Assist. Prof. Joško Kaliterna, PhD

Office location: 3rd Pavillion, 1st Floor, Department of Plant Pathology, room number 030
phone: +385 1 239 3730
e-mail: jkaliterna ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: tuesday from 12pm to 2pm
Academic qualifications
- 2013: doctorate (Ph.D.)
Institution: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Title of doctoral thesis: “Identification, pathogenicity and distribution of fungal species from families Botryosphaeriaceae and Diaporthaceae on grapevine in Croatia” - 2006: graduate diploma (M.Sc.)
Institution: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
Title of graduate thesis: "Inhibitory potency of pesticides on transmembrane P-glycoprotein in mouse fibroblasts"
Employment and work experience
- 2008 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
2016 - present: Assistant Professor
2014 - 2016: Junior researcher, postoc
2008 - 2014: Junior researcher, assistant
Teaching
- Biljna mikologija (173290)
- Bolesti ukrasnog bilja (116672)
- Bolesti vinove loze (133165)
- Interakcija biljka patogen (144429)
- Osnove fitomedicine (143787)
- Štetnici i bolesti ljekovitog i aromatičnog bilja (185496)
- Štetočinje povrća (157345)
- Zaštita povrća i ukrasnog bilja od štetočinja (144007)
- Zaštita ratarskih kultura od štetočinja (144064)
- Zaštita uskladištenih poljoprivrednih proizvoda od štetočinja (157188)
- Zaštita voćaka i vinove loze od štetočinja (144008)
Research interests
- mycoses of grapevine, olive, pomegranate, fig tree, blueberry and other woody hosts
- mycoses of fruits
- mycoses of vegetables
- mycoses of ornamental plants
- molecular identification of plant pathogenic fungi
- pathogenicity of plant pathogenic fungi
Training and research experience
- 16. 02. 2015. - 20. 02. 2015.: INRA Centre de recherche Bordeaux-Aquitaine, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble ISVV – IFR103, Villenave d'Ornon, France (scientific)
“Biological methods to study the microbial communities colonizing the wood of vines” - 07. 04. 2011. - 24. 06. 2011.: Center for Microbiological Resources, University New Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal (scientific)
“Morphological and molecular identification of Botryosphaeriaceae species” - 04. 05. 2008. - 14. 05. 2008.: Department of Plant Protection and Applied Mycrobiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy (scientific)
“Molecular methods in Mycology” - 07. 04. 2008. - 11. 04. 2008.: Institute Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia (scientific)
“Methodology courses in biology and medicine - DNA and RNA”
Projects
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Title | Funding | Status |
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Sustainable control of grapevine trunk diseases | COST | in progress |
Bilinogojstvom do sekundarnih biljnih metabolita: primjena mineralnih hraniva i elicitora za povećanje koncentracije fenola u listu masline | Croatian science foundation | in progress |
Standardizacija molekularne dijagnostike uzročnika biljnih bolesti | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | in progress |
Istraživanje manje poznatih i neistraženih patogena smokve na području Republike Hrvatske | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | finished |
Horologija fitopatogenih gljiva na vrstama od posebne važnosti u flori Hrvatske | MZOS | finished |
Identifikacija fitopatogena molekularnim i drugim metodama | MZOS | finished |
Publications
- Kaliterna, J., Miličević, T., Benčić, Đ. & Mešić, A. (2016) First Report of Verticillium Wilt Caused by Verticillium dahliae on Olive Trees in Croatia. Plant disease, 100 (12), 2526-2526. doi:10.1094/PDIS-04-16-0481-PDN.
- Kaliterna, J., Miličević, T., Benčić, Đ. & Duralija, B. (2013) First Report of Neofusicoccum parvum Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Croatia. Plant disease, 97 (12), 1656-1656. doi:10.1094/PDIS-03-13-0283-PDN.
- Kaliterna, J., Miličević, T. & Cvjetković, B. (2012) Grapevine Trunk Diseases Associated with Fungi from the Diaporthaceae Family in Croatian Vineyards. Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 63 (4), 471-478.
- Kaliterna, J., Miličević, T., Ivić, D., Benčić, Đ. & Mešić, A. (2012) First Report of Diplodia seriata as causal agent of olive dieback in Croatia. Plant disease, 96 (2), 290-290. doi:10.1094/PDIS-08-11-0628.
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/302716?w_mentor=1
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=RhBFACoAAAAJ&hl=en
Other professional activities
- 2011: Croatian Microbiological Society / member
- 2008: Croatian Plant Protection Society / member