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The Department of Agriculture is housed in the premises of the University of Peloponnese in an area of 105 acres, in the area of Antikalamos, about 6 km from the centre of Kalamata. It is connected to the city by a special route of the Kalamata city bus service.

A canteen and a restaurant for students, teaching and administrative staff operate on the premises of the University.

Almost all of the University's premises (library, lifts, main entrances, etc.) are accessible to people with disabilities.

Classrooms: The Department has access to a total of nine (9) classrooms with a capacity of approximately 40-100 people. All classrooms and auditoriums have the necessary electronic equipment to support the educational process, as well as adequate air conditioning. These classrooms are used by the Department in consultation with the other Department of the School. Detailed information is provided in section 7 (Learning resources and student support services of the new MTS).

Educational Workshops: The Department has seventeen (17) laboratories for the realization of laboratory exercises, the support of students' theses and the support of the Department's research activities. Most of the laboratories have sufficient equipment suitable for the fulfilment of their purpose. Several Laboratories have state-of-the-art equipment capable of supporting high level research activities in various research fields of agricultural science. Indicative examples are: analytical systems for gas and liquid chromatography, ion chromatograph, UV-VIS spectrophotometers, electron microscope, atomic absorption system with flame and graphite furnace, total nitrogen determination apparatus, drying ovens, controlled conditions chambers, plant growth chambers, cold chambers, air flow tables and gas extraction fires. The laboratory rooms and their equipment are detailed in item B26.1 (Laboratory rooms and scientific equipment - Farm).

Greenhouses: The Department has twelve (12) greenhouses with a total area of 2,200^m2. Of these, three (3) with a total area of 600^m2 are fully equipped with environmental control systems and systems for hydroponic crops of various types. The greenhouses, apart from the educational activities, are used to support students' theses and the research activities of the faculty members of the Department.

Insect farm: The Department has an insectary of about 100^m2 with five chambers of controlled conditions for rearing harmful and beneficial insects of agricultural interest. Insect bioecology studies are carried out in the area as part of the students' theses and the research activities of the Department's faculty members.

More information about the above mentioned areas is given in detail in section 7 (Learning resources and student support services of the new PPAs).

Other Facilities: For its educational and research activities, the Department has: an orchard with the main trees cultivated in Greece, an olive grove, and a vineyard with a large number of Greek and foreign grape varieties, as well as an open field for the cultivation of annual plants.

LABORATORIES - EQUIPMENT - FARM

For the education of students and for research purposes, the Department of Agriculture has the following laboratory facilities:

LABORATORY ROOMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY

40 Microbiology, Cultivation of Plant Pathogens
41 Agricultural Entomology, Plant Protection
42 Optical Microscopy
58 Postharvest Technology & Quality Control
59 Horticulture - Viticulture
60 Agricultural Engineering and Greenhouse Equipment
60^A Landscape Architecture (Design)
61 Agriculture (Analysis Room)
62 Agriculture (tissue culture room)
63^A Agricultural Environment Management - Irrigation - Drainage
63^B Agricultural Entomology (Insect Biology)
69 Soil science
70 Plant Physiology and Plant Nutrition - Fertilisation
84 Agricultural Genetics and Plant Biotechnology
85 Floriculture
86 Horticulture - Hydroponics
91 Electron microscopy and elementary microanalysis
D 104 Organoleptic testing of olive oil and table olives

In addition, the Department of Agriculture, for the education of its students and its research activities, has: 

• Farm of total area of approximately 7.500 sq.m. with evergreen and deciduous fruit trees, vineyard, uncovered farms of total area of approximately 15.500 sq.m., farms with olive trees of total area of approximately 12.500 sq.m. and 285 olive trees, lawn and ornamental beds of total area of approximately 9.000 sq.m, 
• Ten (10) greenhouses with a total area of approximately 2,500 square meters equipped with automation, some of them with hydroponic equipment, some of them used as seedbeds and finally some of them used for conventional crops in the ground and
• Insect farm where harmful and beneficial insects are bred, in order to ensure their populations for the education of students and their practical training as well as to conduct experiments in the laboratory and in the field.