MODIP - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Personal Information

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akapranas@agro.auth.gr
Scopus ID18434142600
Google Scholar IDyYBqo9EAAAAJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5542-0470

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Ν535Ε	PESTS OF STORED PRODUCTS
Ν700Υ	INTERNSHIP
Ν567Ε	Integrated Pest and Disease Management

	SUSTAINABLE CROP PROTECTION AND ΒIOTECHNOLOGICAL ΑPPLICATIONS
ΣΦΠ101Υ	Insect Ecology

Courses of Spring semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
833Υ	PESTS OF STORED PRODUCTS
Ν022Υ	ENTOMOLOGY
Ν508Υ	APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
Ν514Ε	ACAROLOGY
Ν700Υ	INTERNSHIP
Ν564Ε	Integrated Pest and Disease Management

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

In progress

Postgraduate

No title
No title

Doctoral

Προστασία και ενίσχυση των υπηρεσιών οικοσυστήματος και άμυνας των φυτών στην καλλιέργεια της τομάτας.
Διερεύνηση του ρόλου των εντομοπαθογόνων νηματωδών και των συμβιωτικών τους βακτηρίων στη φυτο-υγεία κια την καταπολέμηση επιβλαβών εντόμων.

2025–2026

Undergraduate

Evaluation of the effect of sodium alginate on the development and infestation of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in tomato cultivation
Evaluation of the ovicidal effect of sodium alginate against tomato insects
Assesing the effect of sodium alginate on the oviposition behavior of the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyerick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechidae)

2024–2025

Undergraduate

Monitoring Drosophila suzuki populations in early and late harvest cherry varieties in the region of Edessa
Biological control of the bean bruchid Acanthoscelides obtectus Say with the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar

2023–2024

Postgraduate

No title

Undergraduate

Flight activity, oviposition and vine infestation of the European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana (Denis and Schiffermuller)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a mixed vineyard in Heraklion, Crete.
Evaluation of the suitability of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as a host for the egg parasitoid Ooencyrtus mirus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).
In vivo production of entomopathogenic nematodes in the insect Tenebrio molitor L.

Research Projects

Coordinator
2025–2029	Functional ecology of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria
2025–2026	Entomological surveys in the region of Central Macedonia for the year 2025
2025–2027	Research support for Integrated pest control and dissemination of applied and fundamental entomological research
2024–2025	Development of an industrial method for removing Drosophila suzukii during cherry processing
2024–2025	Enhanced entomological surveillance project in the Region of Central Macedonia for the year 2024
2024–2025	Enhanced entomological surveillance project in the Region of Central Macedonia for the year 2024
2023–2024	Study of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria
2022–2025	Sustainable vine pest control
2022–2026	Agroecology-inspired Strategies and Tools to Enhance Resilienceand ecosystem services in tomato crop

Participant
2023–2025	Innovations in Plant Protection for sustainable and environmentally friendly pest control
2021–2025	Development of a new and innovative multi-application electromagnetic water treatment system
2018–2026

Publications

(2024)

Journal Article

Kamou Nathalie, Papafoti Ariadni, Chatzaki Vasileia, Kapranas Apostolos (2024). Exploring the effects of entomopathogenic nematode symbiotic bacteria and their cell free filtrates on the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta and its predator Nesidiocoris tenuis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. vol.206 no.C p.108181.

(2023)

Journal Article

Cassells Maria D, Kapranas Apostolos, Griffin Christine T (2023). Mating status, independent of size, influences lethal fighting in an entomopathogenic nematode. Animal Behaviour. vol.201 no.C p.101-107.
Kapranas Apostolos, Chronopoulou Anna, Peters Arne, Antonatos Spyros, Lytra Ioanna, Milonas Panagiotis, Papachristos Dimitrios (2023). Early and off-season biological control of medfly with entomopathogenic nematodes: From laboratory experiments to successful field trials. Biological Control. vol.179 no.C p.105173.

(2022)

Journal Article

Giatropoulos Athanasios, Papachristos Dimitrios, Michaelakis Antonios, Kapranas Apostolos, Emmanouel Nickolaos (2022). Laboratory study on larval competition between two related mosquito species: Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus and Aedes (Stegomyia) cretinus. Acta Tropica. vol.230 no.C p.106389.
Kapranas Apostolos, Collatz Jana, Michaelakis Antonios, Milonas Panagiotis (2022). Review of the role of sterile insect technique within biologically‐based pest control: An appraisal of existing regulatory frameworks. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. vol.170 no.5 p.385-393.
Mastronikolos Georgios D, Kapranas Apostolos, Balatsos George K, Ioannou Charalampos, Papachristos Dimitrios P, Milonas Panagiotis G, Puggioli Arianna, Pajović Igor, Petrić Dušan, Bellini Romeo, Michaelakis Antonios, Papadopoulos Nikos T (2022). Quality Control Methods for Aedes albopictus Sterile Male Transportation. Insects. vol.13 no.2 p.179.

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Curriculum Vitae

Apostolos Kapranas

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

Courses of Spring semester of 2025–26 academic year

Student Theses within AUTh

Postgraduate

Doctoral

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Undergraduate

Journal Article

Journal Article

Journal Article

Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

You are here

Curriculum Vitae

Apostolos Kapranas

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

Courses of Spring semester of 2025–26 academic year

Student Theses within AUTh

Postgraduate

Doctoral

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Undergraduate

Journal Article

Journal Article

Journal Article

Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki