Meeting
Title: Meeting of producers of Istrian garlic and onion landraces
Participants: Ivan Jakovičić – European Parliament; Representatives of the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism and Crop-BioDiv; Local producers; Local county officers, journalists, etc.
Organizer: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism; Crop-BioDiv; Office of Ivan Jakovčić – Member of European Parliament
Time: 27 January, 2018 at 10:00
Location: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism
Short summary: The goal of the meeting was to discuss the possibilities to increase the production area and yield of garlic and onion in Istria county by using local landraces of garlic and onion. The mode of action to achieve the goal and synergy among participants was discussed as well.
Panel discussion
Title: How to create a long-term sustainable food production system in Croatia?
Organizer: Regional development agency Međimurje (REDEA)
Participants:
– assistent professor Klaudija Carović-Stanko, CoE CroP-BioDiv
– Mrs. Marijana Petir, member of the European Parliament
– Mrs.Andrea Laklija, Ministry of Agriculture
– Mr. Milorad Šubić, head of the Agricultural Advisory Services of the Međimurje County
– Mrs. Silvija Kolar-Fodor, Biovrt
Time: January 26th, 2018
Location: Čakovec
PhD defence
Title: Exploring Maize Genetic Diversity – a Quality-Driven Perspective
PhD Candidate: Mara Lisa Vieira Alves
Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal
Supervisor: dr Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Supervisor: professor Zlatko Šatović, CoE CroP-BioDiv, Zagreb, Croatia
President of the Jury: dr Cecília Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal
Members of the Jury:
– professor Zlatko Šatović, CoE CroP-BioDiv, Zagreb, Croatia
– professor João Manuel Neves Martins, Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
– professor Elisabetta Frascaroli, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Bologna, Italy
– professor Sílvia Maria da Rocha Simões Carriço, Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Química, Aveiro, Portugal
– dr Pedro Revilla Temiño, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Misión Biológica de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain
– dr Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal
Time: January 22st, 2018
Location: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal
Publication of research paper
Title: The Influence of Heat and Mechanical Scarification on Shortening Seed Dormancy of Chosen Barley Cultivars
Authors: Matković, A., Jukić, Ž., Kereša, S., Carović-Stanko, K.
Journal: Agronomy journal. 79(5-6):243-258
Publication of research paper
Title: Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of urinary volatile organic metabolites: Optimization of the HS-SPME procedure and sample storage conditions
Authors: Semren Živković, T., Karačonji Brčić, I., Safner, T., Brajenović, N., Tariba Lovaković, B., Pizent, A.
Journal: 2018, Talanta 176:537-543
Publication of research paper
Title: Arbuscular mycorrhizae modify winter wheat root morphology and alleviate phosphorus deficit stress
Authors: Lazarević, B.; Lošak, T.; Manschadi, A. M.
Journal: 2018, Plant, soil and environment 64 (1): 47-52
Publication of research paper
Title: Long-term on-farm participatory maize breeding by stratified mass selection retains molecular diversity while improving agronomic performance
Authors: Alves, M.L., Belo, M., Carbas, B., Brites, C., Paulo, M., Mendes-Moreira, P., Brites, C., Bronze, M.d.R., Šatović, Z., Vaz Patto, M.C.
Publication of research paper
Title: Epigenetic Differentiation of Natural Populations of Lilium bosniacum Associated with Contrasting Habitat Conditions
Authors: Zoldoš, V., Biruš, I., Muratović, E., Šatović, Z., Vojta, A., Odile, R., Pustahija, F., Bogunić, F., Vičić Bočkor, V., Siljak-Yakovlev, S.