BPI P u b l i c a t i o n s
B e n a ki P h y t o p a t h o l o g i c a
l I n s t i t u te i s s u es t he b i a n n u a l s c i e n t i f i c p u b l i c a t i o n , t he H e l l e n i c P l a nt
P r o t e c t i on J o u r n al [ I S S N: 1 7 9 1 - 3 6 9 1 ]
. In t h is p u b l i c a t i o n , s t u d i es of a l t o p i cs p e r t a i n i ng to p l a nt
p r o t e c t i on a nd i n t e r r e l a t e d t o p i cs of h u m an a nd e n v i r o n m e n t a l s a f e ty a re p r e s e n t e d . T he j o u r n al is
p u b l i s h ed in E n g l i sh ( w i th a G r e ek s u m m a r y ) on J a n u a ry a nd J u ly of e a ch y e ar a nd i n d e x ed by t he
f o l l o w i ng d a t a b a s e s : C AD A b s t r a c t s - P l a nt P r o t e c t i on D a t a b a s e , C AB F u l l T e xt - P l a nt P r o t e c t i on
D a t a b a s e, S c o p us a nd G o o g le
S c h o l a r .
It is an o p e n - a c c e ss j o u r n a l .
O t h er p u b l i c a t i o n s i n c l u d e:
• T he A n n u al R e p o rt of t he I n s t i t u t e , w h e r e in a l s c i e n t i f i c a c t i v i t i es of t he B PI l a b o r a t o r i e s a re b r i e f ly
d e s c r i b ed a nd r e p o r t e d .
• T e c h n i c a l B u l l e t i ns on s p e c i a l i z ed t o p i cs of p l a nt p r o t e c t i o n , w h i ch a re a d d r e s s ed to a w i d er
a u d i e n ce ( a g r o n o m i s t s , f a r m e r s , s t u d e n t s , e t c .)
• S c i e n t i f i c b o o k s.
L i b r a ry
B PI o p e r a t es a s p e c i a l i z ed s c i e n t i f i c l i b r a r y, u n i q ue at n a t i o n a l l e v el to s u p p o rt a nd s t r e n g t h en t he
r e s e a r ch a c t i v i t i es of n ot o n ly t he I n s t i t u te s t a ff m e m b e rs b ut a l so e x t e r n a l u s e r s. T he B PI L i b r a ry is a
m e m b er of t he N a t i o n a l N e t w o rk of S c i e n t i f i c a nd T e c h n o l o g i c a l L i b r a r i es ( N N S T L ) . T he l i b r a ry h o s ts a
d a t a b a se ( E l e c t r o n i
c R e p o s i t o r y ) in w h i ch a ll t he i n t e l l e c t u a l o u t p ut of t he I n s t i t u te ( e d i t i o n s ,
m o n o g r a p h s , d i s s e r t a t i o n s , p u b l i c a t i o n s , t e c h n i c a l r e p o r t s , e t c .) is r e g i s t e r e d , c l a s s i f i ed a nd p r e s e r v e d .
T he l i b r a ry o p e r a t es an " E l e c t r o n i
c I n d ex of J o u r n a l s a nd s i n g le A r t i c l e s" w h i ch e n a b l es u s e rs to q u i c k ly
a nd e a s i ly s e a r ch a nd f i nd t he a r t i c l es a nd j o u r n a l s of t h e ir i n t e r e s t .
As of J a n u a ry 2 0 1 2, t he B PI L i b r a ry a d a p t ed a nd i m p l e m e n t e d a s y s t em of i n t e r n al e v a l u a t i on f t he
p r o v i d es e r v i c es a c c o r d i ng to t he i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t n d a rd BS EN I SO 2 7 8 9: 2 0 0 3.
C o l l e c t i o ns of h a r m f ul o r g a n i s ms
C o l l e c t i o ns of f u n g i, b a c t e r i a , v i r u s e s , i n s e c ts a nd w e e ds a re m a i n t a i n ed in t he I n s t i t u t e . T h ey
i n c l u de a c o l l e c t i on f m o re t h an 2 5 0 s t r a i ns of p h y t o p a t h o g e n i
c m i c r o o r g a n i s m s
, c o n n e c t ed
a nd
o p e r a t i ng u n d er t he r u l es of t he n e t w o rk M I NE ( M i c r o b i a l I n f o r m a t i o n N e t w o rk in E u r o p e ) . T he
b o t a n i c al c o l l e c t i on ( H e r b a r i u m ) of t he I n s t i t u t e , d a t i ng b a ck to 1 9 8 2, p r e s e r v es s p e c i m e ns of m o re
t h an 4 0 b r o a d l e a v e d a nd g r a m i n o i d n a t i ve p l a nt s p e c i es a nd is c o n t i n u o u s l
y e n r i c h ed w i th n ew p l a nt
s p e c i e s. A c o l l e c t i on f m o re t h an 5 0 , 0 00 s p e c i es of i n s e c ts a nd o t h er i n v e r t e b r a t e s w i th a g r o n o m i c a l
a nd s a n i t a ry v a l ue is a l so m a i n t a i n e d .
