Hrvoje Šarčević

Personal information

Hrvoje Šarčević, PhD.
Assistant professor (2005.)
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics
Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb
Hall VI, Floor II
+385 /1/239 3937
+385 /1/239 3631
e-mail: hsarcevic@agr.hr

Teaching

Undergraduate program

Genetics (associate)

Graduate program

Undergraduate study programme (B.Sc.)

Genetics (associate)
Genetics (associate) Mediterranean Agriculture, University of Zagreb and University of Split

Graduate study programme (M.Sc.)

Population Genetics in Plant Breeding (coordinator)
Plant Genetics (associate)
Breeding for Resistance to Pests and Abiotic Stresses (associate)
Molecular Breeding (associate)
Quantitative Genetics in Plant Sciences (associate)

Postgraduate doctoral study programme (Ph.D.)

Population and Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding (coordinator)
Agrobiodiversity in Plant Breeding (associate)
Molekular Methods in Plant Breeding (associate)

Professsional degree course

Principles of Genetics (coordinator), Polytechnic Marko Marulić, Knin

Research interests

Genetics and breeding of wheat and maize
Recurrent selection of maize
Application of molekular markers in plant breeding
Population genetics

Current projects

2008 .- 2010.

SEEDNet  regional project: Collecting local landraces of maize and cereals (wheat, barley, rye, oat, millet and buckwheat) in South Eastern Europe Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and CBM (Swedish Hrvoje Šarčević, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Hrvoje Šarčević

2007. - 2010.

Nitrogen use efficiency an bread making quality in wheat
Ministry of science, education and sports of the Republic of Croatia
Hrvoje Šarčević, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2007. - 2010.

Recurrent selection of maize synthetic for N use efficiency and ASR resistance
Ministry of science, education and sports of the Republic of Croatia
Vinko Kozumplik, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Academic qualifications

2003. - PhD.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Genetic changes in the M3S population of maize (Zea mays L.) under recurrent selection

1998. - M.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Investigation of dormancy and sprouting in the ear in wheat (Tr. aestivum L.)

1991. - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Estimation of vernalization requirements in wheat (Tr. aestivum L.)

Training and research experience

2007.

Nordic Gene Bank, Alnarp, Sweden
Gene bank  management and operation course

2004.

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Prof. Bruce Weir
Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics

2002.

Agricultural Research Institut of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvasar, Hungary
Prof Denes Dudits
International course: Theoretical and practical aspects of molecular breeding in cereals

Employment and work experience

1994. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2002. - 2006.

Recurrent selection and molecular markers in plant breeding
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Vinko Kozumplik, Agronomski fakultet, University of Zagreb

1996. - 2002.

Biotechnology and Genetic Parameters in Plant Breeding
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Vinko Kozumplik, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

1992. - 1996.

Estimation and Aplication of Genetic Parameters in Field Crops
Ministry of Science and Technolgy, Croatia
Vinko Kozumplik, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

Scientific publications

Jukic M., Vragolovic A., Safner T., Sarcevic H., Buhinicek I. (2008). Modeling yield performance of various hybrid combinations in different environmental conditions. Cereal Research Communications 36(Part 3 Suppl S):1551-1554.

Keresa S., Baric M., Sarcevic H., Jercic IH., Vujic V. (2008). Tolerance to drought stress of Croatian winter wheat genotypes at seedling stage. Cereal Research Communications 36(Part 2 Suppl S):1039-1042.
Sabljo A., Sarcevic H., Palaversic B., Buhinicek I., Kozumplik V., Bukan M., Gunjaca J., Beljo J., Tomasovic S., Ikic I. (2008) Improvement of grain yield and Fusarium stalk rot resistance in the M3S maize population by recurrent selection. Cereal Research Communications 36(Suppl B):159-160.

Sarcevic H., Pejic I., Baric M., Kozumplik V. (2008). Originality of M3S maize population and changes in allele frequencies revealed by SSR markers after two cycles of selfed progeny recurrent selection. Euphytica 161(1-2):97-105.

Gunjaca J., Buhinicek I., Jukic M., Sarcevic H., Vragolovic A., Kozic Z., Jambrovic A., Pejic I. (2008) Discriminating maize inbred lines using molecular and DUS data. Euphytica 161(1-2):165-172.

Baric M., Sarcevic H., Keresa S., Jercic IH., Rukavina I. (2007) Genotypic differences for nitrogen use efficiency in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Cereal Research Communications 35(2 Part 1):213-216.

Buhinicek I., Simic D., Sarcevic H., Jukic M., Kozumplik V. (2007) Comparing estimates of variances and correlations for two recurrent selection methods in the maize synthetic FAOSYNFR1B. Cereal Research Communications 35(2 Part 1):517-520.

Buhinicek I., Palaversic B., Vragolovic A., Simic D., Sarcevic H., Kozumplik V. (2005). Improvement of stalk rot resistance and grain yield in the maize synthetic FAOSYNFR1B by recurrent selection. Cereal Research Communications 33(2-3):517-524.

Sarcevic H., Pejic I., Baric M., Kozumplik V. (2004). Performance and inbreeding depression of an exotic maize population under selfed progeny recurrent selection. Bodenkultur 55(1):21-27.

Barić M., Pecina M., Šarčević H., Kereša S. (2004). Stability of four Croatian bred winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars for quality traits. Plant, Soil and Environment 50(9): 402-408.

Kereša S., Barić M., Šarčević H., Gunjača J. (2004). Influence of zeatin on wheat regeneration from immature embryos. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus 69(1):17-20.

Barić M., Pecina M., Šarčević, H., Kereša, S. (2004). Stability of four Croatian bred winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars for quality traits. Plant, Soil and Environment 50, 2004 (9):402-408.

Kereša S., Barić M., Šarčević H., Marchetti S. (2003). Callus induction and plant regeneration from immature and mature embryos and immature inflorescences of eight Croatian winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.). Die Bodenkultur, 54:167-173.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=220853