Dimitrios Drakopoulos

Agroscope
Institute for Sustainability Sciences
Ecology of Noxious and Beneficial Organisms
Reckenholzstrasse 191
8046 Zürich, Switzerland

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Research Interests

Dimitrios did his PhD within the framework of the Horizon 2020 project "MycoKey". The main objective of his research was to develop prevention strategies in the field in order to avoid infection by Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) causing species and subsequent mycotoxin accumulation in small-grain cereals, i.e. wheat and barley. FHB disease outbreaks may not only lead to substantial yield losses, but also result in severe contamination of harvested products with mycotoxins jeopardising food and feed safety.

Supervised by Dr. Susanne Vogelgsang and Prof. Johan Six as doctoral thesis supervisor at ETH Zurich.

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Working Experience

2015/16 Research Project at Seed Enhancement, Syngenta Seeds, Netherlands

2015 Research Project at Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

Education

2020 Ph.D. Doctor of Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2014 M.Sc. Organic Agriculture - Agroecology, Wageningen University, Netherlands

2011 B.Sc. and M.Sc. Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Publications

Drakopoulos, D., A. Kägi, A. Gimeno, J. Six, E. Jenny, Hans-Rudolf Forrer, T. Musa, G. Meca, S. Vogelgsang. (2020) Prevention of Fusarium head blight infection and mycotoxins in wheat with cut-and-carry biofumigation and botanicals. external page 1-9

Drakopoulos, D., C. Luz, R. Torrijos, G. Meca, P. Weber, I. Bänziger, R. T. Voegele, J. Six and S. Vogelgsang. (2019) Use of Botanicals to Suppress Different Stages of the Life Cycle of Fusarium graminearum. Phytopathology, external page 1-8 

Drakopoulos, D., Scholberg, J. M. S., Lantinga, E. A. (2017). Influence of reduced tillage and fertilisation regime on soil quality indicators in an organic potato production system. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture, external page 1-9.                                                     

Drakopoulos, D., Scholberg, J. M. S., Lantinga, E. A., Tittonell, P. A. (2016). Influence of reduced tillage and fertilization regime on crop performance and nitrogen utilization of organic potato. Organic Agriculture, external page 6: 75-87.

Akoumianaki-Ioannidou, A., Langousi, I., Drakopoulos, D., Fetsi, T. (2013). Post harvest performance and wet storage effects on cut Polygala myrtifolia inflorescences. Acta Horticulturae, external page 990: 143-150.