Lebanon – Tyre Station. Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute

Hiyam Youssef – Research Assistant Agriculture Engineer, Head of LARI Tyre station (hiyamy@hotmail.com)

Web: http://www.lari.gov.lb/stations/24

• Induction of new rootstocks tolerant to calcareous soils
• Programs of biological pest control in citrus and olive trees through the use of parasites
• Research Programs
• Ethnobotanical Research Programs
• Educational and Training programs (Training of students from different universities)

• Laboratories (Soil chemical and physical analysis / Water chemical and microbiological analysis / Olive oil analysis / Honey analysis / Food microbiological analysis (under preparation) / Quality control analysis (under preparation) )
• Weather Station
• Propagation unit to produce olive seedlings
• Area of experimental cultivation

• Improvement of Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops in Lebanon Project, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Agriculture and funding from the International Cooperative Agency of Korea (KOICA)
• Study and assessment of the quality of water sources in Tyre area.
• Morphological characterization of Lebanese olive cultivars (Olea europea sativa L.), in collaboration with the departments of: Plant Biotechnology, Olive Oil Laboratory, Kfarshakhna, Hasbaya, Lebaa and Baakline Stations.
• Study of Cherimoya varieties on the southern Lebanese coast.
• Integrated Program Management (IPM) of orobanche species.
• Cultivation of Stevia Rebaudiana bertoni in Lebanon.
• Study and evaluation of the distribution of nematodes in Litani river as a monitor for pollution.
• Production of selected olive seedlings.

http://www.lari.gov.lb/stations/24

www.lari.gov.lb

www.moe.gov.lb

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Documents:

“Lebanon State of the Environment Report. Chapter 10: Biodiversity and Natural Heritage”, 2001

“Addendum to the lebanese National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan”, 2005