Prof. Ioannis Tokatlidis is a member of the academic staff in the Democritus

University of Thrace / Department of Agricultural Development. He was graduated by

the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Faculty of Agriculture, Greece, and received

his PhD in 1998. He specializes in Agronomy and Crop Breeding, placing so far

emphasis on issues related to crop stability, cultivar longevity and utilization of

landraces. More specifically, on the intra-crop competition which interferes with the

efficiency of the cropping systems in resource use, as well as with effectiveness of

selection in breeding new varieties. Particular topics were, interplant distance as

factor affecting selection efficiency, crop yield potential components, plant density

and stability, development of density-independent varieties, G x E interaction, plant-

to-plant variability and genotype buffering, intra-cultivar variation and methods to

conserve breeder's seed, homozygotic vs heterozygotic vigour, usefulness of

physiological traits as indirect selection criteria, breeding for tolerance to drought and

heat stress. Beyond research papers, he has a considerable number of review articles

related to the above topics in acknowledged journals, i.e., Field Crops Research,

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Annals of Applied Biology, Crop Science,

Euphytica.