PRIMESOFT_Horizon Europe

A @HorizonEU project towards implementation of priming technologies in soft fruit crops by @CyUniTech, @KUL_Postharvest, @CSIC, @unipotsdam, @ntua

[FruitCREWS @FruitCrews]

⚡ Jorge Pedro Rosa Duarte completed an STSM at Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), hosted by Prof. @GManganaris .

Connecting plant physiology, fruit quality & data-driven decisions in modern berry production. 🚀🫐

#BerryCrops #PlantPhysiology #Preharvest #Postharvest #STSM

[Nutrition, Bioactives and Metabolism Laboratory @NutriBioMet_Lab]

It is have been a pleassure to host at our lab Elena Myrtsi @PrimesoftE

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

The 3rd annual newsletter of PRIMESOFT_Horizon Europe project is now available on line

Check it out at hashtag#flipbook format through the link: https://t.co/GsMRAJYgvb

Sections:

✔️ Editorial
✔️ PRIMESOFT objectives
✔️Annual Steering Committee Meeting
✔️Our research activities at a glance
✔️Participation in International Conferences
✔️Secondments to Advanced Partners
✔️Expert visits at Cyprus university of Technology
✔️Training school
✔️International PRIMESOFT Workshop
✔️Info day in Cyprus
✔️Publications
✔️PRIMESOFT useful links
✔️ Follow us on Social Media

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

International Strawberry Congress
#Antwerp, #Belgium, 17-20 September 2025

@PrimesoftE presentations by @CyUniTech group

✅ The application of priming agents as an alleviation strategy to combat salinity stress in strawberry plants: a physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic approach (oral talk by George Manganaris)

✅ The impact of chemical priming on the physiology and productivity of strawberries under deficit irrigation (poster presentation by Sofia Torrado)

✅The efficacy of postharvest application of coatings and priming agents on quality attributes, volatilome fingerprinting and antioxidant potential of strawberry fruits (poster presentation by Egli Georgiadou )

@HorizonEU
@REA_research
@EUAgri

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

European Researcher's Night (2025)
#Nicosia, 26th of September

For third consecutive year, @PrimesoftE team from @CyUniTech participated with a stand

Many thanks to our group member Mrs. Anna Maria Taliadorou and our visiting scientists Mrs. Olga Doumkou and Samuele Crescenzi who supported the morning and evening sessions, respectively.

@HorizonEU
@REA_research
@EUAgri

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

💡 Back to the lab for @PrimesoftE
CUT Fruit Sciences & Postharvest Group (https://t.co/iibDZnkTDP) at @CyUniTech

✔️ RNA extraction from #strawberry leaves
✔️ Nitric oxide determination
✔️ Qualitative analyses and sampling for #aroma profiling and #phytochemical content on #raspberry fruits

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

@PrimesoftE open acess publication

Journal: Current Plant Biology (@ElsevierConnect / @elsevier_1)

Topic: Preharvest application of sodium alginate functionalized with #melatonin towards enhanced secondary metabolism in #strawberry #fruit

Link: https://t.co/XrqeB1XBCI

Units: @CyUniTech (@CUT_PlantStress & https://t.co/5NcpY1l0Wv), @KUL_Postharvest, @NutriBioMet_Lab

@HorizonEU
@REA_research
@EUAgri

[Plant Stress Physiology Group @CUT @CUT_PlantStress]

Latest research article published, where we demonstrate that pre-harvest application of sodium alginate functionalized with melatonin enhances secondary metabolism in strawberry fruit, as part of the @PrimesoftE project.
Link: https://t.co/i0GYnJRRaA

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

@PrimesoftE

Final sampling date (June 13th) of #strawberry leaves from plants treated with an array of #priming agents after imposition to #salinitity stress

Next step is the assesment of cellular damage indicators

@CyUniTech , #Lemesos, #Cyprus

@REA_research, @EUgreenresearch, @HorizonEU
#ResearchImpactEU

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Check out our lattest publication in LWT- Food Science & Technology (@ElsevierConnect / @elsevier_1 )

The #postharvest application of biodegradable polymers and a priming agent as a potential tool to enhance #phytochemical content, #aroma profile and market life of #strawberry fruit

Link: https://t.co/gMRUHDx2bY

Units: @CyUniTech (https://t.co/5NcpY1l0Wv, @CUT_PlantStress), @KUL_Postharvest, @NutriBioMet_Lab

Fundings scheme: @PrimesoftE

@HorizonEU
@REA_research
@EUAgri

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Check out our lattest publication in Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy (@ElsevierConnect )

Life cycle environmental impact and economic feasibility for different red #raspberry (#Rubus idaeus L) cultivation systems

Link: https://t.co/kdGOZFh4NF

Fundings schemes: @PrimesoftE , @FRIETS10

Units: @CyUniTech , @ntua, @HuddersfieldUni, Washington State University

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@REA_research
@EUAgri

[Recrop CA 22157 @Recrop22157]

🧪 Session 4: Chemical priming & new practices for better yields in tough conditions. 🌍🌾

George Manganaris (Cyprus University of Technology 🇨🇾): 🍓 Priming agents help soft fruit crops beat stress. #IntegrativeAgriculture #RECROP2025 #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #RECROPCOST

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Professor of Statistics Peter Goos (@KU_Leuven) delivered a well-attended seminar on the optimization of experimental design (#DoE)

The increasing computing power and the availability of user-friendly softwares for the tailor-made design of experiments has made optimal experimental design a key tool for researchers in any field of study.

Attenidng crowd represented many different disciplines of @CyUniTech

Prof. Goos also provided advise on data inetrpretation of results generated from the @PrimesoftE project (Egli C. Georgiadou, Elena Myrtsi, Sofia Torrado, Anna Maria Taliadorou)

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Seminar invitation
26 March 2025 (15:30-16:30)

@PrimesoftE seminar on the optimization of experimental design by Prof. Peter Goos, @KU_Leuven Belgium

Venue: Drakos Building, Room 201, Socratous street, Lemesos, @CyUniTech

#DoE

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Dissemination video of @PrimesoftE infoday held at the premises of @CyUniTech

Program (Title/speaker): https://t.co/HmPEzSM0Pd

PRIMESOFT project in a nutshell/ George Manganaris

The #blueberry fruit production within a global context: challenges and constrains / Marco Butera

#Postharvest Challenges and Opportunities in the context of global berry markets / @JGineBordonaba,
@driscollsberry

Berry Me, I Berry You – A Journey through the World of #Raspberries / Tobias Bönisch

Challenges in #strawberry fruit production: the success story of Greece /Fanis Papanikolopoulos, @Berrypl_World

#twinning #widening #HorizonEurope

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Attending crowd of @PrimesoftE infoday at
@CyUniTech, #Lemesos

Selective slides of presentations will be uploaded on @LinkedIn PRIMESOFT page

Link: https://t.co/xYr9PiExh3

#twinning #widening #HorizonEurope

@HorizonEU
@REA_research
@EUAgri

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Photo gallery of the speakers of @PrimesoftE infoday at @CyUniTech

Program (Title/speaker): https://t.co/HmPEzSM0Pd

PRIMESOFT project in a nutshell/ George Manganaris

The #blueberry fruit production within a global context: challenges and constrains / Marco Butera

#Postharvest Challenges and Opportunities in the context of global berry markets / Jordi Giné Bordonaba, @driscollsberry

Berry Me, I Berry You – A Journey through the World of #Raspberries / Tobias Bönisch

Challenges in #strawberry fruit production: the success story of Greece /Fanis Papanikolopoulos, @Berrypl_World

#twinning #widening #HorizonEurope

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

@PrimesoftE infoday for the general public

Venue: @CyUniTech, Ampitheater II, Tassos Papadopoulos Building
Date: 18.02.2025, 17:00-20:00

Θεματικές ενότητες

Τεχνολογίες έναυσης για την αντιμετώπιση αβιοτικών συνθηκών καταπόνσης

Στρατηγικές γενετικής βελτίωσης και προώθηση νέων ποικιλιών προσαρμοσμένες στην κλιματική αλλαγή

Μοντέλα παραγωγής και καλλιεργητικές πρακτικές

Προκλήσεις στον κλάδο παραγωγής μαλακών φρούτων σε διαφορετικές κλιματικές συνθήκες

Τεχνολογικές καινοτομίες στον κλάδο παραγωγής μαλακών φρούτων

Πρόγραμμα

17:00-17:30 (Εγγραφές)

17:30–17:45
Το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα PRIMESOFT: Ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων τεχνολογιών έναυσης σε καλλιέργειες μαλακών κα��πών
George Manganaris

17:45-18:10
The blueberry fruit production within a global context: challenges and constrains
Marco Butera

18:10-18:35
Postharvest Challenges and Opportunities in the context of global berry markets
Gordi Gine

18:35-19:00
Berry Me, I Berry You – A Journey through the World of Raspberries
Tobias Bönisch

19:00 – 19:30
Η καλλιέργειας της φράουλας: προκλήσεις και προοπτικές ανάπτυξης
Φάνης Παπανικολόπουλος

19:30 – 20:00 Στρογγυλή τράπεζα

20:00-21:00 Δεξίωση

#strawberry #blueberry #raspberry #supplychain

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Dr. Gutierrez Gordillo offered training on the use of @LICOR_ENV 6400

Dr. Georgiadou and two PhD students became familar with

✅ Setting up the equipment
✅ Hints for correct calibration
✅ An and gs
✅ Realisation of A-Ci and A-Par curves

@PrimesoftE
@CyUniTech

[George Manganaris @GManganaris]

Dr. Victor Blanco (@irtacat ) talk at
@CUTingedgelim on the continuous measurement of tree #water #status and on examples of application of #deficit #irrigation protocols on #fruit #tree crops

@PrimesoftE
@CyUniTech