008. Determining the sources of heterogeneity in Greek faba bean local populations. Field Crops Research 105: 124-130. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2007.08.006 Tokatlidis, I.S., Tsikrikoni, C., Tsialtas, J.T., Lithourgidis, A.S. & Bebeli, P.J. 2008. Variability within cotton cultivars for yield, fibre quality and physiological traits. Journal of Agricultural Science 146: 483–490. doi:10.1017/S0021859608007867 Bebeli, P.J. & Gustafson, J.P. 2007. Improving the Potential for Increased World Food Production. Business Partners. May-June 2007, p 42-43. Passam, H.C., Karapanos, I.C., Bebeli, P.J. & Savvas, D. 2007. A review of recent research on tomato nutrition, breeding and post-harvest technology with reference to fruit quality. The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 1: 1-21. Tokatlidis, I.S., Tsikrikoni, C., Bebeli, P.J. & Koutroubas, S. 2006. Intra-cultivar variation in cotton: Response to single-plant selection under ultra-low density. IX ESA Congress 4-7 September 2006. Warsaw, Poland. Book of Proceedings Part I. Volume 1, pp. 241-243. Mantzavinou, A., Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J., 2005. Estimating Genetic Diversity in Greek Durum Wheat Landraces Using RAPD Markers. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 56: 1355-1364. doi:10.1071/AR04245 Terzopoulos, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J., Bebeli, P.J., Thangadurai, D., Pullaiah, T. & Balatti, P.A. (eds) 2005. Molecular data analysis in plant genetic resources. In Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Volume three, Regency publications, New Delhi, pp. 342+Xvi, pp. 71-93. Terzopoulos, P.J., Kolano, B., Bebeli, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Metzidakis, I. 2005. Identification of Olea europaea L. cultivars using inter-simple sequence repeat markers. Scientia Horticulturae 105 (1): 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2005.01.011 Βebeli, P.J., Smith, C.W., Betran, J. & Runge, E.C.A. (eds) 2004. Production Statistics. In Corn Origin, History, Technology, and Production, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey pp. 463-479. Terzopoulos, P. J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2004. Characterization of Greek populations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). and their evaluation using a new parameter. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51: 655-663. Basal, H., Bebeli, P.J., Smith C.W. & Thaxton, P. 2003. Root Growth Parameters of Converted Race Stocks of Upland Cotton and Two BC2F2 Populations. Crop Science 43:1983-1988. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2003.1983 Amadou, H.I., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2003. Agronomic characters of near-isogenic lines of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum Desf). Breeding Science 53: 319-324. DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.53.319 Terzopoulos, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2003. Collection, evaluation and classification of Greek populations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 50: 373-381. DOI: 10.1023/A:1023962618319 Katsileros, A.D., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2002. Effect of the flag leaf, the awns and the number of kernels per spike on grain yield and its components in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum). Agricultural Research Volume 25: 69-77. (In Greek with summary in English). Terzopoulos, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2002. Comparison of three multivariate statistical methods for classification within the faba bean (Vicia faba L.) species using the RAPD technique. Agricultural Research Volume 25: 69-77. (In Greek with summary in English). Linos, A.A., Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 2002. Cultivar identification in upland cotton using RAPD markers. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 53: 1-6. DOI: 10.1071/AR01129 Amadou, H.I., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 2001. Analysis of near-isogenic lines of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum). Cereal Res. Comm. Vol. 29 Nos. 3-4: 275-279. Amadou, H.I., Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 2001. Genetic diversity in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.) germplam revealed by RAPD markers. Genome 44: 995-999. DOI: 10.1139/g01-096 Zhou, Z., Bebeli, P.J., Somers, D.J. & Gustafson, J.P. 1997. Direct Amplification of Minisatellite-region DNA with VNTR core sequences in the genus Oryza. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95: 942-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050645 Bebeli, P.J., Zhou, Z., Somers, D.J. & Gustafson, J.P. 1997. PCR Primed with Minisatellite Core Sequences Yields DNA Fingerprinting Probes in Wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95: 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050560 Somers, D.J., Zhou, Z., Bebeli, P.J., & Gustafson, J.P. 1996. Repetitive, genome-specific probes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. Em Thell) amplified with minisatellite core sequences. Theor. Appl. Genet. 93: 982-989. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224102 Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1996. Varietal Development in Autogamous Crops. In: A.J.G. van Gastel, M.A. Pagnotta and E. Porceddu (eds), Seed Science and Technology. International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, pp. 161-174. Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 1996. Varietal Development in Autogamous Crops. In: A.J.G. van Gastel, M.A. Pagnotta and E. Porceddu (eds), Seed Science and Technology. International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, pp. 129-130. Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 1996. Varietal Development in Autogamous Crops. In: A.J.G. van Gastel, M.A. Pagnotta and E. Porceddu (eds), Seed Science and Technology. International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, pp. 119-128. Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1994. The effect of telomeric heterochromatin from rye on the interrelationships between agronomic traits in hexaploid triticale Agricultural Research 18: 71-74 (In Greek with summary in English). Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1995. Multivariate statistical analysis of the effects of rye telomeric heterochromatin on the agronomic traits of hexaploid triticale. Breeding Science 45: 151-156. Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1995. Superior yielding R3 families in rye through tissue culture J. Genet. & Breed. 48: 383-388. Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1995. Superior yielding R3 families in hexaploid triticale through tissue culture. J. Genet. & Breed. 49: 105-110. Bebeli, P.J., Kaltsikes, P.J. & Karp A. 1993. Field evaluation of somaclonal variation in triticale lines differing in telomeric heterochromatin. J. Genet. and Breed. 47: 249-258. Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 1993. The manifold effects of telomeric heterochromatin in triticale. Proc. 8th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Beijing, pp. 125-129. Bebeli, P.J. & Kaltsikes, P.J. 1993. Telomeric heterochromatin affects the expression of agronomic traits in hexaploid triticale. Agricultural Research 16: 25-28 (In Greek with summary in English). Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 1993. Somaclonal variation causes changes in the inter-relationships between traits in hexaploid triticale. Jap. J. Breed. 43: 45-51. Kaltsikes, P.J. & Bebeli, P.J. 1992. The effect of rye telomeric heterochromatin on the nature and size of variance in regenerated families of hexaploid triticale. J. 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