Prof. Jerko Gunjača, PhD

Prof. Jerko Gunjača, PhD

Full Professor
Division for Plant Sciences
Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics
Office location: 6th Pavillion, 3rd floor, room munber 310
Phone: +385 1 239 3938
Email: jgunjaca ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english

Academic qualifications

  • 1999 - 2001: PhD
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    "Genotype by Environment Interaction in Unbalanced Data Sets"
  • 1994 - 1998: MSc
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    "Yield Stability Estimation from Unbalanced Data Sets"
  • 1986 - 1992: BSc
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    "Interests and Motivation of Farmers in Cooperation"

Employment and work experience

  • 1994 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    2018 - now Full Professor - permanent position
    2013 - 2018 Full Professor
    2008 - 2013 Associate Professor
    2005 - 2008 Assistant Professor
  • 1993 - 1994: Agricultural cooperative "Primošten Burni"

Teaching

Research interests

  • Quantitative Genetics
  • Genotype by Environment Interaction
  • Analysis of Molecular Data
  • Genetic Similarity and Genetic Diversity
  • Association Mapping

Training and research experience

  • 2008/09/01 - 2009/01/30: Cornell University (scientific)
    Fulbright scolarship
  • 2005/09/12 - 2005/09/23: CIHEAM - IAMZ (scientific)
    course "Design and Analysis of Multi-environment Trials: Conventional and QTL-based Methods"
  • 2004/03/08 - 2004/05/01: Wageningen University and Research Center (teaching)
    TEMPUS IMG
  • 1996/09/23 - 1996/12/13: The University of Birmingham, School of Biological Sciences (scientific)
    course "Applied Genetics"

Projects

scientific

Title Funding Duration AFZ role
Znanstveni centar izvrsnosti za bioraznolikost i molekularno oplemenjivanje bilja (CroP-BioDiv) Europski fond za regionalni razvoj 2018/01/01 - 2023/01/01 coordinator
Procjena genetske adaptabilnosti hrvatskog sortimenta kukuruza i soje u funkciji oplemenjivanja prema tolerantnosti na sušu Croatian science foundation 2017/04/01 - 2019/04/01 coordinator
Genetska osnova količne bioaktivnih hranivih tvari hrvatskih populacija graha Croatian science foundation 2014/06/16 - 2017/06/15 coordinator
Epigenetička vs. genetička raznolikost prirodnih biljnih populacija: Studija slučaja hrvatskih endemičnih kadulja Croatian science foundation 2012/12/01 - 2015/01/12 coordinator
Bioraznolikost ljekovitog i aromatičnog bilja MZOS 2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31 coordinator
Povećanje učinkovitosti istraživanja primjenom naprednih biometrijskih modela MZOS 2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31 coordinator

expert

Title Funding Duration AFZ role
Nacionalni program očuvanja i održive uporabe biljnih genetskih izvora za hranu i poljoprivredu u Republici Hrvatskoj (2017-2020) Suradnja s tijelima uprave 2018/01/31 - 2020/12/31 coordinator
Revitalizacija lokalnih sorti heljde za uzgoj na obiteljskim poljoprivrednim gospodarstvima sjeverozapadne Hrvatske VIP - Vijeće za istraživanja u poljoprivredi 2016/06/30 - 2018/06/30 coordinator

university support

Title Funding Duration AFZ role
Revitalizacija, selekcija i mikropropagacija poljoprivrednih kultura za održivi i ekološki uzgoj Sveučilište u Zagrebu 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 coordinator
Procjena prirodne i inducirane varijabilnosti kod poljoprivrednih i aromatičnih vrsta Sveučilište u Zagrebu 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 coordinator
Mikropropagacija kapara te poboljšanje genetske osnove pšenice i duhana Sveučilište u Zagrebu 2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 coordinator
Evaluacija genotipova pšenice tolerantnih na sušu, molekularna karakterizacija virusa smokve i mikropropagacija aromatičnih vrsta Sveučilište u Zagrebu 2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31 coordinator
Razvoj genetske varijabilnosti pšenice na abiotski stres, epigenska varijabilnost među populacijama crvene djeteline i samaklonovima pšenice i mikropropagacija ukrasnih vrsta Sveučilište u Zagrebu 2013/10/01 - 2014/06/30 coordinator

Publications

  • Alves, Mara L., Brites, C., Paulo, M., Carbas, B., Belo, M., Mendes-Moreira, P.M.R., Brites, C., Bronze, M.d.R.;, Gunjača, J., Šatović, Z., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2017)
    Setting Up Decision-Making Tools toward a Quality-Oriented Participatory Maize Breeding Program. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 2023, doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.02203
  • Zorić, M., Gunjača, J. & Šimić, D. (2017) Genotypic and environmental variability of yield from seven different crops in Croatian official variety trials and comparison with on-farm trends. Journal of Agricultural Science 155: 804-811, doi: 10.1017/S0021859616000903.
  • Šarčević, H., Gunjača, J., Budimir, A., Boić, M., Bolarić, S., Bukan, M., Lewis, R.S. & Kozumplik V. (2013) Long-term genetic improvement and genetic diversity of Croatian flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultivars. Crop Science 53: 112-120, doi: 10.2135/cropsci2012.03.0173
  • Drezner, G., Gunjača, J., Novoselović, D. & Horvat, D. (2010) Interpretation of GEI effect analysis for some agronomic and quality traits in ten winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. Cereal Research Communications 38: 259-265, doi: 10.1556/CRC.38.2010.2.12
  • Gunjača, J., Buhiniček, I., Jukić, M., Šarčević, H., Vragolović, A., Kozić, Z., Jambrović, A. & Pejić, I. (2008) Discriminating Maize Inbred Lines Using Molecular and DUS Data. Euphytica 161: 165-172, doi: 10.1007/s10681-007-9518-z
  • Novoselović D., Barić M., Drezner G., Gunjača J. & Lalić A. (2004) Quantitative inheritance of some wheat plant traits. Genetics and Molecular Biology 27: 92-98, doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000100015

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/207735

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?hl=hr&pli=1&user=2X124YEAAAAJ

Other professional activities

  • 2006 - : Plant Variety Testing Committee
    president

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