ISHS Working Group on Apricot Breedingand Culture
Chairperson

Prof. Daniele Bassi

Department of Vegetable Growing
University of Milan

Address: Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano,Italy
Tel: +39 02 50316560
Fax: +39 02 50316553
E-mail: daniele.bassi@unimi.it 
http://users.unimi.it/bassidpv/indice_db_0107.htm

FAO Information and Knowledge Management Specialist

Michal Demes

Address: Benczur utca 32, 1066 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: + 36 1 461 20 26
Fax: + 36 1 351 70 29
E-mail: michal.demes@fao.org
http://www.fao.org/europe/activities/information-and-knowledge-management/en

Apriocot Network Portal Manager

Narine Khurshudyan

Armenian State Agrarian University

Address: Teryan str. 74, 0009 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: +37491 480058
E-mail: cocotat@yahoo.com
E-mail: narine.khurshudyan@asau.am
Skype: charmy_n
http://www.agrowebcee.net/awam/group/cv-narine-khurshudyan

NATIONAL COORDINATORS AND EXPERTS

Armenia 

Vahan Amirkhanyan

FAO National Consultant
FAO Representation in Armenia

Address: Governmental bld. 3, Room 105
Yerevan 0010, Armenia
Tel:    +374 10 56 58 71
Mob.: +374 91 43 63 12
E-mail: vahan.amirkhanyan@gmail.com
Skype: vahan.amirkhanyan  

Hovik Hovhannisyan

Apricot Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization Project
FAO SEU National Consultant Apricot Production Specialist

Address: 2210, vil.Arinje, Kotayk marz, RA
Tel: +374-91-200277; +374-93-200277
E-mail: noratunk@yahoo.com; noratunk@yandex.ru  

Gagik Santrosyan

Dean of Agronomy Department
As. Professor of Fruit growing & Viticulture Department
Armenian State Agrarian University 

Address: Teryan str. 74, Yerevan, 0009, Armenia
Tel. (office): +37410 528677
E-mail: Santros@freenet.am; Santrosyan-61@imail.ru

Czech Republic

Boris Krška

Mendel University in Brno
Department of Fruit Growing
Horticulture Faculty in Lednice

Address: Valticka 337, Lednice 69144, Czech Republic
Tel:   +420519367241
Fax:  +420519367222
Mob.:+420 777 808 366
www.mendelu.cz

Hungary

Andrzej Pedryc

Corvinus University of Budapest
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Address: H-1118 Budapest, Villányi út 29-43
E-mail: andrzej.pedryc@uni-corvinus.hu
http://horticulturalscience.uni-corvinus.hu

Attila Hegedűs

Associate Professor in Plant Genetics
Corvinus University of Budapest

Address: Ménesi ut 44. H-1118, Budapest
Phone: +361 482-6098
Fax:     +361 482-6343
E-mail: hegedus.attila@uni-corvinus.hu

Kyrgyz Republic

Almazbek Orozumbekov

Associate Professor in Ecology, PhD
Kyrgyz National Agrarian University

Address: 68 Mederov Street, 720005 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996-312-545215
Fax: +996-312-540545
E-mail: aorozumbekov_standrews@yahoo.com

Russia

Larisa Kramarenko

Main Botanical Garden Russian Academy of Sciences
Department of Flora

Address: Botnicheskaya 4 str. 127276, Moscow, Russia
Tel. +7 499 185 59 94
Mob.: 8-916-840-35-50
E-mail: larisakr@yandex.ru

Slovakia

Daniela Benedikova

Gene bank SR
Plant Production Research Centre Piestany

Address: Bratislavska 122, 921 68 Piestany, Slovak Republic
Tel:  +42133 7722311
Fax:  +42133 7726306
E-mail: benedikova@vurv.sk

USA

Craig A. Ledbetter

Research Geneticist, United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center Crop Diseases, Pests & Genetics Research Unit

Address: USDA/ARS/SJVASC 9611, S. Riverbend Avenue Parlier, CA 93648-9757
Tel: 559 596 2817
E-mail: craig.ledbetter@ars.usda.gov
http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3272