Prof. Zlatko Svečnjak, PhD

• 2000 - 2003: Ph.D. in Agronomy
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia
  Dissertation: Yield and yield component of corn crop as affected by cropping intensity
• 1996 - 2000: M.S. in Agronomy
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia
  Thesis: Winter wheat nitrogen fertilization under various production systems
• 1991 - 1996: B.S. in Agronomy
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia
  Thesis: Yield and yield components of winter wheat

• 1996 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Research work focuses on sustainable cropping systems and alternative practices for staple crops of Croatia (winter wheat and corn). This applied research is quickly transferred to Croatian farmers. Educational work involves teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses “Production of field crops” and “Cereals” as well as supervision of student research projects and examination of post-graduate research theses for the degrees of MS and PhD.
  
  
  Previous Professional Experience:
  Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  50% Research/50% Teaching; January 2009 through December 2014
  
  Assistant Professor of Agronomy, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  50% Research/50% Teaching; February 2005 through December 2008
  
  Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  April 2003 through January 2005
  
  Lecturer and Research Assistant, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  February 1996 through March 2003
  
  
  Advisory Work:
  • sharing of research results at field days tours, extension meetings and through farmers training,
  • over 100 professional papers written for crops managers and farmers in Croatia.

• Formiranje prinosa ratarskih kultura (144323)
• Biološki i fiziološki čimbenici izgradnje prinosa ratarskih kultura (173295)
• Ratarske kulture (143888)
• Ratarstvo (144043)
• Ratarstvo (98087)
• Žitarice-zrnate škrobnate kulture (144322)
• Osnove proizvodnje ratarskih kultura (144054)
• Field crops and bioenergy cropping systems (146066)
• Yield formation in arable crops (152078)

• sustainable agronomic practices and operations for field crops

• 2017/01/30 - 2017/12/15: University of Lincoln - Nebraska (scientific)
  Fulbright Visiting Scholar
• 2005/11/01 - 2006/02/26: University of Western Australia (scientific)
  Research work
• 2003/12/29 - 2004/12/30: University of Western Australia (scientific)
  Postdoc specialization after being awarded the prestigious Australia - Europe Scholarship. Research work on canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars grown under glasshouse conditions.
• 2003/05/01 - 2003/10/30: Rothamsted Research, England (scientific)
  Research work on investigating N fertilisation interactions with other important management choices such as disease and weed control in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production.
• 1998/01/02 - 1998/10/03: INRA Grignon, France (scientific)
  Research on developing more efficient and environmentally friendly methods of fertilisation for wheat grown in various cropping systems within the large-scale field experiments.
• 1997/07/15 - 1997/10/16: Long Ashton Research Station, England (scientific)
  Research work on the effects, interactions and ecological implications of cereals grown under an integrated farming systems approach.

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Biodostupnost karotenoida kukuruza kod nesilica: utjecaj mikrostrukture zrna i sastava smjese	Croatian science foundation	2020/01/15 - 2024/01/14	coordinator
Održivi sustavi proizvodnje ratarskih kultura	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator
Prag odluke za presijavanje kukuruza	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator

university support

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Održivi sustavi proizvodnje i korištenja ratarskih kultura	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	coordinator
Održivi sustavi proizvodnje i korištenja ratarskih kultura	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31	coordinator
Održivi sustavi proizvodnje žitarica	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31	coordinator

• Svečnjak, Z., M. Jenel, M. Bujan, D. Vitali, I. Vedrina Dragojević. 2013. Trace element concentrations in the grain of wheat cultivars as affected by nitrogen fertilization. Agricultural and Food Science 22:445-451.
• Svečnjak, Z., Z. Rengel. 2006. Nitrogen utilization efficiency in canola cultivars at grain harvest. Plant & Soil 283:299–307.
• Svečnjak, Z., Z. Rengel. 2006. Canola cultivars differ in nitrogen utilization efficiency at vegetative stage. Field Crops Research 97:221–226.
• Varga, B., Z. Svečnjak. 2006. The effect of late-season urea spraying on grain yield and quality of winter wheat cultivars under low and high basal nitrogen fertilization. Field Crops Research 96:125–132.
• Svečnjak, Z., B. Varga, J. Butorac. 2006. Yield components of apical and subapical ear contributing to the grain yield responses of prolific maize at high and low plant populations. Journal of Agronomy & Crop Science 192:37-42.

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=226661

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bzUFo18AAAAJ&hl=en