AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of 
Faculty of Crop Science

Eleni Tani

Brief Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry. Her research interests include the molecular breeding of cultivated to withstand abiotic / biotic stresses with emphasis on -omic technologies, the investigation of epigenetic mechanisms that lead to adaptability to adverse environments and the study of genetic variability of cultivated species and wild relatives.

She has 49 publications in peer reviewed international journals, she has participated in the translation of 3 textbooks and several book chapters (>850 citations, h index 20- https://www.scopus.com/results/authorNamesList.uri?name=name&st1=TANI&st2=Eleni&origin=searchauthorlookup), has participated in several international and national conferences and has been a reviewer and editorial board for international scientific journals (Stresses, Agronomy, Frontiers in Plant Science).

She is the supervisor of 4 PhD candidates, and has supervised more than 10 postgraduate dissertations and over 30 undergraduate theses.

She collaborates with students daily between 12:00 and 15:00 pm after prior arrangement (tel: 4625, email: etani@aua.gr).

Her office is in the Papadaki building, 1st floor, Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry.

Courses

Breeding field crops

Hours per week: 5
Credits: 5
The aim of this course is the students become familiar with plant breeding methods […]

Biotechnology and Plant Breeding

Hours per week: 5
Credits: 5
This course will serve as a general introduction to the principles of plant breeding […]

Vegetable breeding/ Breeding for Resistance

Hours per week: 5
Credits: 5
Upon completion of the course, students will have learned and comprehended the plant defense […]

Agricultural Experimentation II

Hours per week: 5
Credits: 5
The course provides advanced knowledge about field experimental design and analysis of data.

Plant Breeding I

Hours per week: 5
Credits: 5

Research Programs

BENEFIT-Med

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Budget: 

ZEROPARASITIC

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Budget: 
ZeroParasitic is a three-year project, aiming to deliver innovative sustainable solutions to overcome broomrape […]

Publications

Crop Landraces and Indigenous Varieties: A Valuable Source of Genes for Plant Breeding

Lazaridi, E., Kapazoglou, A., Gerakari, M., Kleftogianni, K., Passa, K., Sarri, E., Papasotiropoulos, V., Tani, E., Bebeli, P.J. Crop Landraces and Indigenous Varieties: A Valuable Source of Genes for Plant Breeding (2024) Plants, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/plants13060758

Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts - volume II

Tani, E., Xanthopoulou, A., Bazakos, C. Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts - volume II (2024) 15, art. no. 1385217, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3389/fpls.2024.1385217

Genetic and Epigenetic Responses of Autochthonous Grapevine Cultivars from the ‘Epirus’ Region of Greece upon Consecutive Drought Stress

Maniatis, G., Tani, E., Katsileros, A., Avramidou, E.V., Pitsoli, T., Sarri, E., Gerakari, M., Goufa, M., Panagoulakou, M., Xipolitaki, K., Klouvatos, K., Megariti, S., Pappi, P., Papadakis, I.E., Bebeli, P.J., Kapazoglou, A. Genetic and Epigenetic Responses of Autochthonous Grapevine Cultivars from the ‘Epirus’ Region of Greece upon Consecutive Drought Stress (2024) 13 (1), art. no. 27, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/plants13010027

Growth, Physiological, Biochemical, and Transcriptional Responses to Drought Stress in Seedlings of Medicago sativa L., Medicago arborea L. And their hybrid (Alborea)

Tani, E., Chronopoulou, E.G., Labrou, N.E., Sarri, E., Goufa, M., Vaharidi, X., Tornesaki, A., Psychogiou, M., Bebeli, P.J., Abraham, E.M. Growth, Physiological, Biochemical, and Transcriptional Responses to Drought Stress in Seedlings of Medicago sativa L., Medicago arborea L. And their hybrid (Alborea) (2019) Agronomy, 9 (1), art. no. 38, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/agronomy9010038

Recurrent water deficit and epigenetic memory in medicago sativa L. Varieties

Ventouris, Y.E., Tani, E., Avramidou, E.V., Abraham, E.M., Chorianopoulou, S.N., Vlachostergios, D.N., Papadopoulos, G., Kapazoglou, A. Recurrent water deficit and epigenetic memory in medicago sativa L. Varieties (2020) Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 10 (9), art. no. 3110, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/app10093110

Epigenetics: Possible applications in climate-smart crop breeding

Varotto, S., Tani, E., Abraham, E., Krugman, T., Kapazoglou, A., Melzer, R., Radanoviæ, A., Miladinoviæ, D. Epigenetics: Possible applications in climate-smart crop breeding (2020) Journal of Experimental Botany, 71 (17), pp. 5223-5236.

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.1093/jxb/eraa188

Epigenetic Changes and Transcriptional Reprogramming Upon Woody Plant Grafting for Crop Sustainability in a Changing Environment

Kapazoglou, A., Tani, E., Avramidou, E.V., Abraham, E.M., Gerakari, M., Megariti, S., Doupis, G., Doulis, A.G. Epigenetic Changes and Transcriptional Reprogramming Upon Woody Plant Grafting for Crop Sustainability in a Changing Environment (2021) Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, art. no. 613004, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3389/fpls.2020.613004

Salinity stress alters the secondary metabolic profile of M. Sativa, M. Arborea and their hybrid (alborea)

Sarri, E., Termentzi, A., Abraham, E.M., Papadopoulos, G.K., Baira, E., Machera, K., Loukas, V., Komaitis, F., Tani, E. Salinity stress alters the secondary metabolic profile of M. Sativa, M. Arborea and their hybrid (alborea) (2021) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (9), art. no. 4882, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/ijms22094882

Deciphering the epigenetic alphabet involved in transgenerational stress memory in crops

Mladenov, V., Fotopoulos, V., Kaiserli, E., Karalija, E., Maury, S., Baranek, M., Segal, N., Testillano, P.S., Vassileva, V., Pinto, G., Nagel, M., Hoenicka, H., Miladinović, D., Gallusci, P., Vergata, C., Kapazoglou, A., Abraham, E., Tani, E., Gerakari, M., Sarri, E., Avramidou, E., Gašparović, M., Martinelli, F. Deciphering the epigenetic alphabet involved in transgenerational stress memory in crops (2021) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (13), art. no. 7118, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/ijms22137118

Biochemical and rapid molecular analyses to identify glyphosate resistance in lolium spp.

Gerakari, M., Cheimona, N., Tani, E., Travlos, I., Chachalis, D., Loddo, D., Mathiassen, S.K., Gitsopoulos, T.K., Scarabel, L., Panozzo, S., Kristensen, M., Kudsk, P., Sattin, M. Biochemical and rapid molecular analyses to identify glyphosate resistance in lolium spp. (2022) Agronomy, 12 (1), art. no. 40, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/agronomy12010040

Crop Wild Relatives: A Valuable Source of Tolerance to Various Abiotic Stresses

Kapazoglou, A., Gerakari, M., Lazaridi, E., Kleftogianni, K., Sarri, E., Tani, E., Bebeli, P.J. Crop Wild Relatives: A Valuable Source of Tolerance to Various Abiotic Stresses (2023) Plants, 12 (2), art. no. 328, .

HTTP://WWW.DOI.ORG/10.3390/plants12020328

NEWSLETTER

The Faculty of Crop Science of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), was founded in June 1989 (Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic Νο. 166Α΄/16-6-1989) it is the first University Faculty of Crop Science founded in Greece
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