Tihomir Miličević

 

Personal information

Tihomir Miličević, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (2010)
Department of Plant Pathology
Hall IV, ground floor
Tel: +385 1 239 3732
e-mail: tmilicevioc (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Basic plant pathology (coordinator)
Pest management of vegetable and ornamental plants (coordinator)
Pest management of fruit crops (assistant)
Pest management of vegetable and ornamental plants - Mediterranean Agriculture faculty in Split (coordinator)

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Plant-pathogen interactions (coordinator)
Phytomycology (assistant)
Experimental design and data analysis in plant protection (assistant)

Postgraduate doctoral study programme (PhD)

Plant virology (coordinator)

Research interests

Mycology - plant pathogenic fungi and plant mycoses
Plant pathogenic fungi on endemic and protected plants in flora of Croatia
Mycoses of fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants
Mycoses on strawberries
Resistance of plant pathogenic fungi to fungicides
Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph Botryotinia fuckeliana)

Current projects

2007.

Project name: Chorology of phytopathogenic fungi on plants of special importance in Croatian flora (Ministry of science, education and sport, Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Tihomir Milicevic, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

2007.

Project name: Identification of phytopathogens by molecular and other methods (Ministry of science, education and sport, Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Bogdan Cvjetkovic, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

2006. - 2010.

Project name: COST - Eurobery 863 (EU project)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Bruno Mezzeti (Italy)

Academic qualifications

2005. - Ph.D.

Genotypic and phenotypic variability in the populations of pathogenic fungus Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetz. on grapevine and strawberries
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2001. - M.Sc.

Etiology and epidemiology of most important strawberry mycoses
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

1996 - B.Sc.

Parasitic and semi parasitic higher plants in flora of Croatia
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Training and research experience

2008.

CRA-FRU Centro per la Ricerca in Frutticoltura (Fruit Tree Research Center), Rome, Italy: Methods of micropropagation of strawberry as aid in research of phytopathogenic fungi

2006.

Plant Pathology Researche Center (Centro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale), Rome, Italy: Phytopathological analysis of most important pathogens on strawberries

2003.

Department of plant protection and microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bari, Italy:  Genetics and resistance of plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph Botryotinia fuckeliana) to fungicides

2001.

Department of plant protection and microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bari, Italy: Molecular methods and techniques for detection of phytopathogenic fungi

Employment and work experience

1997. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2005. - 2007.

Project name: INTERREG III A - Variprovit (EU project)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Pierfederico La Notte (Italy)

2004. - 2005.

Project name: Integrated pest management of strawberries in different cultivation systems (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Tihomir Miličević, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

2003. - 2005.

Project name: Elements for ecologically acceptable plant protection (Ministry of Science and Technology of Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Bogdan Cvjetkovic, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

2003. - 2005.

Ecologically acceptable formulations for control of plant mycoses (Ministry of Science and Technology of Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Snjezana Topolovec-Pintaric, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

1996. - 2002.

Integrated pest control (Ministry of Science and Technology of Croatia)
Coordinator: Ph.D. Bogdan Cvjetkovic, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

Membership in
Croatian Plant Protection Society
Croatian Botanical Society
Croatian Microbiological Society
International Society for Horticultural Science
Society for Plant Protection in BiH

Scientific publications

Miličević, Tihomir; Ivić, Dario; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Kaliterna, Joško. (2008): Occurrence of phytopathogenic fungi on certain plant taxa in Biokovo nature park and Kotišina botanical garden. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. In press

Mešić, Aleksandar; Barčić, Josip; Igrc Barčić, Jasminka; Miličević, Tihomir; Duralija, Boris; Gotlin Čuljak, Tanja. (2008): A low environmental impact method to control horse chestnut leaf miner Cameraria ohridella (Deschka et Dimić). Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment 6, 3-4; 421-427

Duvnjak, Tomislav; Vratarić, Marija; Sudarić, Aleksandra; Vrandečić, Karolina; Miličević, Tihomir. (2007): Pathogen - plant interaction : Phomopsis longicolla strain pathogenicity. Cereal Research Communication 35, 2; 361-364

Miličević, T., Topolovec-Pintarić, Snježana., Cvjetković, B., Duralija, B. (2006):  The Sensitivity of Strawberry Cultivars to Major Fungal Foliar Diseases in Croatia, and the Possibilities for their Control. Acta Horticulturae 1, 708; 127-130

Miličević, Tihomir; Topolovec-Pintarić, Snježana; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Ivić, Dario; Duralija, Boris. (2006): Sympatric Subpopulation of Botrytis cinerea on Strawberries Based on the Content of Transposable Elements and Their Connection with Resistance to Botryticides.  Acta Horticulturae 1, 708; 115-118

Miličević, Tihomir; Ivić Dario; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Duralija Boris. (2006): Possibilities of Strawberry Integrated Disease Management in Different Cultivation Systems. Agriculture Conspectus Scientificus 71, 4; 129-134

Ivić, Dario; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Miličević, Tihomir. (2006): Dinamika i intenzitet razvoja bolesti na jabuci tijekom skladištenja.  Poljoprivreda 12, 12; 36-41

Topolovec-Pintarić, Snježana; Miličević, Tihomir; Cvjetković, Bogdan. (2004): Genetic diversity and dynamic of pyrimethanil resistant phenotype in population of Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr. in one winegrowing area in Croatia. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz 5, 111; 451-460

De Miccolis, Angelini Rita; Miličević, Tihomir; Natale, Patrizia; Lepore, Antonio; De Guido, Maria Antonia; Pollastro, Stefania; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Faretra, Franco. (2003): Botryotinia fuckeliana isolates carrying different transposones show differential response to fungicides and localization on host plant.  Journal of plant pathology 4, 85; 288-289

Miličević, Tihomir; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Jurjević, Željko. (2002): Biology and control of the fungus Diplocarpon earliana (Ell.& Ev.) Wolf on strawberries. Fragmenta phytomedica et herbologica 27, 1-2; 5-13

Miličević, Tihomir; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Topolovec-Pintarić, Snježana. (2002): Dynamics of most important fungal diseases of strawberries in Croatia and suggestions for integrated control. Plant protection science. 38, 2; 689-692

Jurjević, Željko; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Miličević, Tihomir. (2001): Biologija i epidemiologija mikrogljive Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Winter. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus 66, 2; 95-101

Jurjević, Željko; Cvjetković, Bogdan; Miličević, Tihomir. (2000): Taksonomske i patološke karakteristike roda Fusarium. Sjemenarstvo 17, 5-6; 267-277

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=250081

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