Dr. sc. Angjelina Belaj  and dr. sc. Raul de la Rosa  researches at The Andalusian Institute of Research and Training in Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Ecological Production (IFAPA), Center “Alameda del Obispo”, Córdoba, Spain  visited the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split. Dr Belaj and dr de la Rosa are experts in olive genetics responsible for the maintenance of the World Olive Germplasm Bank of Córdoba (WOGBC), one of the world’s largest collections of olive germplasm collaborating with CroP-BioDiv Olive Working Group lead by Dr Tatjana Klepo, Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split. During their stay in Croatia dr Belaj and dr de la Rosa gave lectures on Prospection, Conservation and Management of Olive Genetic Resources in an International Olive Germplasm Collection and Utilization of Olive Genetic Resources in Olive Breeding.

Time: June 23th, 2017

Location: Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split

Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been founded on June 8th, 2017 in Zagreb. Professor Frane Tomić, member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts (HAZU) , has been elected the first president and 128 scientists became regular members of the newly founded scientific society dedicated to the advancement of agricultural sciences.

CoE CroP-BioDiv welcomes the establishment and its members will support the activities initiated by the Academy. Ten CoE CroP-BioDiv scientists became regular members of the Academy: Dean Ban, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Jasminka Karoglan Kontić, Edi Maletić, Dario Novoselović, Slavko Perica, Aleksandra Sudarić, Zlatko Šatović, Domagoj Šimić i Karolina Vrandečić.

Professor Zlatko Šatović visited dr. sc. Carlotu Vaz Patto , Head of PlantX at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB), a scientific research and advanced training institute of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Dr Carlota Vaz Patto is an expert in quantitative crop genetics and molecular plant breeding collaborating with CroP-BioDiv Common Bean Working Group lead by Dr Klaudija Carović-Stanko. During his stay at ITQB Professor Zlatko Šatović gave lectures on Modern Strategies in Plant Breeding for the students of the International PhD program in Plant Sciences – Plants for Life  and held the seminar on Genetic Demography of Dalmatian sage (Salvia officinalis L.): A Journey to the Past  during which he explained the structure and objectives of CroP-BioDiv and invited the researchers from ITQB to collaborate.

Time: March 29-30th, 2017

Location: Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Professors Zlatko Šatović and Zlatko Liber visited Dr Alison Bentley , Director of Genetics and Breeding at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) located in Cambridge, UK. Dr Alison Bentley in an expert in genomics applied to breeding of cereals collaborating with CroP-BioDiv Wheat Working Group lead by Dr Dario Novoselović.

Time: Dec. 13th, 2016; 11:00 AM

Location: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

Minutes (in Croatian)

Time: Dec. 13th, 2016; 11:00 AM

Location: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

Minutes (in Croatian)