Title: Setting up decision-making tools toward a quality-oriented participatory maize breeding program
Authors: Alves, M.L., Brites, C., Paulo, M., Carbas, B., Belo, M., Mendes-Moreira, P.M.R., Brites, C., Bronze, M.R., Gunjača, J., Šatović, Z.
Journal: 2017, Frontiers in Plant Science 8: e2203
Title: Morphological and biochemical intraspecific characterization of Ocimum basilicum L.
Authors: Varga, F., Carović-Stanko, K., Ristić, M., Grdiša, M., Liber, Z., Šatović, Z.
Journal: 2017, Industrial crops and products 109: 611-618
Title: Archaeobotany & Integration of Genetics with Archaeobotany Workshops
Lecturers:
Dr. sc. Sara Essert, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science
Professor Zlatko Liber, CroP-BioDiv
Professor Zlatko Šatović, CroP-BioDiv
Organizers:
“H2020-TWINN-2015” project entitled
The Smart Integration of Genetics with Sciences of the Past in Croatia: Minding and Mending the Gap (“MendTheGap”)
CroP-BioDiv
Time: June 12-13th, 2017
Location: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
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.
Title: Plant Morphological and Molecular Diversity Analysis
Lecturers:
Professor Zlatko Šatović, CroP-BioDiv
Professor Adriana Rebekić, University J.J. Strossmayer, Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek
Filip Varga, BSc., CroP-BioDiv
Organizers:
Professor Sonja Petrović, University J.J. Strossmayer, Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek, leader of the project entitled “Creating Wheat for the Future – Quest for the New Genes in the Old Gene Pool (PHENOWHEAT)”
financed by Croatian Foundation for Science
CroP-BioDiv
Time: June 7-9th, 2017
Location: University J.J. Strossmayer, Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek
Note: Course material (in Croatian) freely available on request (zsatovic@agr.hr
Authors: Galić, V., Franić, M., Jambrović, A., Zdunić, Z., Brkić, A., Šimić, D.
Journal: Poljoprivreda 23(1): 28-33
Title: Genetic Diversity of Croatian Common Bean Landraces
Authors: Carović-Stanko, K., Liber, Z., Vidak, M., Barešić, A., Grdiša, M., Lazarević, B., Šatović, Z.
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 604
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
Title: Germination and dormancy of legumes
Authors: Saraf, D., Vidak, M., Grdiša, M., Carović-Stanko, K.
Journal: 2017, Agronomski glasnik: Glasilo Hrvatskog agronomskog društva 79 (1-2)
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.
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