Assoc. Prof. Marko Petek, PhD
Associate Professor
Division for Agroecology
Department of Plant Nutrition
Office location: 6th Pavilion, 1st floor, room number 111
Phone: +385 1 239 4085
Email: mpetek ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: Croatian, English
Consultations: Wednesday 10 am-12 pm
Academic qualifications
- 2003 - 2009: PhD
Title: Red beet (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva Alef.) mineral composition according to organic and mineral fertilization
University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture - 1996 - 2003: MSc
Title: Content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in chicory (Cichorium intybus L. var. foliosum) according to different fertilizations
University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Employment and work experience
- 2015 - 2015: Ministry of Agriculture
Senior Advisor for food labeling - 2015 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant Professor - 2014 - 2015: Ministry of Agriculture
Senior Advisor for governing the market in fruit and vegetables - 2009 - 2013: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Senior Assistant - 2003 - 2009: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant
Teaching
- Gnojiva i gnojidba (144075)
- Upravljanje čimbenicima proizvodnje povrća u zaštićenim prostorima (173776)
- Primjena ishrane bilja u hortikulturi i krajobraznoj arhitekturi (173835)
- Uzgoj povrća kao funkcionalne hrane (173858)
- Principi i perspektive ishrane u hortikulturi (144455)
- Značaj ishrane bilja u krajobraznoj arhitekturi (86040)
- Smjernice ishrane bilja u hortikulturi (143999)
- Ishrana bilja i kvaliteta hrane (157082)
- Primjena fermentiranog ostatka nakon proizvodnje bioplina kao gnojiva (198006)
- Tehnologija uzgoja i čuvanja plodova voćnih vrsta na mediteranskom području (228260)
- Applied plant nutrition (146051)
Research interests
- Plant nutrition in horticulture
- Mineral composition of fruits and vegetables
- Organic, mineral and foliar fertilization
- Macro and microelements
Training and research experience
- 2013/09/01 - 2013/09/08: Technological Educational Institute of Crete (Heraklion, Greece) (scientific)
ERASMUS scholarship - 2013/06/24 - 2013/07/05: International Agricultural Research and Training Centre (IARTC); 4th International Course on Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources (Izmir, Turkey) (scientific)
- 2012/10/01 - 2013/03/31: University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia) (scientific)
Croatian Science Foundation scholarship - 2012/08/26 - 2012/09/01: Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science (Alnarp, Sweden) (scientific)
ERASMUS scholarship - 2011/09/12 - 2011/09/16: Aleksandras Stuglinskis University (Kaunas, Lithuania) (scientific)
ERASMUS scholarship - 2010/03/01 - 2010/03/31: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food Skopje (Skopje, Macedonia) (scientific)
CEEPUS scholarship - 2006/11/06 - 2006/12/06: Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Horticulture (Wroclaw, Polland) (scientific)
CEEPUS scholarship
Projects
scientific
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutritivna i funkcionalna vrijednost koprive (Urtica dioica L.) primjenom suvremenih hidroponskih tehnika uzgoja | Croatian science foundation | 2020/01/15 - 2024/01/14 | coordinator |
| Potencijal rizosfernog mikrobioma u prilagodbi poljoprivrede klimatskim promjenama | EU programi | 2020/05/04 - 2023/05/04 | partner |
| Genetska osnova količne bioaktivnih hranivih tvari hrvatskih populacija graha | Croatian science foundation | 2014/06/16 - 2017/06/15 | coordinator |
| Smjernice za kontroliranu ishranu vinove loze i proizvodnju vina | MZOS | 2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | coordinator |
development
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
|---|---|---|---|
| AgriART sveobuhvatni upravljački sustav u području precizne poljoprivrede | EU programi | 2020/09/01 - 2023/09/01 | partner |
university support
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podizanje nutritivne vrijednosti povrća primjenom fosfornih gnojiva | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | coordinator |
| Inovativne tehnologije povećanja iskorištenja dušika u proizvodnji ječma | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator |
| Inovativne tehnologije povećanja iskorištenja dušika u proizvodnji ječma | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 | coordinator |
Publications
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=270645
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=wuQEL1YAAAAJ&hl=hr
Other professional activities
- 2015 - 2015: EU funded project: Support to Maximise the Socio-economic Development Effects of Sveto Brdo Mountain Tourism Resort for Lika - Senj County
Short Term Expert in Horticulture - 2015 - 2015: Committee for Complaints in the Paying Agency for Agriculture regarding the implementation of temporary extraordinary measures for aid to fruit and vegetable producers
Deputy member - 2015 - 2015: Committee for Development of National Strategy for Sustainable Operational Programs in the Fruit and Vegetable Sector for the period 2015-2020 (at the Ministry of Agriculture)
Member - 2015 - 2015: Committee for Development of the National Strategy for the Implementation of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme for the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016 (at the Ministry of Agriculture)
Member - 2016 - 2017: Project: Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Environ. Protect. and Nature for adapt.to climate change and preparation of the Draft Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
Specialist for Agriculture - 2017 - 2021: Academic Editor in the International Journal of Plant & Soil Science