Antonela Kozina

Personal information

Antonela Kozina, Ph.D.
Senior Assistant (2012)
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Department for Agricultural Zoology
Hall III, Ground floor
tel: +385 01 239 3737
e-mail: akozina (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Principles of phytomedicine (collaborator)
Principles of phytopharmacy (collaborator)

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Apllied entomology (collaborator)

Research interests

Entomology
GIS technology in entomology
Population and distribution of Elateridae
Integrated control of crop pests

Current projects

2013 – 2014, Enhancement of collaboration between science, industry and farmers: Technology transfer for integrated pest management (IPM) in sugar beet as the way to improve farmer's income and reduce pesticide use, Science and Innovation Investment Fund Grant Scheme, principal investigator: prof.dr.sc. Renata Bažok

2012 - 2015, Technology transfer in sugar beet production: improvements in pest control following the principles of integrated pest management (IPM), principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Renata Bažok

2012 – 2014, Integrated control of wireworms in terms of climate changes and new insights (VIP project), principal investigator: dr.sc. Antonela Kozina

2010 - 2012, Ecologically acceptable integrated protection of cabbage against pests based on EU standards (VIP project), principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Renata Bažok

2010 - 2013, International joint Master degree in Plant Medicine (158875-TEMPUS-1-2009-1-IT-TEMPUS-JPSR) – member of Didactic and Scientific working group, coordinator for Croatia: prof.dr.sc. Z. Ostojić

2007 – now, The spatial distribution of economically important pests with the use of GIS, principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Igrc Barčić

2007 – now, Risk estimation system - the basis for integrated control of corn pests, Ministry of science education and sport, principal investigator: prof.dr.sc. Renata Bažok

Academic qualifications

2012 - Ph.D.

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
The factors for the temporal and spatial distribution of the economically important maize pests

2005. - M.Sc.

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
The possibilities for the investigation of the zoocides efficacy

Training and research experience

November, 2012 – Integrated pest management, University of Bari, Faculty of Agriculture (TEMPUS)

July, 2012 – Environmental fate and plant interaction of plant protection products, Agronomski fakultet, Zagreb (TEMPUS)

May, 2010 – Practice data analysis with GIS software, Bologna, Italy (Erasmus)

December, 2009 - Advanced work in Merlin system, University computing centre, Zagreb

April, 2008 - International Short Course on Introduction to Spatial Data Processing - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

February, 2007 - Introduction in ArcGis - GISDATA, Zagreb

March, 2005 - Toxicology Course - Croatian Institute for Toxicology, Zagreb

Employment and work experience

2005. - now

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

2005. - 2005.

Poljoprivredna ljekarna , Graberje Ivanićko

1999. - 2005.

Majić - gradnja d.o.o., Zagreb

Other professional activities

2012 - Royal Entomological Society (RES), member

2009 - International organization for biological control (IOBC), member

2006 - Croatian entomological society - member

2006 – 2009 - Croatian society of plant protection - secretary

2005 - Toxicology course - Croatian Department for toxicology, Zagreb

2004 - Croatian society of plant protection - member

Scientific publications

Papers indexed in a1 data bases

Kozina, A., Čačija, M., Igrc Barčić, J., Bažok, R. (2012): Influence of climatic conditions on the distribution, abundance and activity of Agriotes lineatus L. adults in sex pheromone traps in Croatia. DOI 10.1007/s00484-012-0577-z

Dminić, I., Kozina, A., Bažok, R., Igrc Barčić, J. (2010): Geographic information systems (GIS) and entomological research: a review.  International Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. Vol. 8 (2):132-137.

Bažok, R., Igrc Barčić, J., Kos, T., Gotlin Čuljak, T. Šilović, M., Jelovčan, S., Kozina A. (2009): Monitoring and efficacy of selected insecticides for European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hubn., Lepidoptera: Crambidae) control. Journal of Pest Science. Vol. 82(3):311-319.

Papers indexed in a2 data bases

Kozina, A., Virić, H., Gotlin Čuljak, H., Karačić, A. (2012): Entomofauna šipka (Punica granatum L.). Glasilo biljne zaštite Vol. 5: 405-413

Bažok, R., Ceranić-Sertić, M., Igrc Barčić, J., Borošić, J., Kozina, A., Kos, T., Lemić, D., Čačija, M. (2012): Seasonal Flight, Optimal Timing and Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Cabbage Maggot (Delia radicum L., Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Control. Insects Vol. 3: 1001-1027.

International conference papers

Čačija, M., Kozina, A., Bažok, R., Lemić, D. (2011): Katalog vrsta porodice Elateridae u Hrvatskoj / Book of abstracts of the 22. Symposium internationale entomofaunisticum Europae centralis, Varaždin, Hrvatska, 49-50.

Kozina, A., Čačija, M., Bažok, R. (2011): Distribution and abundance of Agriotes lineatus L. adults on pheromone traps in four regions in Croatia. IOBC wprs Bulletin Vol. 66: 505-509

Bažok R., Kozina A., Čačija M., Kos T. (2010): Meteorological elements which influence the abundance of Agriotes ustulatus Schall. IXth European Congress of Entomology, Program and Book of Abstracts / Vásárhelyi, Tamás (ur.). Budapest, Hungary.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=278492