Scientific

Projects of the Ministry of Science and Education

1. Sonja Petrović, Associate Professor, PhD - Exploitation of bread wheat genetic diversity - path towards development of highly adaptable varieties (Bilateral HR-SLO)
2. Pero Mijić, Full Professor, PhD - Joint research on trends and changes in dairy farm production sector in Serbia and Croatia (Bilateral HR-SRB)
3. Tihomir Florijančić, Full Professor, PhD - Comparative studies of ecology and game habitats (Bilateral HR-CG)
4. Zvonko Antunović, Full Professor, PhD - Production potential and metabolic profile of endangered sheep breeds (Bilateral HR-CG)
5. Bojan Stipešević, Full Professor, PhD - Various functions of cash crops in environmental protection (Bilateral HR - SLO)

2007 - 2014

1. Gordana Kralik, Full Professor, PhD - Specifics of pig and poultry growth and product quality
2. Goran Kušec, Full Professor, PhD - Early prediction of the quality of pig carcasses and meat
3. Marija Ivezić, Full Professor, PhD - Tolerance of maize hybrids to larvae of the corn borer
4. Tihana Sudarić, Associate Professor, PhD - Identification of economic activities in the function of rural development
5. Tihana Teklić, Full Professor, PhD - Physiological mechanisms of plant resistance to abiotic stress
6. Vladimir Vukadinović, Full Professor, PhD - Model for assessment of suitability of land for permanent plantations
7. Tomislav Jurić, Full Professor, PhD - Effectiveness of technical systems and environmental protection
8. Zdenko Lončarić, Full Professor, PhD - Influence of soil conditioning on nutrients and heavy metals in the soil-plant system
9. Karolina Vrandečić, Associate Professor, PhD - The role of weeds in the epidemiology of diseases of field crops
10. Jasenka Ćosić, Full Professor, PhD - Fusarium ear blight and DON content in grain and flour
11. Vlado Kovačević, Full Professor, PhD - Overcoming the stress of growing corn on acidic soil by fertilization and breeding
12. Zlata Milaković, Full Professor, PhD - Cultivation of Galega orientalis - new forage legumes in Croatia
13. Suzana Kristek, Full Professor, PhD - Nitrogen nutrition of sugar beet depending on soil properties and genotype

14. Zvonko Antunović, Full Professor, PhD - Nutritional aspects of modeling productivity and metabolic profile of sheep
15. Vlatka Rozman, Full Professor, PhD - Protection of stored grains by physical measures
16. Mirjana Brmež, Full Professor, PhD - Nematodes as bioindicators of the ecological state of the soil
17. Vlado Guberac, Full Professor, PhD - Genotype and stress effects in wheat and barley seed production and quality
18. Bojan Stipešević, Full Professor, PhD - Fallen crops in ecological farming
19. Sonja Marić, Full Professor, PhD - Identification of wheat germplasm with SSR markers
20. Edita Štefanić, Full Professor, PhD - Monitoring of aeroallergens and a model of systematic suppression of allergenic plants
21. Gordana Bukvić, Full Professor, PhD - Selection of red clover to improve nodulation, yield and quality
22. Jasna Šoštarić, Full Professor, PhD - Management of water resources in the irrigation of eastern Croatia
23. Renata Baličević, Associate Professor, PhD - Integrated protection of field crops from weeds
24. Emilija Raspudić, Full Professor, PhD - Biological control of corn moth (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner)
25. Mirjana Baban, Full Professor, PhD - Analysis and genetic improvement of sports horse breeds in Croatia
26. Đuro Banaj, Full Professor, PhD - Innovative techniques of pesticide application in the function of saving and protecting the environment
27. Ranko Gantner, Associate Professor, PhD - Obtaining cultivars of field pea (Pisum sativum) with high yield and quality
28. Dragan Amić, Full Professor, PhD - Relationship between structure and activity of flavonoids
29. Dalida Galović, Associate Professor, PhD - Shortening the breeding period of carp (Cyprinus carpio) and improving meat quality
30. Matija Domaćinović, Full Professor, PhD - Pure nutrients in the optimization of meals for monogastric animals
31. Tihomir Florijančić, Full Professor, PhD - Epizootiological research on invasive game diseases in eastern Croatia
32. Mladen Jurišić, Full Professor, PhD - Application of GIS technology in plant cultivation - digital thematic maps
33. Davor Kralik, Full Professor, PhD - Use of slurry and legumes in energy production
34. Andrija Kristek, Full Professor, PhD - Increasing the sugar content in beets by selecting the genotype and agrotechnical measures
35. Pero Mijić, Full Professor, PhD - Characteristics of milk flow during machine milking of cows
36. Marcela Šperanda, Full Professor, PhD - Natural immunomodulators and antioxidants in the optimization of pig production
37. Zdravko Tolušić, Full Professor, PhD - Market and economic aspects of animal products of improved quality
38. Ivica Bošković, Associate Professor, PhD - Possibilities of improving the working characteristics of hound hunting dogs
39. Krunoslav Zmaić, Full Professor, PhD - Development of a multi-sector model of family agriculture in rural areas
40. Zdenko Lončarić, Full Professor, PhD - Soil quality as yield limiting factors and agrotechnical solutions
41. Vlatka Rozman, Full Professor, PhD - Ecologically acceptable protection of plants in agricultural production

VIP projects (2014.-)

1. Mato Drenjančević, Associate Professor, PhD - Improvement of aronia production
2. Danijel Jug, Full Professor, PhD - Conservation tillage as a measure to mitigate climate change
3. Davor Kralik, Full Professor, PhD - Alternative raw materials in energy production and improvement of the methanogenesis process
4. Gordana Kralik, Full Professor, PhD - Innovative technology to competitive production of table eggs
5. Zdenko Lončarić, Full Professor, PhD - Adaptation to climate change by optimizing nitrogen fertilization of field crops
6. Vladimir Margeta, Full Professor, PhD - The application of molecular genetics in improving the breeding of black Slavonian pigs
7. Sonja Vila, Full Professor, PhD - Adaptability of Croatian wheat assortment in conditions of climate change
8. Pero Mijić, Full Professor, PhD - Microclimatic influences on the amount and composition of cow's milk
9. Nada Parađiković, Full Professor, PhD - Production of autochthonous garlic with the goal of self-sufficiency and increased exports
10. Bojan Stipešević, Full Professor, PhD - Cultivation system of mongoose and camellia in different weather conditions
11. Tihomir Florijančić, Full Professor, PhD - Improvement of feathered game breeding technology
12. Vladimir Margeta, Associate Professor, PhD - Development of production systems and standardization of meat quality of black Slavonian pig
13. Zlata Kralik, Associate Professor, PhD - Enrichment of Croatian hen eggs with essential microelements
14. Zvonko Antunović, Full Professor, PhD - Alternative approach to improving ecological sheep production
15. Boris Đurđević, Associate Professor, PhD - Application of biochar as a soil conditioner - a step towards sustainable plant production
16. Krunoslav Karalić, Associate Professor, PhD - Determination of the effectiveness of new carbonate and silicate materials for calcification in vegetation experiments
17. Tomislav Vinković, Associate Professor, PhD - Defining the production technology of autochthonous paprika
18. Vlado Guberac, Associate Professor, PhD - Increasing the competitiveness of family farms by making maximum use of the genetic potential of the domestic variety of wheat
19. Aleksandar Stanisavljević , Full Professor, PhD - Modern technologies of fruit seedling production

University projects

1. Sanda Rašić, Associate Professor, PhD - Botanical origin of honey - indicator of honey quality
2. Krunoslav Karalić, Associate Professor, PhD - Accessibility of microelements on calcified soils and changes in the concentration of microelements in the plant
3. Dejan Agić, Associate Professor, PhD - Influence of flavonoids on the activity of metallopeptidases Family M49
4. Željka Klir, PhD - Hemp seed cake – an alternative feed for improving the quality of goat milk
5. Vesna Rastija, Associate Professor, PhD - Free online open source programs in the research of the quantitative relationship between the structure and activity of biologically active compounds
6. Karolina Vrandečić, Full Professor, PhD - Interaction between earthworms and fungi in the soil, the effect of earthworm coelomocytes on the growth of phytopathogenic fungi
7. Ivana Majić, Associate Professor, PhD - Representation and biodiversity of entomopathogenic nematodes in agroecosystems in Slavonia and Baranja
8. Vladimir Margeta, Associate Professor, PhD - Virtual museum of the black Slavonian pig - piper
9. Josip Novoselec, Associate Professor, PhD - Production-metabolic effects of using pumpkin seed cake in sheep feeding
10. Matija Domaćinović, Full Professor, PhD Effect of improved chicken meat on human health
11. Vladimir Zebec, Associate Professor, PhD The influence of physicochemical properties of carbonate soils and nitrogen fertilization on grapevine nutrition in the Baranja vineyard
12. Aleksandar Stanisavljević, Full Professor, PhD Contemporary production of fruit planting material in vitro tissue culture
13. Ivona Djurkin Kušec, Associate Professor, PhD Genetic characterization of two autochthonous dog breeds
14. Drago Bešlo, Associate Professor, PhD Antioxidative activity of lignans
15. Vesna Rastija, Associate Professor, PhD Molecular modeling of dipeptidyl-peptidase III inhibition by benzimidazoles
16. Jelena Ilić, Associate Professor, PhD Endophytic fungi in tissue culture
17. Anita Liška, Associate Professor, PhD Assessment of resistance of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) to phosphine
18. Zlata Kralik, Associate Professor, PhD Innovative technology to the production of eggs with added value

Horizon 2020

The project was initiated within the Sustainable Food Security call (SFS-07 a-2014), and started on April 1, 2015.

25 institutions from 9 countries participate in the project, and it was selected for financing along with only two other proposals from a total of 59 applications, which emphasizes the quality and success of that consortium. Partners from Croatia are the Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek (PFOS) and the Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb (UNIZG). The project manager is Dr. Marjeta Čandek Potokar from the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, and the Croatian representatives in the General Assembly (GA), the main governing body of the project, are Prof. Goran Kušec, Ph.D. (PFOS) and Prof. Ph.D. Danijel Karoly (UNIZG). These two researchers actively participated in the design of the project as members of the consortium at the time of application. The project was financed with EUR 3,395,991.00 and will last 48 months.

Research activities will be focused on European local pig breeds and their husbandry systems. In the case of our country, these are black Slavonian and Turopolska pigs. The project is planned to respond to the increased demand for quality and safe pork products with a regional identity that are produced in accordance with the requirements for environmental protection, with the aim of developing local agro-economies. Also, the research involves the description of local pig breeds, especially those that are still less known on a European scale, using the latest tools of molecular genetics. The properties of these pigs will be studied in different production systems (open, closed, organic and similar), and special attention will be given to the feeding of experimental animals and management strategies within available, local resources. At the end, the quality of traditional but also innovative products originating from pigs of local breeds will be investigated, with a special focus on consumer demands and their willingness to accept the prices of these products of high quality and thus greater value. The TREASURE project is organized into work groups (work packages - WP), and the team from Osijek will participate in the following:

WP1. Characterization of regional autochthonous pig populations in Europe

WP2. Production indicators and management of local pig breeds in different production systems

WP3. Traditional and new products of high quality with regional identity

WP5. Measures to maximize project effects and dissemination of results.

The members of the research team of the Osijek Faculty of Agriculture are: Prof. Ph.D. Goran Kušec, assistant professor, Ph.D. Vladimir Margeta, assistant professor, Ph.D. Ivona Djurkin Kušec, Ph.D. Boris Lukić and Kristina Budimir mag.ing.agr.