Research Publications

(additional publications related to the research activity of Dr E.A. Tzortzakakis at University of Reading are presented in the curriculum vitae). 

In international refereed scientific journals (43)

Journals within ISI(29)

1. Ε. A. Tzortzakakis, S.R. Gowen& D.E. Goumas, 1996. Decreased ability  of Pasteuria penetrans spores to attack to successive generations of Meloidogyne javanica. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 19(2): 201-204.

2. Ε. A. Tzortzakakis & S.R. Gowen, 1996. Occurrence of a resistance breaking pathotype ofMeloidogyne javanica on tomatoes in Crete, Greece. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 19(3): 283-288.

3. Ε. Α. Tzortzakakis & D.L. Trudgill, 1996. A thermal time based method for determining the fecundity ofMeloidogyne javanica in relation to modelling its population dynamics. Nematologica 42: 347-353.

4. E.A. Tzortzakakis & D.J.F. Brown, 1996. The absence of a tail mucro in Xiphinema index (Nematoda: Longidoridae) appears not to be an inherited characteristic. Russian Journal of Nematology 4(2): 187-189.

5. Ε. A. Tzortzakakis, 1997.Observations on the variability in reproduction of some populations of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) on resistant tomatoes in Crete, Greece. Russian Journal of Nematology 5(1): 1-6.

6.  Ε. Α. Tzortzakakis,1997. Variability in reproduction of Meloidogyne javanica  and M. incognita on tomato and pepper. Nematropica 27: 91-97.

7. Ε. Α. Tzortzakakis, D.L. Trudgill & M. Phillips,1998. Evidence for a dosage effect of the Mi gene on partially virulent isolates of M. javanica. Journal of Nematology 30(1): 76-80.

8. S.R. Gowen, E.A. Tzortzakakis & A.G.DE R.Channer, 1998. Control of the root-knot nematodeMeloidogyne javanica by the parasite Pasteuria penetrans as influenced by the initial nematode population densities. Nematologica 44: 369-379.

9. E.A. Tzortzakakis, S. Verdejo-Lucas, C. Ornat, F.J. Sorribas & D.E. Goumas, 1999. Effect of a previous resistant cultivar and Pasteuria penetrans  on population densities of Meloidogyne javanica in greeenhouse grown tomatoes in Crete, Greece. CropProtection18(2):159-162.

10. E.A. Tzortzakakis, V.C. Blok, M.S. Phillips& D.L. Trudgill, 1999. Variation in root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp) in Crete in relation to control with resistant tomato and pepper.Nematology  1(5): 499-506.

11.C. Ornat, S. Verdejo-Lucas, F.J. Sorribas & E.A. Tzortzakakis, 1999. Effect of fallow and root destruction on survival of root-knot and root-lesion nematodes in intensive vegetable cropping systems. Nematropica 29(1): 5-16.

12. E.A. Tzortzakakis,  M.S. Phillips & D.L. Trudgill, 2000. Rotational management of Meloidogyne javanicain a small scale greenhouse trial in Crete, Greece. Nematropica 30: 167-175.

13. E.A. Tzortzakakis, V. Peneva, M. Terzakis, R. Neilson & D.J.F. Brown, 2001. Longidorus cretensis n. sp (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from a vineyard infected with a foliar ‘yellow mosaic’ on Crete, Greece. Systematic Parasitology 48(2): 131-139.

14. E.A. Tzortzakakis & S.E. Petsas, 2003. Investigation of alternatives to methyl bromide for management of Meloidogyne javanica on greenhouse grown tomato. Pest Management Science 59: 1311-1320.

15. E.A. Tzortzakakis, I.L.P.M. Conceicao, I. M de O. Abrantes, M. S. N de A.  Santos, 2004. Characterization and identification of potato cyst nematode populations from Crete, Greece on the basis of isoelectric focusing of proteins. Nematology 6(1): 153-154.

16. E.A. Tzortzakakis& D.L. Trudgill, 2005. A comparative study of the thermal time requirements for embryogenesis in Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita. Nematology 7(2): 313-315.

17. E.A. Tzortzakakis, M.A.M. Adam, V.C. Blok,  C. Paraskevopoulos & K. Bourtzis 2005. Occurrence of resistant breaking populations of root-knot nematodes on tomato in Greece. European Journal of  Plant Pathology 113: 101-105.

18.E.A. Tzortzakakis, F.A. Bletsos &   A.D. Avgelis. 2006. Evaluation of Solanum rootstock accessions for control of root-knot nematodes and tobamoviruses. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 113(4): 188-189.

19. E.A. Tzortzakakis, D. Pateras & A. Charoulis. 2006.  Occurrence of Xiphinema species in grapevine areas of Tyrnavos with comments on the distribution  of X. italiae  in Greece. Helminthologia 43 (3): 186-187.    

20. E.A. Tzortzakakis& V.C. Blok.  2007.  Differentiation in two populations of Meloidogyne incognita from Greece in relation to reproduction on resistant tomato and pepper. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 114 (6): 276-277.

21. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2007.  The effect of the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in pots. Russian Journal of Nematology 15(2): 89-94.

22. E. Karanastasi, I.L.P.M. da Conceicao, M.C.V. dos Santos, E.A. Tzortzakakis& I.M.deO. Abrantes, 2008. Occurrence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria on balm and in a mixed population with M. javanica  on grapevine in Greece. Helminthologia 45(1): 52-53.   

23. E.A. Tzortzakakis. 2008.  Attachment of Pasteuria penetrans spores on populations of Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita virulent and avirulent on the Mi gene of resistant tomato. Helminthologia 45(1): 54-56.    

24. E. Karanastasi, Z.A. Handoo & E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2008.  First report of Mesocriconema xenoplax (Nematoda: Criconematidae) in Greece and first record of Viburnum sp. as a possible host for this ring nematode.  Helminthologia 45(2): 103-105.    

25. E.A. Tzortzakakis, I.L.P.M. da Conceicao, M.C.V. dos Santos, & I.M.deO. Abrantes, 2008. Selection of virulent Meloidogyne individuals within mixed isolates by continuous cultivation on a Mi gene resistant tomato genotype. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 115 (5): 234-237.

26. M.A.M. Adam, M.S. Phillips, E.A. Tzortzakakis&  V.C. Blok,  2009. Characterization of mjap genes encoding novel secreted proteins of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. Nematology11(2): 253-265.

27. E. Chanica, D. Georgiadou, E. Soueref, P. Karas, E. Karanasios, N.G. Tsiropoulos, E.A. Tzortzakakis & D.G. Karpouzas, 2011. Isolation of soil bacteria able to hydrolyze both organophosphate and carbamate pesticides. Bioresource Technology 102: 3184-3192.

28. A. M. Skantar, Z.A. Handoo, G.N. Zanakis & E.A. Tzortzakakis. 2012. Molecular and morphological description of the corn cyst nematode, Heterodera zeae, from Greece. Journal of Nematology 44: 58-66.

29. I.L. Conceicao, E.A. Tzortzakakis, P. Gomes, I. Abrantes & M. Jose da Cunha. 2012. Detection of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne ethiopica in Greece. €pean Journal of Plant Pathology 134:451-457.

Journals non included in  ISI (14)

1.A.D. Avgelis & E.A. Tzortzakakis, 1997. Occurence and distribution of Xiphinema species and grape fanleaf nepovirus in vineyards of the Greek island of Samos. Nematologia Mediterannea 25: 177-182.

2.D.E. Goumas & E.A. Tzortzakakis,1998.Reproduction of Xiphinema index and Meloidogyne species and infection of Agrobacterium vitis on grapevine rootstocks. PhytopathologiaMediterannea37: 22-27.

3.G. Grammatikaki& E.A.Tzortzakakis,1998.Reproduction of populations of Meloidogyne species on in vitro produced banana  plantlets. NematologiaMediterannea 26: 161-163.

4. E.A. Tzortzakakis,2000. The effect of Verticillium chlamydosporium and oxamyl on the control of Meloidogyne javanica on tomatoes grown in a plastic house in Crete, Greece. Nematologia Mediterannea 28: 249-254.

5.A.D. Avgelis& E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2001. Occurence of viruses and Xiphinema spp in vineyards of the Greek islands  of Paros and Limnos.  PhytopathologiaMediterannea40: 284-288.

6. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2004. Observations on the absence of a tail mucro in three populations of Xiphinema index Thorne et Allen, 1950 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). NematologiaMediterannea32: 243-244.

7. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2004. Detection of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica in cucumber hydroponic culture in Crete, Greece. NematologiaMediterannea32: 241-242.

8. E.A. Tzortzakakis,  2007.  A case of infection on the scion of grafted tomatoes by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. ActaAgriculturaeSlovenica89 -1: 103-106.

9. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2008.  Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana crop in Crete, Greece. Acta Agriculturae Slovenica 91 -1: 97-101.

10. E.A. Tzortzakakis, V. Peneva, D.J.F. Brown &  A.D. Avgelis, 2008. A literature review on the occurrence of nematodes of the family longidoridae in Greece. NematologiaMediterannea36: 153-156.

11. E.A. Tzortzakakis,2009. Variation in colonization of field soil and associated roots by the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia. Nematologia Mediterranea 37: 183-189.

12. E.A. Tzortzakakis,2010. The correlation of root galling with eggs in root and juvenile in soil of root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) infecting greenhouse vegetables. Nematologia Mediterranea 38: 99-101.

13. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2012. On the occurrence of Xiphinema index Thorne et Allen in grapevine areas of the Heraklion, province, Crete, Greece. Nematologia mediterranea 40: 67-68.

14. E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2012. Observations on the hatching of eggs laid by females of differet age of the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica. Nematologia mediterranea 40: 69-71

Chapter in monography (1)

1. I. Abrantes, S de Almeida Santos, J. Bourne, A. Ciancio, L. Lopez-Lorca, B. Kerry, M. Mota, E. Tzortzakakis & S. Verdejo-Lucas, 2002. Amanual for research on Verticillium chlamydosporium a potential biological control agent for root-knot nematodes. (B. R. Kerry & J.M. Bourne, eds). IOBC / OILB (Estimating populations of nematodes in soil pp30, Estimating populations of nematodes in roots pp 31-32, Nematode culturing and extraction pp 47, Field trials for evaluation of Verticillium chlamydosporiun as a control agent of Meloidogyne spp in vegetable crops pp 48-50). 

Abstracts presented in international conferences(9)

1.K. Melki, E.A. Tzortzakakis  & S.R. Gowen, 1995. The use of Pasteuria penetrans in the management of root-knot nematodes in protected crops. Abstract of a paper presented at the 22nd International Nematology Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, Gent, Belgium. Nematologica 41: 321-322.

2. V. Blok, M. R. Amstrong,E.A. Tzortzakakis & M.S. Phillips, 2000. Virulence and avirulence in root-knot nematodes in Crete on tomato. Abstract of a paper presented at the 25th International Nematology Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, Herzliya. Nematology 7: 745

3. V. C. Blok, M. R. Amstrong,E.A. Tzortzakakis & M.S. Phillips, 2000. Virulence and avirulence in root-knot nematodes in tomato. Abstract of a paper presented at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada   Journal of Nematology 32(4): 420.

4.J. Hubschen, M. de Olivera, A. Auwerkerken, L. Barsi, L. Ferraz, U. Ipach, S. Lazarova, M. Liskova, V. Peneva, R. Robbins, A. Susulovsky, M. Tzortzakakis, W. Ye, J. Zheng, R. Neilson & D. Brown, 2002. A phylogeny of selected Longidoridae on 18s rDNA gene sequences. Abstract of a paper presented at the 4^th International  Congress of Nematology in Tenerife, Spain.  Nematology4 : 170.

5.R. Neilson, J. Hubschen, M. deOlivera, A. Auwerkerken, L. Barsi, L. Ferraz, U. Ipach, S. Lazarova, M. Liskova, V. Peneva, R. Robbins, A. Susulovsky, M. Tzortzakakis, W. Ye& J. Zheng, 2002. Aphylogeny of selected Longidoridae based on 18s rDNA gene sequences. Abstract of a paper presented at the 10^th International  Congress of Parasitology, Vancouver, Canada, 3-10 August.

6.J. Hubschen, M. de Olivera, A. Auwerkerken, L. Barsi, L. Ferraz, U. Ipach, S. Lazarova, M. Liskova, V. Peneva, R. Robbins, A. Susulousky, M. Tzortzakakis, W. Ye, J. Zheng, Q. Tasheen, H. Fourie, F. Lamberti, D. Brown & R. Neilson,  2003.  Phylogenetic analysis of selected Longidoridae based on 18s rDNA gene sequences. Abstract of a paper presented at the 16^th Symposium of the Nematological Society of Southern Africa, South Africa 30 June-2 July.

7.A. M. Skantar, Z.A. Handoo, G.N. Zanakis & E.A. Tzortzakakis, 2010. MorphologicalandmoleculardescriptionofHeteroderazeaefromacornfieldinGreece. Abstract of a paper presented at the 49^th Annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists, 11-14 July, Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.

8. I.L. Conceicao, E.A. Tzortzakakis, P. Gomes, I. Abrantes & M. Jose da Cunha, 2010. Meloidogyne sp. associated with several crops in Greece. Abstract of a paper presented at the 30^th International Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, Vienna, 19-23 September.

9. Τ. Mateille, Μ. Achouri, Μ. Ater, Α. Belaj, G. Besnard, P. Castillo, E. Chapuis, R.De La Rosa, F. De Luca, Z. Devran, A.M. D’Onghia, H. El Maraghi, C. El Modafar, A. El Mousadik,  A. El Oualkadi, Z. Ferji, N. Horrigue-Raouani, R.M. Jimenez-Diaz,M.  Kadiri, S. Kallel, B. Khadari, M. Labiadh, B.B. Landa, L. Leon, M. Montes-Borrego, A. Moukhli, M. Msallem, J.A. Navas-Cortes, N. Sasanelli, J. Tavoillot, M.A. Triki, A. Troccoli, E. Tzortzakakis, N. Vovlas & T. Yaseen, 2012. PESTOLIVE: an historical and ecological approach for understanding and managing soil-borne parasite communities on olive in the Mediterranean basin. Abstract of a paper presented at the 31st International Symposium of the €pean Society of Nematologists, 23-27 September, Adana. 

Publications in refereed Greek journals (1)

E.A. Tzortzakakis, I.L.P.M. da Conceicao, M.C.V. dos Santos, & I.M.deO. Abrantes, 2011. Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp) in Greece. HellenicPlantProtectionJournal4: 25-30. 

Articles written in Greek language in popularized bulletins, chapters in books/technical guides and abstracts presented in Greek conferences (31)