Josip Leto

Personal information

Josip Leto, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department of field crops, forage and grassland
Pavilion 6, floor 3
Tel:+385 01 239 4079
Grassland Center
Sljeme 1
Tel.: +385 01 455 00 42
e-mail: jleto@agr.hr

Teaching

Undergraduate program - Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb; 

Grassland production (associate)
Crop and forage production (associate)
Crop production (associate)

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
AG 1032 Grassland Management (associate)
AG1132 Grassland Management Systems (associate)
AG Forage conservation (associate)

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
AG2219 Grassland production (associate)
AG2157 Agricultural Phytocenology (coordinator)

Postgraduate doctoral study programme (PhD)

Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Grassland ecology and research methods in grassland production (associate)

Professsional degree course

Polytechnic Marko Marulić, Knin
Grassland production and utilisation (coordinator)
Agricultural Phytocenology (coordinator)

Research interests

Grassland production and utilisation
Agricultural Phytocenology

Current projects

2006. - 2010.

Evaluation of Sustainable Forage Production Systems in Hilly Mountain Regions
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Assistant  professor Josip Leto, Ph.D.

2006. - 2010.

Ecological acceptable organic fertilisers management in forage production
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Full  professor Mladen Knežević, Ph.D.

Academic qualifications

2005. - Ph.D

Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Persistency of white clover and yield of grass/clover mixture under contrasting managements

1997. - M.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Morphological Characteristics, Yield and Feeding Value of Red Clover Cultivars in the Lowland and Mountain region of Croatia

1994. - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Intensive production and utilisation of forage varieties

Training and research experience

1999.

Aberystwyth, Wales
Institute of grassland and environmental research (IGER)
Legume breeding and utilisation

1997.

Kopenhagen, Danska
DLF Trifolium
Lown grass

Employment and work experience

1994. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2003. - 2005.

Model of production and utilisation quality forage on family farm
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports     
Full professor Zvonimir Štafa

2003. - 2005.

Establishment of system for forage analyzing  by NIR-spektroscopy
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Council for Research in Agriculture
mr. sc. Marina Vranić

2002. - 2005.

Sustainable management systems of natural forage resources  
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Associate  professor Mladen Knežević

2002. - 2005.

Development of calf production tehnology in cow-calf system
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Associate professor Mladen Knežević

2001. - 2003.

Evaluation of forage production systems on grasslands
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Council for Research in Agriculture
mr. sc. Josip Leto

1998. - 2001.

Improvement of forage production and conservation
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Council for Research in Agriculture
Assistant professor Mladen Knežević

1996. - 2002.

Development of grassland and forage production
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Council for Research in Agriculture
Assistant professor Mladen Knežević

1996. - 1999.

Sustainable management systems of natural forage resources  
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Assistant  professor Mladen Knežević

1990. - 1995.

Forage production in marginal ecological conditions
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Assistant  professor Mladen Knežević

Scientific publications

J. Leto, M. Knežević, K. Bošnjak, D. Maćešić, Z. Štafa, V. Kozumplik (2004) Yield and quality of red clover cultivars in the lowland and the mountain regions. Plant, soil and environment, 50 (9): 391-396

Z. Svečnjak, B. Varga, A. Pospišil, Ž. Jukić and J. Leto (2004) Maize hybrid performance as affected by production systems in Croatia. Die Bodenkultur 55 (1): 37-44

A. Ivanković, P. Dovč, T. Kravar, P. Caput, B. Mioč, V. Pavić, V. Štuhec, J. Leto (2005) Genetic characterisation of the Pag island sheep breed based on microsatellite and mtDNA data. Small Ruminant Research 57: 167-174

B. Liker, L. Bačar-Huskić, M. Knežević, V. Rupić, N. Vranešić, Ž. Romić, D. Grbeša, D. Maćešić, J. Leto, L. Antunović and Ž. Krnić (2005) Blood metabolites and haematological indices of pregnant beef cows fed rumen-protected methionine. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 14: 625-638

B. Liker, N. Vranešić, D. Grbeša, L. Bačar-Huskić, I. Matić, M. Knežević, M. Šperanda, J. Leto, D. Maćešić (2006) Blood metabolites and haematological indices of beef cattle fed rumen-protected methionine. Acta Veterinaria, 56, 1: 3-15.

M. Knežević,  J. Leto, G. Perčulija, K. Bošnjak, M. Vranić (2007) Effect of liquid manure application on yield, quality and botanical composition of grassland. Cereal Research Communications, 35, 2: 637-640

D. Uher, D. Maćešić, Z. Svečnjak, J. Leto, Z. Štafa (2007) The effect of darvest date on forage production and crude protein yield of forage pea and small grain cereal mixtures. Cereal Research Communications, 35, 2: 1237-1240

M. Vranić, M. Knežević,  K. Bošnjak, J. Leto, G. Perčulija (2007) Feeding value of low quality grass silage supplemented with maize silage for sheep. Agricultural and Food Science, 16: 17-24

M. Knežević, M. Vranić, K. Bošnjak, D. Grbeša, G. Perčulija, J. Leto, H. Kutnjak (2007) Effects of inclusion of maize silage in a diet based on grass silage on the intake, apparent digestibility and nitrogen retention in wether sheep. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 47, 12: 1408-1414

Knežević, M., Vranić M., Bošnjak, K., Leto, J., Kutnjak, H., Turčin, D. (2007) Utjecaj dodatka kukuruzne silaže travnoj silaži različitih rokova košnje na probavljivost suhe tvari, organske tvari i probavljivost organske tvari u suhoj tvari obroka. Mljekarstvo, 57, 4: 303-320

M. Vranić, M. Knežević, K. Bošnjak, J. Leto, G. Perčulija, I. Matić (2008) Effects of replacing grass silage harvested at two maturity stages with maize silage in the ration upon the intake, digestibility and N retention in wether sheep. Livestock Science, 114, 1: 84-92

K. Bošnjak,  J. Leto, M. Knežević, M. Pavlak, Hrvoje Kutnjak (2008) Variation in yield and persistence of white clover under N fertilizing and grazing. Cereal Research Communications, 36, 2055-2058

J. Leto, M. Knežević, K. Bošnjak, M. Vranić, J. Gunjača (2008) Changes in grassland yield and botanical composition under contrasting managements. Cereal Research Communications, 36, 867-870

G. Perčulija, M. Knežević, K Bošnjak,  J.Leto (2008) Influence of grass-clover maturity stage on ruminal degradability of silage. Cereal Research Communications, 36, 2063-2066

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=218120