PhD Students

Konstantinos Samaras

PhD Student

Democritus University of Thrace

Department of Agricultural Development

Pantazidou 193, 68200, Orestiada, Greece

Tel.: +302552041176

E-mail: ksamaras@agro.duth.gr

Academic History

2012 -

PhD Student, Department of Agricultural Development, DUTh

PhD project: Phytoseiid species in biological control of vegetable pests.

2010– 2012

In 2010, I enrolled in the postgraduate program of “Sustainable Production Systems and Environment in Agriculture” at the Department of Agricultural Development, DUTh.

During my  MSc thesis I evaluated the side effects (toxicity and persistence) of the available in the Greek market neonicotinoid insecticides to the predatory mirid bug Macrolophus caliginosus and the phytoseid mite Amblyseius swirskii

2005-2010

Bachelor in Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Development, DUTh

During my diploma thesis I worked at the Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology. The aim of my work was the evaluation of the toxicity of a new at that time acaricide in the Greek market, OBERON® (Spiromesifen) on field collected strains of the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae.

 

Fellowships - Awards

·  First award for the best oral presentation in biological control-related topic: 15th Panhellenic Entomological Congress (Kavala, 22-25 October 2013), Funding: Βiobest Belgium NV

·  Alexandros Onassis Scholarship Foundation (2013-2016): PhD Fellowship

 

Language Skills

 English

 

Publications

Döker I., Pappas M.L., Samaras K., Triantafyllou A., Kazak C. and Broufas G. 2014. Compatibility of reduced-risk insecticides with the non-target predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Pest Management Science. DOI: 10.1002/ps.3921

Pappas M.L., Xanthis C., Samaras K., Koveos D.S. and G.D. Broufas 2013. Potential of the predatory mite Phytoseius finitimus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to feed and reproduce on greenhouse pests. Experimental and Applied Acarology 61(4): 387-401.

Samaras K., M.L. Pappas and G.D. Broufas, 2011. Insect pests of oilseed rape in Europe. Agronomy and Livestock 5: 42-54. (in Greek)

Samaras K., Ch. Xanthis, Μ.L. Pappas, G. Vassiliou, D.S. Koveos and G.D. Broufas, 2011. Toxicity of certain neonicotinoid insecticides to the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and the predatory insect Macrolophus caliginosus (Wagner) (Hemiptera: Miridae). 14^th Greek Congress of Entomology, Nafplio 11-14 October 2011. (in Greek, with English summary)

 

Conferences - Meetings

Samaras K., Pappas M.L., Mantali V., Broufas G.D. 2014. Mixing prey with pollen is advantageous for the predators Amblydromalus limonicus and Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) montdorensis. Meeting of the IOBC Working Group ‘Integrated Control in protected crops temperate climates’, 14-18 September 2014, Ghent, Belgium.

Samaras K., Pappas M. and Broufas G. 2014. Compatibility of reduced-risk neonicotinoid insecticides with the non-target predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Meeting of the IOBC Working Group “Pesticides and  Beneficial Organisms”, 25-27 February 2014, Namur, Belgium.

Döker I., Samaras K., Triantafyllou A., Kazak C., Pappas M. and Broufas G. 2013. Toxicity of seven new insecticides on different developmental stages of Iphiseius degenerans (Acari: Phytoseiidae). 4th Meeting of the IOBC Working Group ‘Integrated Control of Plant Feeding Mites’, 9-12 September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus.

Samaras K, Pappas ML, Fytas V, Mantali V, Triantafyllou A, Tavlaki G & GD Broufas 2013. Pollen as supplementary food source for Amblydromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its effects on the biological control of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae). 15th National Entomological Congress, Kavala, 22-25 October 2013.

Triantafyllou A, Döker I, Samaras K, Kazak C, Pappas ML & GD Broufas 2013. Laboratory assessment of the toxic effects of seven insecticides to the predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans (Acari: Phytoseiidae). 15th National Entomological Congress, Kavala, 22-25 October 2013.

 Samaras K, Xanthis Ch, Pappas ML, Vassiliou G, Koveos DS & GD Broufas, 2011. Toxicity of certain neonicotinoid insecticides to the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and the predatory insect Macrolophus caliginosus (Wagner) (Hemiptera: Miridae). 14th Greek Congress of Entomology, Nafplio 11-14 October 2011, 321-323 pp.

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