Institute of Field Vegetables and Crops
Institute of Field Vegetables and Crops
Dr. Dragana Miladinovic
Coordinator of Scientific
Bio
Positions:
Mentoring coordinator, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Research interests:
Biotechnology, molecular biology, abiotic and biotic stress resistance, and oil crops
Major responsibilities:
Development and application of biotechnological methods in oil crops breeding, work with research trainees, and research assistants.
Education:
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Dr. Sandra Cvejic
Coordinator for Dissemination
Bio
Positions:
Senior research associate, Sunflower Department, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Research interests:
Sunflower genetics and breeding, induced mutation, marker-assisted selection, and phenotyping.
Major responsibilities:
Development of highly productive oil sunflower inbred lines and hybrids, tolerant to abiotic and biotic stress, traits discovery and their utilization in breeding program, improvement of various traits, implementation of new breeding techniques and tools, and ornamental sunflower research.
Education:
2010 PhD thesis in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Dr. Jegor Miladinovic
Crop Improvement
Bio
Dr. Jegor Miladinović, Principal Research Fellow, was born in Novi Sad in 1968. His research career started in 1993, when he started working as a research assistant in soybean breeding at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops – Department of Soil, Agroecology and Fertilization. He proceeded to obtain his MSc in 1997 and PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding in 1999 at the Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad. He was appointed Principal Research Fellow in 2007.
Dr. Jegor Miladinović completed postdoctoral training in soybean breeding at the North Carolina State University, USA, in 2000, and the Changchun University of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, P.R. China, in 2001.
He has authored or co-authored 64 soybean cultivars registered in Serbia and 56 soybean cultivars released abroad. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 research papers, and was editor-in-chief of one monograph of national importance.