Welcome to Pomology Institute
The Pomology Institute is a legal, non-profit research entity belonging to N.AG.RE.F. which is the national body for Agricultural Research and Technology in Greece and operates as a private entity, under the auspice of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food.
It was founded in 1961 based in Naoussa, Imathia with a scope the development of applied science and technology in all deciduous fruit tree culture.
Areas of principle interest at the Pomology Institute are:
- Evaluation, development and valorization of improved deciduous fruit tree cultivars and rootstocks. Emphasis is given on the development of cultivars that produce high quality fruit, containing high amounts of phytonutrients, tolerant or resistant to diseases (with especial interest to Sharka), cold stress, unfavorable soil-climatic conditions. The institute has also evaluated many new rootstocks for prunus species. Two rootstock genotypes have been released for the peach tree growing.
- Reservation of genetic resources of cultivars and rootstocks. The Pomology Institute has collections of 371 peach, 110 apricot, 95 cherry, 16 sour cherry, 80 plum, 17 almond and 10 hazelnut cultivars/ genotypes. Reservation of virus free propagation material
- The development of necessary technology for producing peach and cherries using the Integrated Fruit Production System,
- Fruit tree nutrition and fertilization
- Development of techniques for the propagation of cultivars and rootstocks
- Fruit tree frost resistance
- Organize and participate in fruit tree growing training. Publish research results and reports.